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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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01 / evaluation
Basically, the quantity of trade is inversely proportional to the distance of countries once you adjust for incomes and some other matters. That seems to be another case where the relative price doesn’t matter that much because few people think the gravity equation is about transportation costs.
“Basically, the quantity of trade is inversely proportional to the distance of countries once you adjust for incomes and some other matters. That seems to be another case where the relative price doesn’t matter that much because few people think the gravity equation is about transportation costs.”
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There’s marginal problems, but it’s hard to think of a policy that more economists on a bipartisan basis would endorse.
“There’s marginal problems, but it’s hard to think of a policy that more economists on a bipartisan basis would endorse.”
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03 / evaluation
Because one thinks of the East as being worse with respect to women’s rights, but in some ways it’s not.
“Because one thinks of the East as being worse with respect to women’s rights, but in some ways it’s not.”
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Textiles are grossly underpriced, I think, relative to aesthetic quality.
“Textiles are grossly underpriced, I think, relative to aesthetic quality.”
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05 / evaluation
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.
“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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06 / evaluation
He argued that large Chinese corporations were going to be very difficult to establish because China did not have enough trust, unlike Japan.
“He argued that large Chinese corporations were going to be very difficult to establish because China did not have enough trust, unlike Japan.”
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07 / evaluation
She is an archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and she has a new book out called Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent. It has perhaps been my favorite economics book of the last year, though I think to the rest of the world it is more of a history book and an archaeology book.
“She is an archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania, and she has a new book out called Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent. It has perhaps been my favorite economics book of the last year, though I think to the rest of the world it is more of a history book and an archaeology book.”
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08 / evaluation
What do you think of the view that books on happiness or the meaning of life, they’re a kind of placebo? They don’t help directly, but you feel you’ve done something to become happier, and the placebo is somewhat effective.
“What do you think of the view that books on happiness or the meaning of life, they’re a kind of placebo? They don’t help directly, but you feel you’ve done something to become happier, and the placebo is somewhat effective.”
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09 / evaluation
He has a new book out: Mexico: A 500-Year History. It is, in my view, the single best introduction to the history of Mexico and will be one of the best nonfiction books of this year, 2026.
“He has a new book out: Mexico: A 500-Year History. It is, in my view, the single best introduction to the history of Mexico and will be one of the best nonfiction books of this year, 2026.”
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10 / evaluation
I’m not opposed to bank capital requirements, but I don’t know how much capital these small, often non-branched banks could have raised in that environment, so I don’t think that’s the best answer.
“I’m not opposed to bank capital requirements, but I don’t know how much capital these small, often non-branched banks could have raised in that environment, so I don’t think that’s the best answer.”
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11 / evaluation
Going to India then becomes very important because you get a better sense of just where they’re coming from.
“Going to India then becomes very important because you get a better sense of just where they’re coming from.”
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12 / evaluation
You could say it’s a minor achievement, but it was the best movie that year that I know of.
“You could say it’s a minor achievement, but it was the best movie that year that I know of.”
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13 / evaluation
The old definition of AGI, that it’s just as good as human experts, is largely true. I don’t know if it was a shock.
“The old definition of AGI, that it’s just as good as human experts, is largely true. I don’t know if it was a shock.”
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14 / evaluation
I won’t say who, but out of the 36, whatever, I thought maybe three were not great, and the others were good through excellent.
“I won’t say who, but out of the 36, whatever, I thought maybe three were not great, and the others were good through excellent.”
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15 / evaluation
Chinese suburbs strike me as really quite mediocre. They can have excellent food as pretty much all of China does, but after that, I don’t see anything to recommend them at all.
“Chinese suburbs strike me as really quite mediocre. They can have excellent food as pretty much all of China does, but after that, I don’t see anything to recommend them at all.”
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16 / evaluation
Why think the Chinese are doing it well? They’re obsessed with technology, but because they don’t have the private sector involved enough, they make the wrong picks.
“Why think the Chinese are doing it well? They’re obsessed with technology, but because they don’t have the private sector involved enough, they make the wrong picks.”
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17 / evaluation
I think the American media overrates the importance of the dysfunctionality of New York and San Francisco.
“I think the American media overrates the importance of the dysfunctionality of New York and San Francisco.”
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18 / evaluation
US, I think, in pandemic, everyone did terribly, but US got the vaccines, got them quickly, way ahead of schedule, and did certainly much better than China.
“US, I think, in pandemic, everyone did terribly, but US got the vaccines, got them quickly, way ahead of schedule, and did certainly much better than China.”
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19 / evaluation
He’s a professor at the University of Michigan, the author of many, many books on Buddhism, which I think I’ve read all of.
