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RobinHanson's avatar

The publisher will be in charge of that decision, but I'd definitely support it.

Enrique Graziano's avatar

Are you considering an audiobook version, hopefully unabridged, for people with long commutes or running/jogging? I'd definitely love it!

Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

Wow, I would love to see a book from you on signalling.

RobinHanson's avatar

I could publish exactly what I have now, but since publishers are slow I'll keep fiddling until they are ready to take it. Oxford's previously publishing related books definitely helped sell them.

Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

Congratulations Robin! Sounds like 400+ pages. It will be interesting to see how this blog-based approach to book-writing works out; it certainly seems to have a lot of merit. What % of your work on the book do you think still remains? Did Nick Bostrom play a role in the choice of publisher?

Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

I understand. Perhaps in a follow-up book, or do you dislike such speculation in non-fiction books too much?

RobinHanson's avatar

While it is straight-forward to predict the consequences of any particular regulation, it is not straight-forward to predict which regulations would be adopted. So I mostly focus on the low regulation case.

Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

Congratulations Robin!

Does the book treat the "regulated"-EM-society case as well?

Overcoming Bias Commenter's avatar

That looks good to me. Quite comprehensive and nicely organized. Looking forward to seeing the book!

Joshua Brulé's avatar

Wow, 340% more words than "Em Economics"! At this rate of growth, we can project that...

But, seriously, I really enjoyed the draft, and I'm looking forward to reading the complete work.

RobinHanson's avatar

I'm working on that, but nothing to announce yet.

Stephen Diamond's avatar

Congratulations on Oxford.

Albert Ling's avatar

Congrats, gonna pre-order as soon as it's available. Hope you also publish one on signaling and evolutionary psych.