Tyler Cowen: The Dark Side of Talent, Sorting and Institutions
From the New World
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I'm a Libertarian, I'd Like to Be a Democrat, but I Don't Know What You Mean
I see a lot of people, maybe thei'r people, or i would agree with them on a whoe bunch of things, but they fundamntally devote their energies to attacking what you're calling the status oftractors. And i just observe empirically, it often makes them stupider or less effective. If that becomes your focus, in some funny way, you end up co opted by the system. You become repetitive, you become boring. I think they should work more on concrete problems of building things,. They'll stay more vital, more involved, ultimately attract more people. That that's very interesting, because i don't know if this is just of grass
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