The Portal 16: Tyler Cowen - The Revolution Will Not Be Marginalized
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Apocalypse in Political Theory
- A good political theory needs an apocalypse.
- Infinite time horizons might hinder rational political decisions.
Cowen's Question to Pinker
- Eric Weinstein asks Tyler Cowen if he has discussed Steven Pinker's optimism with him.
- Cowen recalls asking Pinker about his optimism given the falling cost of destructive weaponry.
Pinker's Optimism and Destructive Power
- Pinker's optimism assumes decreasing violence, but potential violence is high.
- Cowen notes that the logic of wielding destructive power is poorly understood.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Cost of Destroying the World by Pressing a Button
01:34 • 2min
The Great Moderation - I Don't Feel Pinker
03:07 • 3min
Suicide Bombing - Is There a Linkage?
05:49 • 1min
Is Nine 11 Really Theatrical or Artistic?
07:16 • 2min
Express VPN - A Great Way to Protect Your Traffic
09:09 • 3min
The Innovation of Violence
12:33 • 3min
I Like the Experiment of Not Reporting the Names of Mass Shooters
15:39 • 2min
Is It Possible to Suppress That?
17:17 • 3min
What's the Difference Between Public and Private Space?
20:16 • 3min
The People Who Manipulate Emotions
23:11 • 2min
The Politics of Emotional Manipulation
25:08 • 2min
Is There a Common Enemy?
26:52 • 5min
What the Hell's Going On?
31:35 • 2min
The Conspiracy Theory of the Ebsteine Death
33:29 • 2min
Did We Want Cassus Belle for World War II?
35:27 • 2min
The Best Theory of the Chicago School of Economics
37:18 • 2min
The Problem Is That You Can Never Leave Evolutionary Theory
39:40 • 2min
Economists and the National Science Foundation
42:04 • 2min
Using Economic Theory Against Economists?
43:54 • 2min
Economists Did More Good Than Harm
45:46 • 3min
How to Find an Error in All the Temperature Gauges
48:36 • 2min
Is There a Bs C P I? I Don't See That as a Legitimate Counter Argument
50:23 • 2min
I Don't Doubt Bad Things Go on in That Room
52:36 • 2min
The Impossibility Theorem for Comparing Price Indices Over Time
54:15 • 2min
What Is Gauge Theory in Economics?
56:42 • 3min
Is There an Actionable Trade Based on Real Rates of Return?
01:00:05 • 2min
Investing in the Markets
01:02:16 • 2min
Is It a Graft That You Developed?
01:04:11 • 2min
Is the Increase in Feminization of Society a Missing Factor?
01:05:48 • 2min
Is Marriage Good for Men?
01:08:09 • 2min
Are Women More Stressed Than Men?
01:10:24 • 2min
The Wage Gap Between Men and Women
01:12:06 • 2min
Is There a Collective Action Problem?
01:13:42 • 4min
Are You a Pirate?
01:17:29 • 2min
The Power of the Blog
01:19:00 • 2min
The Status of Economics Blogging
01:20:50 • 2min
I Think It's Pretty Terrible, but They're Giving Us Context for the Comments
01:23:05 • 1min
I'm the Establishment, Not the Only Part of It
01:24:33 • 2min
What Is Up With Michael Gwairn?
01:26:27 • 2min
The Distributed Idea Suspension Complex
01:28:04 • 3min
I've Never Been Out Ot the Good Graces
01:30:51 • 2min
I've Had a Lot of Good Fortune, Ye
01:32:44 • 2min
What Moves Your Soul in Music?
01:35:00 • 2min
A Do You Think a Lot of Music Before Bach May Be Quite Overrated?
01:36:31 • 2min
The Boredom Charge - Bach Isn't That Bad, but It's an Addiction
01:38:07 • 2min
Are You So So Wer?
01:40:23 • 2min
What in Music Do You Really Not Like?
01:42:27 • 2min
Heavy Metal
01:44:35 • 3min
The South Indian Classical Music
01:47:46 • 3min
The Beetles, Are You a Fan of Queen?
01:50:47 • 2min
I Love Arttatum, but I Never Reach for It
01:52:42 • 2min
The Weirdness of Miles Davis' Generous Generousity
01:54:34 • 1min
The Beatles, the Beatles and the Beatles - A Review
01:56:03 • 2min
How Do You Sleep?
01:58:19 • 2min
You Might Reject Your Phantom Tyrell Caan
01:59:55 • 2min
How Do You Model Peter Teal?
02:01:46 • 3min
Coke Foundation - The Most Impressive Man I've Met
02:04:18 • 2min
Are There Great Arbitrage Opportunities a With Other People Whose Reputations Mask Incredible Contributions?
02:05:48 • 2min
How to Choose Who Brings the Gifts
02:07:22 • 2min
I Don't Think We Figured It Out.
02:09:13 • 2min
Are You Conflicted?
02:11:01 • 2min
Should I Do a Podcast With Shaka?
02:12:46 • 2min
Are We Not Entitled to Some Hypocrisy?
02:14:33 • 3min
In this episode, Eric sits down with Tyler Cowen to discuss how/why a Harvard educated chess prodigy would choose a commuter school to launch a stealth attack on the self-satisfied economic establishment, various forms of existential risk, tech/social stagnation and more. On first glance, Tyler Cowen is an unlikely candidate for America's most influential economist. Since 2003, Cowen has grown his widely read and revered economics blog Marginal Revolution with lively thought, insight and prose resulting in a successful war of attrition against traditional thinking. In fact, his well of heterodox thinking is so deep that there is an argument to be made that Tyler may be the living person with the most diverse set of original rigorous opinions to be found in any conversation. The conversation takes many turns and is thus hard to categorize. We hope you enjoy it.
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