After some planning, and a few little trials and variations, I think I’m finally ready to start serious blogging in English. I have prepared an About Me page for the potential reader to get to know me and the kind of things I will be writing about. But since the topics mentioned in that page are quite general, In this post I will mention the more specific things that will be on my mind in the next few months.
Like it says in the About Me page, I’m currently a Masters student, so much of my preoccupations will be related to my courses and research on topics in the area of innovation and entrepreneurship. In the courses I have left for the final year of my degree, there is a special focus on matters of public policy relevant to innovation and entrepreneurship. The first working paper I have put on this site is an example of these preoccupations.
But what I may be writing about most is another topic: Attention Economics. This derives from my fascination with the effects of information abundance on human society, and the opportunity to help develop a totally new discipline with an interdisciplinary approach to understanding attention as a limited resource. For this purpose I am preparing a wiki (to become public very soon), and am also preparing my thesis proposal in this area.
I created this blog mainly because I think I’m ready to start collaborating with the international community on my quest for knowledge. It is part of my efforts to build a universal online presence for my identity and make myself more meaningful by connecting with more people. In the next few months the possible readers of this blog will be joining me on my quest for gaining knowledge, helping to develop the discipline of attention economics, getting a Masters degree from Iran, and applying for a PhD program somewhere outside of Iran. Wish me luck!
