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Dwarkesh Patel: uncertainty

31 Jan 2024 Dwarkesh Podcast Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth

“I don’t know. We’re in Washington. I’m sure you talk to all the people who matter quite a bit.”

— Dwarkesh Patel

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Dwarkesh Patel
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uncertainty
Recorded
31 Jan 2024
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Dwarkesh Podcast

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…I don’t think it applies to me. What’s the exact list again? Am I a statesman? Did I play a role at the Treaty of Versailles or something comparable? I don’t know. We’re in Washington. I’m sure you talk to all the people who matter quite a bit. Well, I guess I’m more of a statesman than most economists, but I don’t come close to Keynes in the breadth of his high-level achievement in each of those areas.…

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