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Tyler Cowen: uncertainty

8 Jan 2020 Conversations with Tyler Slavoj Žižek on His Stubborn Attachment to Communism

“I don’t know what Bergen did to get that, but many parts of the world could learn from whatever has been done here.”

— Tyler Cowen

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Tyler Cowen
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uncertainty
Recorded
8 Jan 2020
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Conversations with Tyler

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…“Links.” They are Left, and it’s a beautiful Right thing to do for the Left to appropriate this horrible totalitarian-sounding stuff, and so on, and so on. The right-wingers that I know — they think beautiful romantic songs, apolitical usually, and so on, and so on. I get your point, of course, when you said, “Something more will be needed.” Eff you. What more? Tell me. You say, “No, no, no.” I know ecology and so on, digital control. Have you any idea what more will be needed? What do you think, that ecological party will be elected? I hope so, maybe. I was told that Bergen has 20 percent electric cars. I don’t know what Bergen did to get that, but many parts of the world could learn from whatever has been done here. And we’re at 20. Let’s work for 60, right? Yeah, but on the other hand, my only, not criticism of Norway is that . . . You have oil, gas, and so on. I would like to learn from Norway, but I would like even more if you give me your natural resources. [laughter]…

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