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Glen Weyl: belief

29 Apr 2020 Conversations with Tyler Glen Weyl on Fighting COVID-19 and the Role of the Academic Expert

“For example, I think a huge problem we have right now is that cultural industries are struggling to survive or thrive in the internet world.”

— Glen Weyl

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Glen Weyl
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belief
Recorded
29 Apr 2020
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Conversations with Tyler

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…That’s fine. Absolutely. For example, I think a huge problem we have right now is that cultural industries are struggling to survive or thrive in the internet world. And we’re now, suddenly, completely in the internet world. All the possibilities of doing in-person gigs that were really supporting a lot of the music sector are gone. I’d really love to see a pool of funding be put into the matching mechanisms that we’ve been emphasizing to improve the environment for things like Patreon and Kickstarter to fund cultural innovation that will help sustain morale during the times when people are separated from each other. So that’s — They could write better incentive-compatible contracts by drawing on your other insights, and that would help these people raise money and support themselves.…

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