On 9/18/2000 Nick Bostrom wrote:
>I wonder why there are not more intellectual discussions over the phone.
>Theoretically, people on this list for example ought to be calling each
>other and bouncing ideas off each other all the time. Why don't we? It
>isn't that expensive. I have many interests in common with Robin or Hal
>for instance, yet I have never called either of them. Why? Maybe it is a
>fear of intruding. Email is a less intrusive and more relaxing way of
>achieving approximately the same end.
I've wondered about this as well. The intrusiveness issue is there, but
we could solve that relatively easily - we could each post a set of
standard hours each week when we welcome calls. Sorta like a professor
posting office hours.
Robin Hanson rhanson@gmu.edu http://hanson.gmu.edu
Asst. Prof. Economics, George Mason University
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