Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: uncertainty
30 Dec 2020 Conversations with Tyler Conversations with Tyler 2020 Retrospective
“Natasha invited two of her Russian friends in a theater that seats 150. I’m like, “I don’t know these people.”
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- Speaker
- Tyler Cowen
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- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- uncertainty
- Recorded
- 30 Dec 2020
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…Oh, you’ve done it? Well, you rent out the theater privately. Natasha invited two of her Russian friends in a theater that seats 150. I’m like, “I don’t know these people. Do you trust them?” She does, and she gave me really very convincing evidence that they’re even past the point of optimal safety and to sit in opposite corners of a huge theater. I’ve been renting out theaters a few times. It’s not as much as you think. I hope the price doesn’t go up. It’s a great thing to do. You got out of that question on a technicality. You were with people you don’t know, but I was thinking specifically of a scenario in which you’re buying a ticket, and you don’t have control of the theater. When do you think that’ll happen for you?…
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