The first conversation is about Tyler’s book GOAT about the world’s greatest economists. Fascinating stuff, this made me more likely to read and review GOAT in the future if I ever find the time. I mostly agreed with Tyler’s takes here, to the extent I am in position to know, as I have not read that much in the way of what these men wrote, and at this point even though I very much loved it at the time (don’t skip the digression on silver, even, I remember it being great) The Wealth of Nations is now largely a blur to me.
If you’re familiar with Tyler, you can guess his decision as to who is the GOAT.
Also, I find it hilarious that Tyler claimed the AI x-risk people were these guys in Berkely who think that the world has gotten a bit better over their lives, and do they really want to risk that, given how “business as usual” he thinks the future will be. Also, are his views really standard econ? Doesn’t the rules and heuristics of econ + ems, shows you get crazy growth rates?
If you’re familiar with Tyler, you can guess his decision as to who is the GOAT.
Also, I find it hilarious that Tyler claimed the AI x-risk people were these guys in Berkely who think that the world has gotten a bit better over their lives, and do they really want to risk that, given how “business as usual” he thinks the future will be. Also, are his views really standard econ? Doesn’t the rules and heuristics of econ + ems, shows you get crazy growth rates?