Tyler Cowen
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Reading sentences to ponder
In 2015, 6 of the top 25 bestselling hardcover books—this is a not-perfect but useful proxy for new books published—were fiction.
What should I ask Kevin Roose?
Yes I will be doing a podcast with him. From Wikipedia: Kevin Roose…is an American author and journalist.
Jared Diamond on Leaders, Luck, and Irreplaceability
Is leadership overrated? That’s one simple reading of what Jared Diamond argues in his new book.
✨ My interview with economist Tyler Cowen on the Age of AI (and more)
Watch now | Faster Please!—The Podcast…
Will new transportation technologies increase urban density?
Will 21st century transportation innovations work against urban density, as the car did in the 20th century, or promote urban centralization, as the railroad did in the 19th century?
Some Navier-Stokes updates
Some Terry Tao. More Terry Tao. Some ChatGPT. Some are calling this “a Deep Blue moment” for AI. All via T., a mathematician.
Ed Elson and Scott Galloway interview me on AI
The post Ed Elson and Scott Galloway interview me on AI appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .
Capital gains vs. wealth taxes
Standard optimal capital tax theory abstracts from modeling asset prices, making it unsuitable for thinking about capital gains and wealth taxation.
South Korean aspirational markets in everything
Instead of Amazon, I spent the past week browsing a new breed of websites known as “dopamine sites,” a trend that emerged in South Korea.
Emergent Ventures winners, 59th cohort
Tym Syrytczyk, London, autonomous vehicles in the UK. Shane Regan, Long Island, 16, AI agents. Maximilian Kornstein, 15, Atlanta area, agents and general career support.