smnokey

How did your community adjust to the issues of civil rights? We live in a less homogeneous society (gays, race, culture, sexual mores). Did the people you know: change there minds over time? stay the same? care about it in the first place?

Which of Scalia's Supreme Court level opinions - if any - do you find compelling or at the least worth reading for insight on sophisticated judicial writing/reasoning?

What, if any, are the most common first amendment defenses that you have to deal with? Any with teeth?

How much has esoteric writing influenced your blogging style? I often feel your lists of links connect with an implied theme you want us to tease out. Maybe i'm overreading into your chess days and interview style.

How do you suggest people with analytical predispositions develop empathy for mindsets that tend towards emotional and intuition based reasoning? Something other than reading great books.

How can economists learn to better communicate nuanced ideas to the general public? I'm particularly concerned about dueling models with differing base assumptions.

What grad math classes does one need to understand to be a competent economist today? What if I wanted to enroll in the fall in a PhD program in macro?

Is there any field where employing the analytical mindset of an economist doesn't produce results? If no, then how about a field where the marginal gains of econ are outweighed by time lost that could be devoted to a more productive mode of inquiry?

Do you peruse reddit? If so, how do you sort your browsing and what do you browse?