And as is true for most of the work in behavioral economics, there are insights but a fully fleshed out model, applied consistently to all human choices, is nowhere to be found. Reading these short pieces is thus a fascinating but often frustrating experience.

He writes off the top of his head, though without care for what came before from Thomas Schelling, Jean Tirole, or Cass Sunstein, among other titans of the field. He is continually skirting the frontier of the latest research insights, although like many bloggers he is lax in providing the proper citations. These Johnson posts claim to date from the early 1750s, a typical blogger’s conceit and misdirection, but the content is too modern and innovative to sustain that illusion for long.Ĭutting through the postmodern trappings, Johnson’s blog reflects his ongoing interest in behavioral economics. The editorial illusion, of course, is a trick dating from the eighteenth century, as for instance Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope presented the work of an imaginary Martinus Scriblerus in the 1740s. But the true work here is “Johnson’s,” and the sequential editing, as such, seems to have been done by WordPress. But with two wars to bring to an end-and time running out-Ia must make and execute the most terrible choice of all.Review of THE RAMBLER: Volume 1, Diaries, Prayers, and Annals, by Samuel JohnsonĪ blogger by the ostensible name of “Samuel Johnson” has compiled his previous posts into a book, edited by a supposed W.J. Ia has asked nothing of her crew that she herself has not been willing to give. After several centuries of silence, the Greys are back, and the Alliance must now combat both a rapacious, sadistic enemy, and a terrifying, technologically superior foe. But shortly after they board the Damnation to return to battle, a new threat emerges. With their new ship claimed and new crewmembers being collected, Ia's Damned are ready and willing to re-enter the fight against the vicious, hungry forces of their Salik foes. Now Jean Johnson presents the long-awaited epic conclusion to her national bestselling military science fiction series. Compelled by her precognitive abilities, Ia must somehow save her home galaxy long after she's gone. It began with a terrible vision of the future. But shortly after they board the Damnation to return to battle, a new threat.

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