5min chapter

The "What is Money?" Show cover image

There are No Solutions, Only Trade-Offs with Aneesh Karve (WiM310)

The "What is Money?" Show

CHAPTER

The Use of Knowledge in Society

Saul Soul: People who depict markets as cold, impersonal institutions and their own notions as humane and compassionate have it directly backwards. He says when people make their own economic decisions taking into account costs that matter only to themselves, this knowledge becomes part of the trade-offs they choose.Soul: No given decision-maker is likely to know more than a small fraction of what is necessary to know in order to make the best decisions for a whole society. And one of the reasons is disburse knowledge. This goes all the way back to our very first podcast, There are things that a computer cannot do that a human can.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode