Incoming

Monday, June 06, 2011

Hat's off, gentlemen...

A genius. I have been reading Tyler Cowen's magnificent blog, Marginal Revolution, for several years thanks to a former reader. While I do not agree with all his conclusions, and I struggle to follow his mercurial intellect, I find his outpouring of opinion enlightning and strangely down to earth (as in dirt, in our profession).

I have posted before about his wildly popular e-book, The Great Stagnation, and found this succinct summary very helpful in fixing his hypothesis in my mind.

Minds like his are gifts to all of us. And the Internet and his prolific blogging helps to maximize the value of that gift.

2 comments:

Jim said...: Could not agree more. Not Dem. or Rep. Good Speach!; 7:56 PM
Anonymous said...: Maybe we just have enough cool(complicated) stuff. I wish some were educated more and a cure for Cancer would be huge. Do we really need a faster plane or flying car? Eliminating the world of terrorism and next to free energy would bring greater utility than a self cleaning toilet. When we learn how to burn water....... Free bubble up and rainbow stew (Merle Haggard Song); 2:24 PM

About Incoming

Incoming is a collection of current thoughts on the nature of the profession of farming from the perspective of a farmer/writer (see full bio here).

It will soon become obvious to readers I lean to the middle, specifically toward pragmatic libertarianism: preserving individual liberty and responsibility. Another strong influence is my education as an engineer. Now throw in 45 years as a husband, 41 as father, and 30 as a choir director. Not to mention a life of farming.

As for the humor... what can I say? Stuff just strikes me as funny. A lot of stuff, actually.

The Internet has filled a hole in my life I never knew existed. These posts are brief summaries of what I am finding and how I feel it will affect my (our) world.

The opinions are my very own. It was not easy to think them up, and nobody else can be blamed for them. In fact, most people around me brace themselves when I start typing or open my mouth.

I welcome comments. I am exceptionally difficult to offend, and have learned to try to rectify mistakes or errors in judgment as rapidly as possible. And I have had plenty of practice.

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