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A History of British Art
“I’m a big fan of your book, A History of British Art. In that, you insightfully remark that a lot of English art earlier on was harder, more angular, and less obsessed with perspective.”
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Two Paths to Prosperity
“Again, I’m a big fan of your new book with Greif and Tabellini, Two Paths to Prosperity, comparing Europe and China.”
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Bergman films
“What are your favorite movies and why? I love Bergman films, Smiles of a Summer Night.”
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Smiles of a Summer Night
“I like Smiles of a Summer Night very much, the Mozartian feel, the Shakespeare connection.”
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Silent All These Years
“I like Silent All These Years by Tori Amos, especially the live version.”
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Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
“He has a new book out, Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity, which I recommend very highly.”
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GPT-5 Pro
“If I use GPT-5 Pro edition, it will outperform a very good human lawyer for a typical query.”
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Pulse
“Now, I love Pulse. Why don’t I hear more about Pulse, or do you think there is a lot of chatter out there?”
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A Farewell to Alms
“If we take England — when I read your book, A Farewell to Alms, I took you to be ambiguous, but when I reread that book through the lens of your later papers, it seems to me you’re saying there was an actual genetic change in English society because of who was marrying whom and having kids with whom, and thus, people saved more, became more conscientious, more forward-looking.”
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Goat: Who's the Greatest Economist of All Time?
“The last book I wrote is called Goat: Who's the Greatest Economist of All Time?”
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Christopher Kirchhoff
“I like the Christopher Kirchhoff episode and how he never said the word “um.” You might edit out an “um” here and there.”
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Brazil
“I love Brazil, it’s one of my favorite countries, but I always worry about where I should and should not go there.”
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Now, the premise of this episode is, we’re going to discuss Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. That’s not the only thing we’ll do, but that is what we will start with.
“Now, the premise of this episode is, we’re going to discuss Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. That’s not the only thing we’ll do, but that is what we will start with.”
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I will reread. Before the last two questions, let me just plug your book again, which I was very happy to have blurbed.
“I will reread. Before the last two questions, let me just plug your book again, which I was very happy to have blurbed.”
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If you start a speech, I will interrupt you, and you will be expunged from the tape.
“If you start a speech, I will interrupt you, and you will be expunged from the tape.”
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- George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression
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Steven needs no introduction, per se, but I will point out, he has a new and excellent book called When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows .
“Steven needs no introduction, per se, but I will point out, he has a new and excellent book called When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows .”
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If anything, if enough people think it’s madness, we won’t get it, and it’s fine to have the nuclear weapons.
“If anything, if enough people think it’s madness, we won’t get it, and it’s fine to have the nuclear weapons.”
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He is now, I would say, obsessed in the good sense with a new project, which is walking both walkable and non-walkable cities throughout the world.
“He is now, I would say, obsessed in the good sense with a new project, which is walking both walkable and non-walkable cities throughout the world.”
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- Chris Arnade on Walking Cities
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How do you think about not doing gaming, this previous part of your life? I don’t play chess anymore, and I feel I can’t, I shouldn’t, I won’t.
“How do you think about not doing gaming, this previous part of your life? I don’t play chess anymore, and I feel I can’t, I shouldn’t, I won’t.”
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As long as I can. As long as there is history to follow, I won’t be bored. I’m not worried about that.
“As long as I can. As long as there is history to follow, I won’t be bored. I’m not worried about that.”
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I look forward to that. I will read it with pleasure. Marilynne Robinson, thank you very much.
“I look forward to that. I will read it with pleasure. Marilynne Robinson, thank you very much.”
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Open source I’ve played around with, but I’m not using it yet on a regular basis, but I will be once there’s open service fine-tuned on what I want it to have read.
“Open source I’ve played around with, but I’m not using it yet on a regular basis, but I will be once there’s open service fine-tuned on what I want it to have read.”
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I am sitting here right outside of Nairobi, Kenya, in Tatu City, and I will be speaking with Harriet Muriithi.
“I am sitting here right outside of Nairobi, Kenya, in Tatu City, and I will be speaking with Harriet Muriithi.”
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There are numerous other projects in other countries, and we will talk about what Stephen is up to.
“There are numerous other projects in other countries, and we will talk about what Stephen is up to.”
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I will be glad that I went, but that’s partly investing in the memory and the experience.
“I will be glad that I went, but that’s partly investing in the memory and the experience.”
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