Cass Sunstein: belief

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…Who nudges whom? Like, why do you get these two parallel worlds? What’s the comparative statics? I think the answer is that there’s a technological something that Star Trek captures, and there’s nothing quite like that that Star Wars gets at. Whether it’s a little — I think it’s a little thing. It’s so small you can’t even see it — we, of course, haven’t discovered it yet — that produces replicators and ships like that. That’s what they got, and in Star Wars they didn’t. And so, the universe looks fundamentally different. The only reason I’m hesitating a little bit here is the Millennium Falcon was able to do the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs. And no way the Enterprise gets there — 27 parsecs, probably, maybe more. And so there is a technological advantage. I’m struggling with this question. Here’s an easy one, then. James Joyce, overrated or underrated? Now, they’re watching back home, so be careful.…

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