The Virtue of Advice

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It's not clear people can take advice, even when they ask for it. Sometimes I think people ask for advice just because they want to be reassured. And this kind of book is a book that, you know, I would consider giving to my children of my four children. But in general, if I pass on wisdom to you, especially if you're younger. Can you accept it without having learned it the hard way?

Photographer, author, and visionary Kevin Kelly talks about his book Excellent Advice for Living with EconTalk's Russ Roberts. His advice includes how to have a deep conversation, why it's better to control time than money--and whether, in the end, we should give advice in the first place. Other topics of discussion include the right object of our aspirations, the reason for optimism when it comes to technology, and why Kelly is not worried about AI.