Students are often quite capable of applying economic analysis to emotionally neutral
products such as apples or video games, but then fail to apply the same reasoning to
emotionally charged goods to which similar analyses would seem to apply. I make a
special effort to introduce concepts with the neutral examples, but then to challenge
students to ask wonder why emotionally charged goods should be treated differently.
I’m under the impression that all EY / RH quotes are discouraged, as described in this comment tree, which suggests the following rule should be explicitly amended to be broader:
Do not quote from Less Wrong itself, Overcoming Bias, or HPMoR.
-- R. Hanson
I’m under the impression that all EY / RH quotes are discouraged, as described in this comment tree, which suggests the following rule should be explicitly amended to be broader: