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What We Secretly Want (w/ Robin Hanson)

Uncertain Things

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Robin Hanson, associate professor of economics at George Mason University and research associate at the future of humanity Institute at Oxford. Robin: What motivates people to go along with a lie? Dom: I would assume it's the same reason why most people kind of nod and giggle along when somebody in power says something. It's just that's there in charge and you don't want to ruffle the status quo. We also talk about his other book, a little bit called the age of M. But yes, the vast majority of this conversation is based on the elephant in the brain which you want to describe it on.

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