How to Self-Educate Yourself in a Broadly Similar Way

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John Nye: The one aspect of foreign language learning that's underappreciated is accent. He says without acquiring or making the effort to acquire a decent accent, you won't get a fully understanding of what that language and culture brings to you. Nye recommends reading Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" for people who want an insight into spirituality in a changing world.

Is John Nye the finest polymath in the George Mason economics department?

Raised in the Philippines and taught to be a well-rounded Catholic gentleman, John Nye learned the importance of a rigorous education from a young age. Indeed, according to Tyler he may very well be the best educated among his colleagues, having studied physics and literature as an undergraduate before earning a master’s and PhD in economics. And his education continues, as he’s now hard at work mastering his fourth language.

On this episode of Conversations with Tyler, Nye explains why it took longer for the French to urbanize than the British, the origins of the myth of free-trade Britain, why Vertigo is one of the greatest movies of all time, why John Stuart Mill is overrated, raising kids in a bilingual household, and much more.

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Recorded October 30th, 2018 Other ways to connect

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