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Garett Jones - Immigration, National IQ, & Less Democracy

Dwarkesh Podcast

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Why Wouldn't I Want the Best Thing Possible?

I'm still trying to figure out why you wouldn't want the best thing possible. But if you have somebody who's equivalent by definition, they're not moving the median down. I'm just a little confused about why that that precludes you from also getting the second best thing possible at the same time. The second best is going to have a negative externality on the first best. This is my worldview, right? Everything's externalities.

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