Difference between revisions of "16: Tyler Cowen - The Revolution Will Not Be Marginalized"

In this episode, [[Eric Weinstein|Eric]] sits down with [[Tyler Cowen]] to discuss how/why a Harvard educated chess prodigy would choose a commuter school to launch a stealth attack on the self-satisfied economic establishment, various forms of existential risk, tech/social stagnation and more. On first glance, Tyler Cowen is an unlikely candidate for America's most influential economist. Since 2003, Cowen has grown his widely read and revered economics blog Marginal Revolution with lively thought, insight and prose resulting in a successful war of attrition against traditional thinking. In fact, his well of heterodox thinking is so deep that there is an argument to be made that Tyler may be the living person with the most diverse set of original rigorous opinions to be found in any conversation. The conversation takes many turns and is thus hard to categorize. We hope you enjoy it.  

In this episode, [[Eric Weinstein|Eric]] sits down with [[Tyler Cowen]] to discuss how/why a Harvard educated chess prodigy would choose a commuter school to launch a stealth attack on the self-satisfied economic establishment, various forms of existential risk, tech/social stagnation and more. On first glance, Tyler Cowen is an unlikely candidate for America's most influential economist. Since 2003, Cowen has grown his widely read and revered economics blog Marginal Revolution with lively thought, insight and prose resulting in a successful war of attrition against traditional thinking. In fact, his well of heterodox thinking is so deep that there is an argument to be made that Tyler may be the living person with the most diverse set of original rigorous opinions to be found in any conversation. The conversation takes many turns and is thus hard to categorize. We hope you enjoy it.  

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[[File:ThePortal-Ep16 TylerCowen-EricWeinstein.png|600px|thumb|Eric Weinstein (right) talking with Tyler Cowen (left) on episode 16 of The Portal Podcast]]

[[File:ThePortal-Ep16 TylerCowen-EricWeinstein.png|600px|thumb|Eric Weinstein (right) talking with Tyler Cowen (left) on episode 16 of The Portal Podcast]]