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28 Sept 2022 Dwarkesh Podcast Tyler Cowen - Talent, Collapse, & Pessimism of Sex
“I've thought about this quite a bit. I think the selection filters are very strong.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 28 Sept 2022
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…Why doesn't tenure make academics less risk averse? I've thought about this quite a bit. I think the selection filters are very strong. They're very pro-conformity. People care a lot about their peers and think of them. You're selecting conformists to begin with, and so you're just literally not trained in how to take risks. It's not always that easy, right? So let's say you're like F*** this tenure. They get up and take a risk. What do you say that the demand curve slope upwards? [laughs] It's just not that easy. Is there something that would be analogous to a course on risk that makes more people more risk-taking?…
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