http://rc3.org/2009/09/20/being-a-blogger/ Rafe Colburn on software development (and other topics) Wed, 23 May 2012 22:44:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://rc3.org/2009/09/20/being-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-6579 Rafe Tue, 22 Sep 2009 18:04:00 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10095#comment-6579 <p>Everybody has to model things somehow to understand them, and economics is one model that can be applied to many situations. I have a problem with people who refuse to see the models they use as abstractions and acknowledge with the inevitable shortcomings of those models, but I don't have a problem with using models in a general sense.</p> Everybody has to model things somehow to understand them, and economics is one model that can be applied to many situations. I have a problem with people who refuse to see the models they use as abstractions and acknowledge with the inevitable shortcomings of those models, but I don’t have a problem with using models in a general sense.

]]> http://rc3.org/2009/09/20/being-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-6565 Medley Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:08:21 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10095#comment-6565 <p>I interpret Cowen's comment less favorably. My impression is that economists all too often try to fit their imperfect model of the world (supply, demand, markets) to absolutely everything, no matter how appropriate or inappropriate such a fitting may be. And then they make grand pronouncements about the nature of things based on these ill-fitting analyses.</p> I interpret Cowen’s comment less favorably. My impression is that economists all too often try to fit their imperfect model of the world (supply, demand, markets) to absolutely everything, no matter how appropriate or inappropriate such a fitting may be. And then they make grand pronouncements about the nature of things based on these ill-fitting analyses.

]]> http://rc3.org/2009/09/20/being-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-6548 Rafe Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:52:25 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10095#comment-6548 <p>I never post lists of my favorite blogs for lots of weird reasons. (Not least of which because I would hate for anybody to be insulted because I didn't include theirs on the list.) That said, I'll make some kind of a list and post it.</p> I never post lists of my favorite blogs for lots of weird reasons. (Not least of which because I would hate for anybody to be insulted because I didn’t include theirs on the list.) That said, I’ll make some kind of a list and post it.

]]> http://rc3.org/2009/09/20/being-a-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-6543 Ted Kaemming Mon, 21 Sep 2009 04:27:51 +0000 http://rc3.org/?p=10095#comment-6543 <p>What other blogs would you recommend reading (in addition to your own, of course!)</p> What other blogs would you recommend reading (in addition to your own, of course!)

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