Evidence receipt / prediction
Published · transcript-backedSimon Johnson: prediction
17 May 2023 Conversations with Tyler Simon Johnson on Banking, Technology, and Prosperity
“First of all, because Paul Krugman said in 1992 or something that it was the best possible predictor of the future, and it turns out to be pretty much right.”
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- Simon Johnson
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- 17 May 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…What’s your favorite novel and why? Oh, Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. First of all, because Paul Krugman said in 1992 or something that it was the best possible predictor of the future, and it turns out to be pretty much right. I think Stephenson predicted the metaverse. Stephenson predicted a bunch of things that happened at the political-social level. It’s an exaggeration; it’s a fun novel. I’m still looking for any science fiction of any kind that’s a better predictor of the future than that one. We have an episode with him. Do you think our actual future will be as dystopian as his novelistic future?…
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