“He’s a professor at the University of Michigan, the author of many, many books on Buddhism, which I think I’ve read all of.”
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20 / evaluation
He is, in my view, one of the most underrated — in North America, at least — writers and thinkers.
“He is, in my view, one of the most underrated — in North America, at least — writers and thinkers.”
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21 / evaluation
Now, as you know, you once had a six-year $17 million offer from the Los Angeles Lakers and you turned it down to stay with the Orlando Magic for what I think was $600,000 for one year and not a guarantee.
“Now, as you know, you once had a six-year $17 million offer from the Los Angeles Lakers and you turned it down to stay with the Orlando Magic for what I think was $600,000 for one year and not a guarantee.”
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22 / evaluation
I think of common knowledge as an extremely recursive model that typically has an infinite number of loops.
“I think of common knowledge as an extremely recursive model that typically has an infinite number of loops.”
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23 / evaluation
He’s a hard person to summarize because there is, in fact, no one else like him.
“He’s a hard person to summarize because there is, in fact, no one else like him.”
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24 / evaluation
Because I don’t. It will teach me lots of facts, and I will defer to it, but it’s never persuaded me much with arguments, whereas humans have.
“Because I don’t. It will teach me lots of facts, and I will defer to it, but it’s never persuaded me much with arguments, whereas humans have.”
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25 / evaluation
There are slight differences in terms of maturity and liquidity profiles, but it could be like the proverbial swap of two nickels for a dime. Maybe money just doesn’t matter.
“There are slight differences in terms of maturity and liquidity profiles, but it could be like the proverbial swap of two nickels for a dime. Maybe money just doesn’t matter.”
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26 / evaluation
By trying to keep banks special, haven’t we created a world where 80 percent of the lending is outside banks, which is much harder for the Fed to deal with, even if you should sometimes step in, and that at the current margin, it’s counterproductive to keep banks legally special because we drive more and more business out of banks.
“By trying to keep banks special, haven’t we created a world where 80 percent of the lending is outside banks, which is much harder for the Fed to deal with, even if you should sometimes step in, and that at the current margin, it’s counterproductive to keep banks legally special because we drive more and more business out of banks.”
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27 / evaluation
Like the food pyramid — it used to tell us, in essence, eat more carbohydrates. It’s not obvious that was the right thing to say.
“Like the food pyramid — it used to tell us, in essence, eat more carbohydrates. It’s not obvious that was the right thing to say.”
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28 / evaluation
If you can just ration how much your kid has the bunny, parents are going to love it, I agree.
“If you can just ration how much your kid has the bunny, parents are going to love it, I agree.”
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29 / evaluation
Sure, but if they had higher price inflation, the value of the renminbi in real terms would fall somewhat, at least for a while, and that would be better, which means the current rate is somewhat higher than it ought to be.
“Sure, but if they had higher price inflation, the value of the renminbi in real terms would fall somewhat, at least for a while, and that would be better, which means the current rate is somewhat higher than it ought to be.”
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30 / evaluation
The WTO basically doesn’t work. The UN, I would say, has not worked in some while.
“The WTO basically doesn’t work. The UN, I would say, has not worked in some while.”
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31 / evaluation
I think of “Baby You’re a Rich Man” as maybe the last genuinely joint John-Paul composition.
“I think of “Baby You’re a Rich Man” as maybe the last genuinely joint John-Paul composition.”
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32 / evaluation
John did the composition and the vocal, but I think Paul did the arranging, the orchestration, worked with George Martin to do the production.
“John did the composition and the vocal, but I think Paul did the arranging, the orchestration, worked with George Martin to do the production.”
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33 / evaluation
Noam Dworman and I agree that either Paul McCartney or Wings covers of Beatles songs are almost uniformly mediocre.
“Noam Dworman and I agree that either Paul McCartney or Wings covers of Beatles songs are almost uniformly mediocre.”
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34 / evaluation
You can debate who did what on Pussy Cats, but “Many Rivers to Cross” and “Subterranean Homesick Blues” — I think of them as much John songs as Harry songs.
“You can debate who did what on Pussy Cats, but “Many Rivers to Cross” and “Subterranean Homesick Blues” — I think of them as much John songs as Harry songs.”
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35 / evaluation
On net, it passes a cost-benefit test, but the agency internally never seemed willing to actually get rid of the bad stuff, all the contracting arrangements which made American Congress people happy because it was dollars sent to America, but way inflated overhead and fixed costs.
“On net, it passes a cost-benefit test, but the agency internally never seemed willing to actually get rid of the bad stuff, all the contracting arrangements which made American Congress people happy because it was dollars sent to America, but way inflated overhead and fixed costs.”
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36 / evaluation
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.
