Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Jessica Hagy Explains why most Labor Utilization Models are Flawed
by Ken Houghton
Read the whole thing. (It won't take long.)
Labels: Economics, full employment, lump of labor
Friday, August 10, 2007
Because Neil Gaiman novels are less utile than Neil Gaiman movies?
by Ken Houghton
Without this:
This would not be in theaters today.
So what are John Scalzi and Brad DeLong thinking when they tell us to go TODAY, so that Neil will write more film scripts and—because "lump of labour" discussions are legitimate regarding the Gaiman singularity—fewer books?
Don't get me wrong; we're going tonight. And it seems unlikely that Gaiman—whose novel Coraline has been filmed (is in post-production) and was a screenwriter the upcoming Beowulf film—is going to get thrown out of Hollywood any time soon.
But do we really want Gaiman to have less time to write novels?
Labels: Brad DeLong, lump of labor, movies, sf
