Yeah, it would make sense to include it. :) As I wrote “Robin Hanson has many big ideas”, and since the previous section was already about signaling and status, I just mentioned some other examples here instead. Prediction markets could have been another one (though it’s included in futarchy).
For reference, I think you are referring to the ideas expressed in the book The Elephant in the Brain. Maybe they do not qualify as “big ideas” because they had already been widely discussed before the book.
I took “big idea” to mean an idea that is a) key to someone’s worldview and b) somewhat particular to them, in that they make use of it to an unusual degree, even if it isn’t entirely original to them.
I’m surprised that you didn’t put down signaling as Robin Hanson’s “big idea”.
Yeah, it would make sense to include it. :) As I wrote “Robin Hanson has many big ideas”, and since the previous section was already about signaling and status, I just mentioned some other examples here instead. Prediction markets could have been another one (though it’s included in futarchy).
Hi Chris,
For reference, I think you are referring to the ideas expressed in the book The Elephant in the Brain. Maybe they do not qualify as “big ideas” because they had already been widely discussed before the book.
I took “big idea” to mean an idea that is a) key to someone’s worldview and b) somewhat particular to them, in that they make use of it to an unusual degree, even if it isn’t entirely original to them.