John Gertner, the idea factory, Bell Labs and the great age of American innovation. Michael Durden, more important than before because the corporate lab has appeared increasingly important with time. James Fallows, China Airborne. Greg Wolf, Rome and Empire Story. Odd Arnie Westad,. Restless Empire China and the world since 1750.
On this special year-in-review episode, Tyler and producer Jeff Holmes talk about the past year on the show, including which guests he’d like to have on in 2023, what stands out to him now about his conversation with Sam Bankman-Fried in light of the collapse of FTX, the most popular and most underrated episodes of the year, what makes a guest authentic, why he hasn’t asked the “production function” question much this year, his essay on Marginal Revolution on the New Right, and what he’s working on next. They also evaluate Tyler’s pop culture picks from 2012 and answer listener questions from Twitter.
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Recorded December 14th, 2022
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