Vaughn Smith on Life as a Hyperpolyglot
Vaughn Smith is fluent in eight languages but with a beginner's grasp of at least thirty-six (and counting). His talents are so remarkable that the Washington Post did a feature story on him and neur...
7 Syys 202249min
Shruti Rajagopalan talks to Daniel Gross and Tyler about Identifying and Predicting Talent
How can one identify and predict talent? On a search to answer this question and others like it, Tyler Cowen joined venture capitalist and entrepreneur Daniel Gross to explore the art and science of f...
1 Syys 20221h 7min
Cynthia L. Haven on René Girard, Czeslaw Milosz, and Joseph Brodsky
As a little girl, Cynthia Haven loved reading classic works of literature. At sixteen, she began her career as a reporter. And years later, those two interests converged as they led her to interview a...
24 Elo 202244min
William MacAskill on Effective Altruism, Moral Progress, and Cultural Innovation
When Tyler is reviewing grants for Emergent Ventures, he is struck by how the ideas of effective altruism have so clearly influenced many of the smartest applicants, particularly the younger ones. An...
10 Elo 202250min
Leopoldo López on Activism Under Autocratic Regimes
As an inquisitive reader, books were a cherished commodity for Leopoldo López when he was a political prisoner in his home country of Venezuela. His prison guards eventually observed the strength and ...
27 Heinä 202249min
Matthew Ball on the Metaverse and Gaming
Fighting fires meant a lot of downtime for Matthew Ball. Stationed at a forward operating base in the woods for two weeks at a time, he spent long hours amongst fellow firefighters with whom he shared...
13 Heinä 202255min
Barkha Dutt on the Nuances of Indian Life
Growing up, Barkha Dutt was totally rootless. She spoke English, not her parent's Punjabi. She devoured Enid Blyton and studied English literature during college, but read few Indian novelists. She di...
29 Kesä 202251min
Marc Andreessen on Learning to Love the Humanities
Like the frontier characters from Deadwood, his favorite TV show, Marc Andreessen has discovered that the real challenge to building in new territory is not in the practicalities of learning a trade, ...
15 Kesä 202251min
