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(Classic Episode) Tyler Cowen: The Dark Side of Talent, Sorting and Institutions

From the New World

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How Important Is Intent?

How important do you see intent as in judging the effectiveness of a group? I view a lot of intent as ambiguous or multifaceted, and most people are mostly selfish all the time. And that's part of that's an axiom that goes into my institutional analysis. Many organizations function in ways that are explicitly contradictory or almost precisely the opposite of what they claim to do.

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