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Tyler Cowen: belief

9 Aug 2023 Conversations with Tyler Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent

“I think a lot of it is reshuffling networks. You need someone who can identify who should be in a better network.”

— Tyler Cowen

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Speaker
Tyler Cowen
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Claim type
belief
Recorded
9 Aug 2023
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Conversations with Tyler

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…Wait. That was such an interesting question. We should talk about that some more because that really is an interesting question. Imagine how amazing it would be if all the ambitious people can be more ambitious. That really is an interesting question. There’s got to be more to it than just the fact that I don’t have to do the work. I think a lot of it is reshuffling networks. You need someone who can identify who should be in a better network. You boost the total size of all networking that goes on, and you make sure those people with potential — By reshuffling networks, you mean introducing people to one another?…

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