Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and the author of The Cultural Transplant, Hive Mind, and 10% Less Democracy.
This episode was fun and interesting throughout!
He explains:
* Why national IQ matters
* How migrants bring their values to their new countries
* Why we should have less democracy
* How the Chinese are an unstoppable global force for free markets
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Intro
(00:01:08) - Migrants Change Countries with Culture or Votes?
(00:09:15) - Impact of Immigrants on Markets & Corruption
(00:12:02) - 50% Open Borders?
(00:16:54) - Chinese are Unstoppable Capitalists
(00:21:39) - Innovation & Immigrants
(00:24:53) - Open Borders for Migrants Equivalent to Americans?
(00:28:54) - Let's Ignore Side Effects?
(00:30:25) - Are Poor Countries Stuck?
(00:32:26) - How Can Effective Altruists Increase National IQ
(00:39:13) - Clone a million John von Neumann?
(00:44:39) - Genetic Selection for IQ
(00:47:02) - Democracy, Fed, FDA, & Presidential Power
(00:49:42) - EU is a force for good?
(00:55:12) - Why is America More Libertarian Than Median Voter?
(00:56:19) - Is Ethnic Conflict a Short Run Problem?
(00:59:38) - Bond Holder Democracy
(01:04:57) - Mormonism
(01:08:52) - Garett Jones's Immigration System
(01:10:12) - Interviewing SBF
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