Rebecca Kukla on Moving through and Responding to the World
Before she ever studied them as an academic, Rebecca Kukla was fascinated by cities. Growing up in the middle of Toronto, she spent her days walking the city and noticing the way people and place inte...
2 Tammi 20191h
Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise
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19 Joulu 20181h 9min
Paul Romer on the Unrivaled Joy of Scholarship
Throughout his career, Paul Romer has enjoyed sampling and sifting through an ever-growing body of knowledge. He sometimes jokingly refers to himself as a random idea generator, relying on others to f...
5 Joulu 201852min
John Nye on Revisionist Economic History and Having Too Many Hobbies
Is John Nye the finest polymath in the George Mason economics department? Raised in the Philippines and taught to be a well-rounded Catholic gentleman, John Nye learned the importance of a rigorous ed...
21 Marras 201858min
Eric Schmidt on the Life-Changing Magic of Systematizing, Scaling, and Saying "Thanks" (Live)
The son of an economist, Eric Schmidt eschewed his father's profession, first studying architecture before settling on computer science and eventually earning a PhD. Now one of the most influential te...
7 Marras 201854min
Ben Thompson on Business and Tech
Not only is Ben Thompson's Stratechery frequently mentioned on MR, but such is Tyler's fandom that the newsletter even made its way onto the reading list for one of his PhD courses. Ben's based in Tai...
24 Loka 20181h
Rob Wiblin interviews Tyler on *Stubborn Attachments*
In this special episode, Rob Wiblin of 80,000 Hours has the super-sized conversation he wants to have with Tyler about Stubborn Attachments. In addition to a deep examination of the ideas in the book,...
16 Loka 20182h 30min
Paul Krugman on Politics, Inequality, and Following Your Curiosity
After winning the Nobel, Paul Krugman found himself at the "end of ambition," with no more achievements left to unlock. That could be a depressing place, but Krugman avoids complacency by doing what h...
10 Loka 201852min
