Tyler Cowen: belief

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…Another one, my last pick for underrated, I know I’ve given a lot this year, but John Amaechi. I really enjoyed that one. I think some people thought, “Well, it’s not deep enough. He’s giving maybe Ted-like answers on leadership. It’s something all smart people believe, but it’s not rigorous enough,” or something like that. I enjoyed his stories on life in the NBA. He also, as you noted, has one of the best podcast voices of any guest we’ve had on the show. Just hearing his perspective on things, he’s clearly a very smart guy, was good on his feet, I thought. If you skipped that one because either you didn’t know anything about him or you didn’t care about the NBA, or maybe you think “leadership” is bunk, a lot of that described my priors going into it, and I still loved it. It’s one where you need to listen rather than read the transcript. Another very good one, it’s not out yet, but Gaurav Kapadia. Most people haven’t heard of him. I think I said once, “Gaurav, you’re either the most underrated unknown person or the most unknown underrated person. ” I’m not sure which, or maybe both. He’s an investor in New York City, and that was excellent. The last thing I’ll say on this is, nothing against people earlier in the year, but the last part of the year, the releases here, a lot of hits.…

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