#137 Life as Conversation - Russ Roberts on his relationship with his father, starting the EconTalk podcast in 2006, Adam Smith, why people want to be "lovely", aiming high, why it's hard to have fun, misunderstandings of the academic world, and moving to Israel in his 60's
The Pathless Path with Paul Millerd
What Do Academics Not Get About the Internet and What Do Internet People Not Appreciate About Academic Life?
I think most people don't understand academic life because, you know, the metaphor I always use is the kitchen. If someone reads a study that's been published peer reviewed in a journal and maybe a fancy journal, most people in the real world assume it's true. And so I don't think there's anything different about tech people in their misunderstanding of academic life. The idea that someone on the internet is saying something absurd to get attention and clicks or views or friends is not our default. It comes up fairly often, what people write and what they say is not always what they believe.
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