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Tyler Cowen: belief

23 Feb 2022 Conversations with Tyler Chuck Klosterman on Writing the Past and Relishing the Present

“David Brin wrote a book like that, called The Transparent Society. I think he overlooked some of the costs to that.”

— Tyler Cowen

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Tyler Cowen
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belief
Recorded
23 Feb 2022
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Conversations with Tyler

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…That’s a good argument, I guess. That’s a good argument against anonymity. That could be a book title, Against Anonymity. That seems like it would sell now, you know what I’m saying? David Brin wrote a book like that, called The Transparent Society. I think he overlooked some of the costs to that. But yes, at least for your kid, you want to assume, on average, your kid will be successful like you’ve been, and on average, that’s a pretty good guess. Well, I hope you’re right about that, you know. I hope you are. I hope people are Googling him in a positive way.…

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