Gatekeeping Institutions and the Decline of Quality in Fiction

Devon Eriksen grew up with images of the galaxy and the imagined worlds of the golden age of science fiction. Now a retired software engineer, he writes with one purpose in mind: to give the reader something to love.

On this episode, Chris and Devon discuss:

• Why culture is upstream of law
• The era of whining being over
• Property Rights
• Why we need to push back on bad ideas
• Artificial Intelligence
• Rent-Seekers

Links:

Devon on X

Devon's Book: Theft of Fire

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Topics:

(00:00:00) - Intro

(00:02:23) - Devon’s multiple careers

(00:03:42) - “Culture is upstream of law, and law affects us.”

(00:17:33) - How does the non-left get back into the cultural dialogue?

(00:30:54) - The era of whining is over.

(00:34:43) - Property Rights

(00:41:48) - Pushing back on bad ideas

(00:46:13) - Artificial Intelligence

(01:00:26) - Predicting the future

(01:03:11) - Rent-Seeking

(01:07:05) - Who are the fiction gatekeepers?

(01:14:18) - Who is ‘they’?

(01:16:53) - The Principle-Agent Problem

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