On the premiere episode of Meditations with Zohar, economist Tyler Cowen joins Zohar to discuss life in the internet age, what we can learn from empty restaurants and the philosophy of Leo Strauss. Tyler is a prolific writer, podcaster, and thinker, but his latest work is Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World, co-authored with Daniel Gross.

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Read more from Zohar at his Torah newsletter Etz Hasadeh or his philosophy newsletter What is Called Thinking.

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