2min chapter

People I (Mostly) Admire cover image

110. Drawing from Life (and Death)

People I (Mostly) Admire

CHAPTER

How to Say Goodbye

I think economists, at least me, I'm a little bit afraid of artists because number one, I tend to like things that I can quantify and art is hard to quantify. And number two, economists are very literal. Just look at the world and then what we try to do is strip away everything complicated down to a handful of mathematical equations which are obviously nothing like the real world but maybe capture some element of it. Yet we're still using our set of tools that we've honed over the years and they're pretty blunt in their own ways and limited. But yeah, you're probably trying to exclude all the things that make life interesting to me. That would be my hunch

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode