Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedPaul Graham: uncertainty
9 Aug 2023 Conversations with Tyler Paul Graham on Ambition, Art, and Evaluating Talent
“People were thinking at the time, “It didn’t have to be this bad.” [laughs] I don’t know.”
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- Paul Graham
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- uncertainty
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- 9 Aug 2023
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…But did they in China? Chinese Empire never collapses. It takes many forms, many dynasties, but it ends up stalling. So maybe the collapse of the Roman Empire was one of the best things that could have happened, for Europe, at least. I’m sure people didn’t think so at the time. People were thinking at the time, “It didn’t have to be this bad.” [laughs] I don’t know. Neither of us knows about this kind of thing. Looking forward, how optimistic are you about the future of the UK? No real wage growth since 2008, no real productivity growth for as many years. What’s up, and what’s the path out of that?…
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