Tyler Cowen: uncertainty

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…I’m with you, Tyler. I take joy from classical chess. I love watching a beautiful classical chess game. I can relate to it. I’m hardwired to think about it. Fischer Random Chess — it’s a little bit like looking at problems. I respect chess problems, but the positions are often weird and improbable. I just have trouble relating to Fischer Random Chess. I hope I change. I’m just speaking from my age, but I’m so invested in classical chess. I love classical chess. I think about classical chess all the time. I don’t know. Why don’t you like it? With classical chess, not every game, but most games, I feel I can look at the board and have a decent idea of what’s going on. I might be wrong, but even then, I can figure out ex post why I was wrong. With Fischer Random, I don’t have that sense unless it evolves back into a classical-looking position. From a spectator’s point of view, why should I care? That’s how I would put it. Yes, we’re on the same page on that, but on the other hand, you mentioned Gukesh. The computers just dominate the preparation. That’s why Carlson stopped. He didn’t want to spend all the time —…

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