This is a proper crash and a chance to really rethink, but that it's good news. And let me say i am already very clearly on record as not supporting either brexet or trump. But if you think all systems can be gamed and are in some ways not sustainable, when you crack into the wall, there is an optimal time for that. So you can make a case this shock has come at a time when we still can respond in a positive way. I don't know how to prove or disprove that proposition, think it's quite possibly true in that sense. It's lowered my optimism, but my optimism about the mere election, given that the election is possible
A few months ago, Tyler asked Patrick Collison, CEO of Stripe, to be on the show. Patrick agreed, but only under the condition that the be the one to do the interviewing. Thus, what follows is the conversation Patrick wanted to have with Tyler, not the one you wanted to have.
Happily Patrick stayed true to the spirit of Conversations with Tyler, and their dialogue covers a wide range of topics including the the benefits of diverse monocultures, the state of macroeconomics, Donald Trump, the amazing economics faculty at GMU, Peter Thiel, Brian Eno, Thomas Schelling, why Twitter is underrated, and — most pressing of all — why Marginal Revolution is so strange looking.
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Recorded January 25th, 2017 Other ways to connect
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