Noah Smith is a renaissance man, blogger, and commentator. Noah’s popular blog, Noahpinion, focuses on economics, technology, and current events. He was previously a columnist for Bloomberg and an assistant professor of Behavioral finance at Stony Brook University. Our wide-ranging conversation covers digital technology, economics, and energy. We discuss Noah’s framework for thinking about technology, digital technology adoption and its implications for economic activity, measures of technological advancement, opportunities and challenges for solar and nuclear energy, and the Noah Smith production function. About and From Noah Smith: Noah Smith (writer) – Wikipedia  Noahpinion Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) / Twitter   140 – The Future is Fiat | Noah Smith (Noahpinion) Interview: Tyler Cowen, economist and public intellectual   Globalization Is Narrowing the Wealth Gap, One Nation at a Time Recommendations and References: