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Tyler Cowen: belief

23 Feb 2022 Conversations with Tyler Chuck Klosterman on Writing the Past and Relishing the Present

“Even though I think insiders know that about him, I still put him as a bit overrated.”

— Tyler Cowen

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Tyler Cowen
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belief
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23 Feb 2022
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Conversations with Tyler

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…I would say slightly underrated, but only by the casual consumer. I think people who follow the NBA pretty closely have a relatively accurate view of Bradley Beal. He might be properly rated, I guess, among people who understand basketball and follow basketball closely, and certainly people who live in Washington. But I would say there are a lot of people who might classify themselves as basketball fans — if you ask them about Bradley Beal, they might not know who he is or where he plays, so slightly — To me, he lacks ambition, and that’s a big no-no. Even though I think insiders know that about him, I still put him as a bit overrated. When you say he lacks ambition — ambition to be great, ambition to win, to become a different player?…

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