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Patrick Collison has a Few Questions for Tyler (Live at Stripe)

12 Apr 2017 32 published claims 2 attributable people
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Tyler CowenPatrick Collison

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belief 17evaluation 7uncertainty 4commitment 1disagreement 1prediction 1recommendation 1

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01 / belief

Underrated, and I think Trump has shown how powerful it is. Again, you don’t have to agree with his tweets, but it’s woken the world up that Twitter is not just some inferior Facebook that never was going to turn out to be anything.

“Underrated, and I think Trump has shown how powerful it is. Again, you don’t have to agree with his tweets, but it’s woken the world up that Twitter is not just some inferior Facebook that never was going to turn out to be anything.”
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Tyler Cowen
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06 / belief

I want to actually get back to the topic of weirdness a little bit later on, but quickly, before we shift focus from Silicon Valley, many in Silicon Valley are talking about the idea of universal basic income and what we do when the robots take all of our jobs. And I think you were initially a supporter of it, and then you changed your mind.

“I want to actually get back to the topic of weirdness a little bit later on, but quickly, before we shift focus from Silicon Valley, many in Silicon Valley are talking about the idea of universal basic income and what we do when the robots take all of our jobs. And I think you were initially a supporter of it, and then you changed your mind.”
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10 / belief

I favor a nonzero amount, not like the old rules, but it definitely should be limited and taxed with micropayments. And I think that would make Twitter better and quicker.

“I favor a nonzero amount, not like the old rules, but it definitely should be limited and taxed with micropayments. And I think that would make Twitter better and quicker.”
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Tyler Cowen
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11 / belief

I think the notion of having a Federal Reserve System that is predictable and tries to keep the nominal flow of purchasing power growing at some steady rate, we know that something like that is close to the best we can do in a fairly impressionistic way.

“I think the notion of having a Federal Reserve System that is predictable and tries to keep the nominal flow of purchasing power growing at some steady rate, we know that something like that is close to the best we can do in a fairly impressionistic way.”
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Tyler Cowen
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13 / belief

What I see on the ground in terms of integrating, better manipulation of information with actual real world processes. And I’ve seen, again — not last year but I think four out of the last five years — healthcare costs have behaved in a somewhat sane manner.

“What I see on the ground in terms of integrating, better manipulation of information with actual real world processes. And I’ve seen, again — not last year but I think four out of the last five years — healthcare costs have behaved in a somewhat sane manner.”
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Tyler Cowen
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15 / belief

As a city to live in, it’s underrated. I think its weather is underrated. As an intellectual and media capital, it’s one of the most stimulating places to be.

“As a city to live in, it’s underrated. I think its weather is underrated. As an intellectual and media capital, it’s one of the most stimulating places to be.”
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Tyler Cowen
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21 / belief

The Bay Area strikes me as having a lot of pearl clutching and a reputation for thinking it’s more tolerant than it is, and I think that’s true of both coasts.

“The Bay Area strikes me as having a lot of pearl clutching and a reputation for thinking it’s more tolerant than it is, and I think that’s true of both coasts.”
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Tyler Cowen
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23 / evaluation

[laughter] And it seems quite likely that’s what will happen. But I think you’re completely correct, that the major factor in, say, climate change, it could just be luck.

“[laughter] And it seems quite likely that’s what will happen. But I think you’re completely correct, that the major factor in, say, climate change, it could just be luck.”
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Tyler Cowen
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27 / evaluation

For instance, a simple principle is, our correct point of view will be less diverse than people who are wrong because there are many more ways to be wrong.

“For instance, a simple principle is, our correct point of view will be less diverse than people who are wrong because there are many more ways to be wrong.”
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Tyler Cowen
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29 / prediction

I’m not sure that’s a variable you can control. But I think along some critical dimensions, our next century will be less creative than the last because we’ve cashed in on such a large number of small groups.

“I’m not sure that’s a variable you can control. But I think along some critical dimensions, our next century will be less creative than the last because we’ve cashed in on such a large number of small groups.”
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Tyler Cowen
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30 / evaluation

Not the same book. But when I reread that book, I think I capture the multiple layers of how globalization is dynamic and creative and welfare enhancing, but dangerous and stock depleting and giving us this funny monoculture of extreme diversity, patting ourselves on the back, but all being a bit diverse in the same way.

“Not the same book. But when I reread that book, I think I capture the multiple layers of how globalization is dynamic and creative and welfare enhancing, but dangerous and stock depleting and giving us this funny monoculture of extreme diversity, patting ourselves on the back, but all being a bit diverse in the same way.”
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Tyler Cowen
Publisher
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32 / recommendation

I won’t be offended, or I’m sure Tyler won’t be offended, if you all take out your phone and go ahead and order it right now: The Complacent Class; I highly recommend it.

“I won’t be offended, or I’m sure Tyler won’t be offended, if you all take out your phone and go ahead and order it right now: The Complacent Class; I highly recommend it.”
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