TODAY´S EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FLOW RESEARCH COLLECTIVE Are you an entrepreneur, a leader, or a knowledge worker, who wants to harness the power of flow so you can get more done in less time with greater ease and accomplish your boldest professional goals faster? If you´ve answered this question with “hell yes” then our peak-performance training Zero to Dangerous may be a good fit for you. If this sounds of interest to you all you need to do is click here right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.   ABOUT THE GUEST: Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as chairman and faculty director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. With colleague Alex Tabarrok, Cowen is coauthor of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and cofounder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution   A dedicated writer and communicator of economic ideas, Cowen is the author of several bestselling books and is widely published in academic journals and the popular media. His latest book is Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World and he is a columnist with Bloomberg View.  Cowen is also the host of Conversations with Tyler, a popular podcast series featuring today's most underrated thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the world, and everything in between.   Cowen graduated from George Mason University with a BS in economics and received his PhD in economics from Harvard University.   ABOUT THE EPISODE:  In this episode, you will learn about: Intro (0:00) Impact of Self Motivation In Young People (2:21) Getting Better At Knowing How To Get Better (3:48) Stagnation In Healthcare, Housing, & Education (5:49) Nuclear Energy (15:14) The State of The Economy (17:20) Initiatives That Would Progress The U.S (20:51) The Mental State of America (24:35) What Tyler's Day Looks Like (29:38) Tech Progress (33:52) Smart People Should Build Things (38:52) Worker Mental Health Crisis (40:30) How To Effectively Mobilize Talent (41:59) Old People Getting Younger Mentors (44:26) Research Genie Question (46:15) How To Improve Discovered Talent (47:24)   RESOURCES Website: http://www.marginalrevolution.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/tylercowen LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyler-cowen-166718/ ‍ STEVEN KOTLER is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Founder and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. His books include The Art of Impossible, Stealing Fire, and The Rise of Superman. His work has been translated into over 40 languages and appeared in over 100 publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, The Harvard Business Review and Forbes.