book / likes
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.”
book / recommends
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.”
app / likes
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?”
book / uses
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.”
book / built
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?”
person / likes
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.”
other / likes
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 / observation
If we think about South Asia, Tamil Nadu is not, today, Buddhist, but Nepal and Bhutan are, and of course much of Sri Lanka.
“If we think about South Asia, Tamil Nadu is not, today, Buddhist, but Nepal and Bhutan are, and of course much of Sri Lanka.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
02 / observation
You want to please your customers. But the point is, let’s say Meta has a 1 percent failure rate in trying to do this, which would be an amazingly good performance.
“You want to please your customers. But the point is, let’s say Meta has a 1 percent failure rate in trying to do this, which would be an amazingly good performance.”
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- Tyler Cowen
- Publisher
- Conversations with Tyler
03 / observation
The animal welfare advocates typically have less sympathy for the predators because they, in turn, kill other animals.
“The animal welfare advocates typically have less sympathy for the predators because they, in turn, kill other animals.”
- Speaker
- Tyler Cowen
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- Conversations with Tyler