Friday, August 14, 2009

Paul Krugman: hyper nerd

Nobel-winning economist, New York Times columnist, and all-around dreamboat Paul Krugman is, as it turns out, a gigantic nerd.

At Worldcon he had a nice, long conversation with Charlie Stross about science fiction, technology, and all that good stuff. Audio isn't great but some interesting topics are mentioned. It's nice to hear about science fiction from an economic perspective; I find economic arguments for technological prognostications much more compelling than those of bright-eyed technophiles.

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