University of Austin

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The most important thing you can do in that remaining part of your life must be intellectual succession, an planning. Academic life has gone off the rails in ways that i never would have imagined in the 19 eighties when i was starting out we need new institutions. I want to spend more time on institution building and less time on book writing and whatever time is left to me. And that should strike terror in my enemies hearts.

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On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes talk about the past year on the show, including one episode’s appearance on Ancient Aliens, Tyler’s picks for most underrated guests, how his 2021 predictions fared from last year’s retrospective, further reflections on the most downloaded—and most polarizing—episode of the year, how David Deutsch influenced Tyler’s opinions of Karl Popper, why he thinks his interviews with women tend to be better, and more. They also evaluate Tyler’s pop culture picks from 2011, play “Name that Production Function,” and answer listener questions from Twitter.

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Recorded December 8th, 2021 Other ways to connect

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