Comments on: Freaky http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Economics and the Environment « dreaming spires http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-178085 Economics and the Environment « dreaming spires Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:39:53 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-178085 [...] Speaking of Levitt, there’s a useful rehash of his Freakonomics at Crooked Timber here. Also worth checking out is Jagdish Bhagwati’s piece on trade regionalism in Asia here. [...] [...] Speaking of Levitt, there’s a useful rehash of his Freakonomics at Crooked Timber here. Also worth checking out is Jagdish Bhagwati’s piece on trade regionalism in Asia here. [...]

]]> By: Boîte noire » Archive du blog » Les petites choses utiles du mardi, vol. 32 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-177988 Boîte noire » Archive du blog » Les petites choses utiles du mardi, vol. 32 Tue, 07 Nov 2006 16:41:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-177988 [...] The boundaries are therefore blurring between standard scientific publications and new types of media. Another indication of this: the Crooked Timber Freakonomics seminar was used to revamp the book into a new edition. [...] [...] The boundaries are therefore blurring between standard scientific publications and new types of media. Another indication of this: the Crooked Timber Freakonomics seminar was used to revamp the book into a new edition. [...]

]]> By: paul http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-177977 paul Tue, 07 Nov 2006 14:25:23 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-177977 I'm going with 3. A bunch of smart people spent a lot of time commenting on the first edition, for which they get direct compensation of zip. One smart guy incorporates their discussion, directly or by reference, and gets compensated according to sales. (And since the discussion does you rather less good without the text, and most 2.0 sales aren't going to be to buyers of 1.0, the impact of the discussion on sales is, if anything, positive.) It is really a triumph of the dead-tree, brick-and-mortar folks that they've managed to block workable avenues for making money off long-tail online stuff for so long. I’m going with 3. A bunch of smart people spent a lot of time commenting on the first edition, for which they get direct compensation of zip. One smart guy incorporates their discussion, directly or by reference, and gets compensated according to sales. (And since the discussion does you rather less good without the text, and most 2.0 sales aren’t going to be to buyers of 1.0, the impact of the discussion on sales is, if anything, positive.)

It is really a triumph of the dead-tree, brick-and-mortar folks that they’ve managed to block workable avenues for making money off long-tail online stuff for so long.

]]> By: bb http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-177880 bb Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:55:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-177880 Everyone knows that CT rox. The question is, why? Everyone knows that CT rox. The question is, why?

]]> By: greensmile http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-177868 greensmile Mon, 06 Nov 2006 17:25:31 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-177868 doomed. I now know to skip buying Freakonics 2.0 and just dig through the CT archives. Benkler's book I still want to buy...I think the favors of attribution and just generally pointing out the good work of others ought to be mutual if only out of courtesy. doomed.
I now know to skip buying Freakonics 2.0 and just dig through the CT archives.

Benkler’s book I still want to buy…I think the favors of attribution and just generally pointing out the good work of others ought to be mutual if only out of courtesy.

]]> By: astrongmaybe http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-177832 astrongmaybe Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:24:00 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-177832 "Doomed" or "cleverly parasitic"? “Doomed” or “cleverly parasitic”?

]]> By: bi http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-177822 bi Mon, 06 Nov 2006 05:21:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-177822 Online ads! Online ads! Online ads! Online ads!

]]> By: ralph http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/comment-page-1/#comment-177818 ralph Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:20:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2006/11/05/freaky/#comment-177818 You wanted royalties? You wanted royalties?

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