tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post7510537677441825259..comments2024-01-13T18:57:18.243-05:00Comments on Information Processing: A Greek bearing giftsSteve Hsuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02428333897272913660noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-52270297904310675252013-03-08T21:49:04.925-05:002013-03-08T21:49:04.925-05:00The "economist is residence" is hard to ...The "economist is residence" is hard to take seriously given that Greece defaulted on its bonds obligations to DB but is performing with the ECB. The information he provides can be described in a binary ... FALSELondonYoungnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-14972727155908127282013-03-01T22:31:45.659-05:002013-03-01T22:31:45.659-05:00I toured Valve's previous headquarters in Bell...I toured Valve's previous headquarters in Bellevue a couple of years ago. I met Bay Raitt and we joked about Gollum. They have moved since, but I got the impression that everyone I talked to was quite happy to be there. The game designers were a floor up from the Steam support staff. We didn't tour their section.Benjamin Espennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-63626510612829207112013-03-01T16:33:34.502-05:002013-03-01T16:33:34.502-05:00There still are limits; Valve laid off a bunch of ...There still are limits; Valve laid off a bunch of people last month...Christopher Changhttp://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=723726480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-81966772670597436452013-03-01T15:11:06.487-05:002013-03-01T15:11:06.487-05:00You're right -- I think Valve is in the Seattl...You're right -- I think Valve is in the Seattle area. I liked the O'Neil podcast as well, although I agree with some of the comments on the econtalk site that find her a bit naive at times.steve hsuhttp://duende.uoregon.edu/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880610.post-48879265239634755992013-03-01T11:07:58.051-05:002013-03-01T11:07:58.051-05:00Valve sounds like Athenian democracy. Great for t...Valve sounds like Athenian democracy. Great for the few full citizens, not so hot for the slaves. Varoufakis mentions this paradox: their experiment in syndico-anarchist self-organization is funded by monopoly power. The rule seems to be that a group with sufficiently high mutual trust/respect can operate in a very 'just' manner -- but that this trust is hard to achieve in large or SethTSnoreply@blogger.com