What's the net social externality on this mix of sports, fantasy sports gambling? What's your view? I think what if people just watch sports like I watch sports. The thing about like daily fantasy sports is that a lot of that is really taken away. It's kind of very much like a brute force approach to watching sports and I kind of did this for a few weeks and got bored with it.
Nate Silver joins Tyler Cowen for a conversation on data, forecasting, My Bloody Valentine, the social value of gambling, Donald Trump and the presidential field, vacation advice, Supreme Court picks, the wisdom of Björk, and the most underrated statistic for finding good food.
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