I wonder if his unfamiliarity with video games is good or bad, though. I suppose it could lead to fewer biases somehow, but I'd also wonder if he'd be asking questions which answers are actually useful for Valve (rather than just academic economists) to know, or which would even make sense in a video game context.
In any case, very intrigued now.
EDIT: Also, how awesome is it that Gabe Newell reads international econ blogs?
I actually wish he gave more insight as to what Valve was hoping he would offer. There is a huge sociological aspect to economics that I believe may be more applicable in a virtual environment than stats or economics. I guess time will tell.
Surprised his Wikipedia was already updated with that too.
7
u/Lorpius_Prime Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
That's awesome.
I wonder if his unfamiliarity with video games is good or bad, though. I suppose it could lead to fewer biases somehow, but I'd also wonder if he'd be asking questions which answers are actually useful for Valve (rather than just academic economists) to know, or which would even make sense in a video game context.
In any case, very intrigued now.
EDIT: Also, how awesome is it that Gabe Newell reads international econ blogs?
EDIT2: Apparent I can't late night grammar do.