Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and also Director of the Mercatus Center.

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Timestamps

(0:00) - The Great Reset 

(2:58) - Growth and the cyclical view of history 

(4:00) - Time horizons, growth, and sustainability 

(5:30) - Space travel 

(8:11) - WMDs and end of humanity 

(10:57) - Common sense morality 

(12:20) - China and authoritarianism 

(13:45) - Are big businesses complacent?

(17:15) - Online education vs university 

(20:45) - Aesthetic decline in West Virginia 

(23:20) - Advice for young people 

(25:18) - Mentors 

(27:15) - Identifying talent 

(29:50) - Can adults change? 

(31:45) - Capacity to change men vs women 

(33:10 ) - Are effeminate societies better? 

(35:15) - Conservatives and progress 

(36:50) - Biggest mistake in history 

(39:05) - Nuke in my lifetime 

(40:35) - Age and learning 

(42:45) - Pessimistic future 

(43:50) - Optimistic future 

(46:28) - Closing