Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: uncertainty
12 Apr 2017 Conversations with Tyler Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Live at Stripe)
“We don’t know yet. If you’re a utilitarian focused on happiness, it’s very likely good.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- Claim type
- uncertainty
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- 12 Apr 2017
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Is Facebook net good or bad for the world? We don’t know yet. If you’re a utilitarian focused on happiness, it’s very likely good. But if you’re a [John Maynard] Keynes-like person, who cares about the aesthetic worth of the most significant contributions, and you want to see another Led Zeppelin come to pass, then it’s probably bad. And I have a bit of that in me. Silicon Valley, over- or underrated?…
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