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Interview with Robin Hanson

The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Knowledge Economy

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The Elephant in the Room: Hidden Motives and Everyday Life

Robin Hanson: Why do people consume so much medicine if it doesn't seem to be helping them much? In randomized trials, people who get more medicine are not on average healthier. So we posit that you have a hidden motive about medicine. What you are using medicine for is to show you care about other people and let them show they care about you.

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