“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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37 / evaluation
I ended up as one of the blurbers, and I called it, as I wrote in The New York Times, “the next blockbuster in economics.
“I ended up as one of the blurbers, and I called it, as I wrote in The New York Times, “the next blockbuster in economics.”
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38 / evaluation
” Joe worked on this book for 17 years. In my opinion, it is the most substantive book on world music ever.
“” Joe worked on this book for 17 years. In my opinion, it is the most substantive book on world music ever.”
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39 / evaluation
Today, I’m speaking with Joe Boyd. This is immediately prompted by the publication of Joe’s wonderful new book, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain, which is, I would say, the most substantive, complete, thorough, and well-informed book on world music ever written.
“Today, I’m speaking with Joe Boyd. This is immediately prompted by the publication of Joe’s wonderful new book, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain, which is, I would say, the most substantive, complete, thorough, and well-informed book on world music ever written.”
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40 / evaluation
I don't think AIs are that funny yet. They're better on humor than many people allege, but I don't use them for humor.
“I don't think AIs are that funny yet. They're better on humor than many people allege, but I don't use them for humor.”
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41 / evaluation
Not that I think there's anything intrinsically bad about it—I'm at a progress studies conference with you. But still, when you think about selection and adverse selection, I think you've got to be very careful and keep on raising the bar there.
“Not that I think there's anything intrinsically bad about it—I'm at a progress studies conference with you. But still, when you think about selection and adverse selection, I think you've got to be very careful and keep on raising the bar there.”
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42 / evaluation
I'm not sure I'm the one to diagnose, but I would say when I'm in the Bay Area, the people here to me are the smartest people I've ever met, on average.
“I'm not sure I'm the one to diagnose, but I would say when I'm in the Bay Area, the people here to me are the smartest people I've ever met, on average.”
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43 / evaluation
They all matter. But I think the more you stack different pluralistic perspectives, the harder it is to see that there's any simple lever you can push on, intelligence or not, that's going to give you breakaway economic growth.
“They all matter. But I think the more you stack different pluralistic perspectives, the harder it is to see that there's any simple lever you can push on, intelligence or not, that's going to give you breakaway economic growth.”
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44 / evaluation
One problem is that some parts of your economy grow very rapidly, and then you get a cost disease in the other parts of your economy that, for instance, can't use AI very well.
“One problem is that some parts of your economy grow very rapidly, and then you get a cost disease in the other parts of your economy that, for instance, can't use AI very well.”
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45 / evaluation
I think courage is a very scarce input in a lot of decisions. Founders have courage to begin with, but they also need less courage to see through a big change in what the company will do.
“I think courage is a very scarce input in a lot of decisions. Founders have courage to begin with, but they also need less courage to see through a big change in what the company will do.”
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46 / evaluation
One underrated episode was Masaaki Suzuki because most people don’t know enough about Bach to really love what he said.
“One underrated episode was Masaaki Suzuki because most people don’t know enough about Bach to really love what he said.”
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47 / evaluation
It’s the funniest CWT episode of all time, I think. She’s the one who’s funny, not me.
“It’s the funniest CWT episode of all time, I think. She’s the one who’s funny, not me.”
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48 / evaluation
He does not have enough money to complete his house, which is a big problem for him. They’re back on their feet, but it’s very tough, and tourist demand for the business he wanted to create has not materialized because of the war.
“He does not have enough money to complete his house, which is a big problem for him. They’re back on their feet, but it’s very tough, and tourist demand for the business he wanted to create has not materialized because of the war.”
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49 / evaluation
I think there’s some way in which there’s just too much on the screen, and it’s not properly cinematic somehow.
“I think there’s some way in which there’s just too much on the screen, and it’s not properly cinematic somehow.”
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50 / evaluation
In Life and Fate, Hitler and Stalin make actual appearances in the novel, which I find shocking when I read it, like, here they are on the page, and it’s actually somewhat plausible.
“In Life and Fate, Hitler and Stalin make actual appearances in the novel, which I find shocking when I read it, like, here they are on the page, and it’s actually somewhat plausible.”
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51 / evaluation
I think I take good care to try to apply what I know, and people mistake that for, again, high IQ.
“I think I take good care to try to apply what I know, and people mistake that for, again, high IQ.”
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52 / evaluation
I think that’s much stronger than the economists believe — your overall view of the world and what’s important — but I don’t think it’s nearly as strong as Stapledon believed.
“I think that’s much stronger than the economists believe — your overall view of the world and what’s important — but I don’t think it’s nearly as strong as Stapledon believed.”
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53 / evaluation
I’ve been thinking about him lately because he has immense talent, but I don’t like most of it.
“I’ve been thinking about him lately because he has immense talent, but I don’t like most of it.”
