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Tyler Cowen
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Selection Matters More Than Incentives
The speaker discusses the negative consequences of selecting individuals based on traits like brutality and superficial loyalty, leading to the recruitment of unreliable people who can be harmful. They emphasize the importance of proper selection over incentives. The speaker highlights the need for individuals to acquire conceptual frameworks for success, which could be achieved through explicit teaching and role modeling. They suggest that young individuals, especially from middle-class families in the United States, should consider engaging in manual labor to gain valuable life skills, as teen employment rates have declined significantly.
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