Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedTyler Cowen: uncertainty
28 Sept 2022 Dwarkesh Podcast Tyler Cowen - Talent, Collapse, & Pessimism of Sex
“I mean, Hungarian Jews and mathematics-–I don't know big of a trend it still is, but it's certainly nothing close to what it once was.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 28 Sept 2022
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
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…But what if they leave? For example, the Central European Jews couldn’t stay where they were anymore and had to leave. Obviously, I think war can destroy almost anything. So German scientific talent took a big whack, German cultural talent too. I mean, Hungarian Jews and mathematics-–I don't know big of a trend it still is, but it's certainly nothing close to what it once was. Okay. I was worried that if you realize that some particular region has a lot of talent right now, then that might be a one-time gain. You realize that India, Toronto or Nigeria or something have a lot of talent, but the culture doesn't persist in some sort of extended way.…
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