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54 / evaluation
I find the play Julius Caesar very interesting because there’s no katechon. There’s no muddling through, so they sacrifice Caesar.
“I find the play Julius Caesar very interesting because there’s no katechon. There’s no muddling through, so they sacrifice Caesar.”
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55 / evaluation
Now, this was never you saying that, but when that came out, no one laughed. Today, that would be unthinkable because our politics is somehow crazier.
“Now, this was never you saying that, but when that came out, no one laughed. Today, that would be unthinkable because our politics is somehow crazier.”
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56 / evaluation
As I understand it, which is very imperfectly, the hyper-Calvinists take determinism more seriously. And they think, for instance, that trying to convert people or preach to them is futile, and we shouldn’t even bother doing it because God has settled everything.
“As I understand it, which is very imperfectly, the hyper-Calvinists take determinism more seriously. And they think, for instance, that trying to convert people or preach to them is futile, and we shouldn’t even bother doing it because God has settled everything.”
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57 / evaluation
He has recorded the entire set of Bach sacred cantatas, which in my collection amounts to, I think, 55 compact discs.
“He has recorded the entire set of Bach sacred cantatas, which in my collection amounts to, I think, 55 compact discs.”
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58 / evaluation
And the Hayekian argument doesn’t always work, because the signal you have is of the current price. And that’s not telling you how high are the inframarginal values if you get, say, cut off from being able to buy vaccines from India, because you’re at the bottom of the queue.
“And the Hayekian argument doesn’t always work, because the signal you have is of the current price. And that’s not telling you how high are the inframarginal values if you get, say, cut off from being able to buy vaccines from India, because you’re at the bottom of the queue.”
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59 / evaluation
I don’t think the elections point is sufficient because there are plenty of unelected bodies that are totally corrupt around the world.
“I don’t think the elections point is sufficient because there are plenty of unelected bodies that are totally corrupt around the world.”
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60 / evaluation
There’s a lot of dimensions to prices other than just, oh, this newspaper costs $4, the terms on which it’s advertised. So markets work so well because people are solving this complex multidimensional problem and the price really is not a sufficient statistic the way it is in an Arrow-Debreu.
“There’s a lot of dimensions to prices other than just, oh, this newspaper costs $4, the terms on which it’s advertised. So markets work so well because people are solving this complex multidimensional problem and the price really is not a sufficient statistic the way it is in an Arrow-Debreu.”
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61 / evaluation
Status is way up for this reason because of YIMBY NIMBY. And I think that’s correct.
“Status is way up for this reason because of YIMBY NIMBY. And I think that’s correct.”
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62 / evaluation
I think just being good-natured helps, and helping a lot of people helps. And Turing, I’m a huge fan of, wrote a paper on him with Michelle Dawson, but it’s not obvious that he was a very good diplomat, and it seems he very likely was a pretty terrible diplomat, and that might be feeding into this difference.
“I think just being good-natured helps, and helping a lot of people helps. And Turing, I’m a huge fan of, wrote a paper on him with Michelle Dawson, but it’s not obvious that he was a very good diplomat, and it seems he very likely was a pretty terrible diplomat, and that might be feeding into this difference.”
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63 / evaluation
I think the hardness of the science fiction in volumes two and three is immediately recognizable, even to people who are not science fiction fans but have seen a lot of cinema.
“I think the hardness of the science fiction in volumes two and three is immediately recognizable, even to people who are not science fiction fans but have seen a lot of cinema.”
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64 / evaluation
He did this study of incomes of the medical profession, and we can’t really trust it because he’s looking for a particular conclusion.
“He did this study of incomes of the medical profession, and we can’t really trust it because he’s looking for a particular conclusion.”
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65 / evaluation
I wasn’t sure, well, they did this because they wanted to manicure the story, which is super upright to begin with, to be clear, as I think you would agree.
“I wasn’t sure, well, they did this because they wanted to manicure the story, which is super upright to begin with, to be clear, as I think you would agree.”
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66 / evaluation
You need more and more scale. It’s a chicken-and-egg problem in getting affordable housing in sub-Saharan Africa because no one has cracked that scale problem to what we’re doing here.
“You need more and more scale. It’s a chicken-and-egg problem in getting affordable housing in sub-Saharan Africa because no one has cracked that scale problem to what we’re doing here.”
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67 / evaluation
He is the author of one of my favorite books this year: it is called Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land.
“He is the author of one of my favorite books this year: it is called Goodbye, Eastern Europe: An Intimate History of a Divided Land.”
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68 / evaluation
We’re creatures of comfort whether we like to admit it or not, and that’s also partly a theme in Gulliver’s Travels.
“We’re creatures of comfort whether we like to admit it or not, and that’s also partly a theme in Gulliver’s Travels.”
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