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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.”
other / likes
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?”
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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 / recommendation
You want to tax people, tax in the broad sense of the term, living in rural areas, if only because it’s much harder to have government help them, right?
“You want to tax people, tax in the broad sense of the term, living in rural areas, if only because it’s much harder to have government help them, right?”
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02 / recommendation
He also is involved in San Francisco Standard, but most importantly, from our point of view, Michael has a new and excellent book out called Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile, which I absolutely recommend to you all.
“He also is involved in San Francisco Standard, but most importantly, from our point of view, Michael has a new and excellent book out called Ausländer: One Family’s Story of Escape and Exile, which I absolutely recommend to you all.”
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03 / recommendation
Before my last question, just to plug your book again, which I enjoyed very much, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy, coming in paperback.
“Before my last question, just to plug your book again, which I enjoyed very much, Motherland: A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy, coming in paperback.”
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04 / recommendation
Just to plug your book again, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found. I like this very much, as I do all of Andrew’s other books.
“Just to plug your book again, Andrew Graham-Dixon, Vermeer: A Life Lost and Found. I like this very much, as I do all of Andrew’s other books.”
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05 / recommendation
Likes 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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06 / recommendation
He has a new book out, which I enjoyed very much, The Rolling Stones: The Biography.
“He has a new book out, which I enjoyed very much, The Rolling Stones: The Biography.”
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07 / recommendation
Likes Bergman films. Likes Smiles of a Summer Night.
“What are your favorite movies and why? I love Bergman films, Smiles of a Summer Night.”
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08 / recommendation
Likes Silent All These Years.
“I like Silent All These Years by Tori Amos, especially the live version.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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09 / recommendation
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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10 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of 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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- Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture
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11 / recommendation
I recommend all of your books. The biggest one, I think, is called Buddhism: A Journey Through History.
“I recommend all of your books. The biggest one, I think, is called Buddhism: A Journey Through History.”
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- Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism
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12 / recommendation
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?”
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- Sam Altman on Trust, Persuasion, and the Future of Intelligence - Live at the Progress Conference
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13 / recommendation
I am proud to announce I have read all of George’s books, and they are all definitely worth reading.
“I am proud to announce I have read all of George’s books, and they are all definitely worth reading.”
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- George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression
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14 / recommendation
You should watch it if you haven’t seen it.
“You should watch it if you haven’t seen it.”
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15 / recommendation
Likes Wittgenstein.
“He might be the sharpest philosopher, but I like the book on Wittgenstein better.”
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16 / recommendation
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?”
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
17 / recommendation
No one is writing or recording for the AIs very much. But if you believe even a modest version of this progress—and I'm modest in what I believe relative to you and many of you—you should be doing this.
“No one is writing or recording for the AIs very much. But if you believe even a modest version of this progress—and I'm modest in what I believe relative to you and many of you—you should be doing this.”
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- Dwarkesh Podcast
18 / recommendation
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.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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19 / recommendation
Do you think there were other American fiction writers who’ve succeeded in capturing something of the Soviet experience? I think of Norman Mailer’s Oswald book, which I think is quite good.
“Do you think there were other American fiction writers who’ve succeeded in capturing something of the Soviet experience? I think of Norman Mailer’s Oswald book, which I think is quite good.”
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20 / recommendation
Mentions personal use of A Turn in the South.
“When I read A Turn in the South, I greatly enjoyed it, but over time, I somehow grew not to like the book, especially after I spent more time in the South.”
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21 / recommendation
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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22 / recommendation
I think that you can’t just be a programmer alone, that the nature of companies now is not that you do it in your dorm room at Harvard, but it requires synthetic abilities.
“I think that you can’t just be a programmer alone, that the nature of companies now is not that you do it in your dorm room at Harvard, but it requires synthetic abilities.”
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23 / recommendation
Likes Leonardo.
“Yes, I like the Leonardo book. Now, you write your dissertation under Huntington, right?”
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24 / recommendation
I’m very happy to recommend all of her books and, of course, her famous novels. Housekeeping, I think, being my favorite.
“I’m very happy to recommend all of her books and, of course, her famous novels. Housekeeping, I think, being my favorite.”
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25 / recommendation
She is also a nonfiction essayist, and now she has a new book out, called Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson, which I recommend highly.
“She is also a nonfiction essayist, and now she has a new book out, called Reading Genesis by Marilynne Robinson, which I recommend highly.”
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26 / recommendation
Now, you have a movie on your homepage, which I would recommend to everyone, where you’re spending a lot of time photographing and filming rhinos.
“Now, you have a movie on your homepage, which I would recommend to everyone, where you’re spending a lot of time photographing and filming rhinos.”
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27 / recommendation
There’s a very good guide to it by Brian Boyd, which if you don’t already know, I would recommend.
“There’s a very good guide to it by Brian Boyd, which if you don’t already know, I would recommend.”
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28 / recommendation
Likes Piranesi.
“I love Piranesi, but very few of my friends have read it. I’m surprised by that.”
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29 / recommendation
On the second trip, my view of Sri Lanka changed a good deal, and I recommend it highly as a vacation spot.
“On the second trip, my view of Sri Lanka changed a good deal, and I recommend it highly as a vacation spot.”
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30 / recommendation
You can access it through GPT-4 or just read it like a regular book, or interrogate a GPT-4-based app that you helped build and oversaw the construction of, and ask it to summarize chapters, ask it for more background, ask it what mistakes it thinks I made.
“You can access it through GPT-4 or just read it like a regular book, or interrogate a GPT-4-based app that you helped build and oversaw the construction of, and ask it to summarize chapters, ask it for more background, ask it what mistakes it thinks I made.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- Conversations with Tyler