How I spent the last four days
I was in Washington, DC for the last four days at a Liberty Fund conference organized by Tyler Cowen that included several bloggers — Marginal Revolution‘s Alex Tabarrok, Asymmetrical Information‘s Megan McArdle, FuturePundit‘s Randall Parker, and Cronaca‘s David Nishimura. A fine time was had by all the bloggers — although those participants who had no ...
I was in Washington, DC for the last four days at a Liberty Fund conference organized by Tyler Cowen that included several bloggers -- Marginal Revolution's Alex Tabarrok, Asymmetrical Information's Megan McArdle, FuturePundit's Randall Parker, and Cronaca's David Nishimura. A fine time was had by all the bloggers -- although those participants who had no friggin' idea what a blog was before they arrived probably heard more than they cared to hear about the blogosphere. Among the more memorable moments:
I was in Washington, DC for the last four days at a Liberty Fund conference organized by Tyler Cowen that included several bloggers — Marginal Revolution‘s Alex Tabarrok, Asymmetrical Information‘s Megan McArdle, FuturePundit‘s Randall Parker, and Cronaca‘s David Nishimura. A fine time was had by all the bloggers — although those participants who had no friggin’ idea what a blog was before they arrived probably heard more than they cared to hear about the blogosphere. Among the more memorable moments:
1) The opening night of the conference, I’m riding down to the lobby when the elevator doors open and a statuesque Megan McArdle walks into the elevator, looks at me, smiles, and says, “You’re Daniel Drezner!” 2) The debate over whether sex with dead chickens is morally or legally defensible (see chapter fifteen of Steven Pinker’s The Blank Slate to understand why that question came up). 3) Having Tyler and Megan urge me to change the picture on my front page — for diametrically opposing reasons. (Tyler though the picture made me look like a weightlifter; Megan thought it made me look stringier than I actually am.) 4) Speculating with Megan over our ideal group blog participants. Consensus picks included James Joyner, Jacob Levy, and Virginia Postrel. 5) Coming to the delightful realization that my fellow bloggers were just as charming, witty, and sharp in real life as they are on their blogs.
UPDATE: Jeez, I go away for two weeks and Glenn Reynolds redesigns his site.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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