Chris Blattman: belief

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…Jeff Sachs as a development thinker — overrated or underrated? Jeff Sachs was one of my teachers in letter writers and things. With great respect to Jeff Sachs, I think overrated only because there’s a handful of views . . . properly rated, but so many other ideas are just not read. Jeff had a popular book and a clear message, as do a handful of others. And all of those people — who are friends and I respect — are all overrated because it’s read too much, and everything else is read too little. For bouldering, what’s a special skill that you need that most people don’t appreciate?…

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