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Vig's avatar

I appreciate the transcript. Probably wouldn't have had the time for a full listen but enjoyed the read. Thanks!

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Tom Grey's avatar

See https://glennloury.substack.com/p/the-truth-about-roland-fryer?s=r

on young, Black, Harvard professor looking for truth.

China's "political correctness" is more likely to be sucking up to Xi or other administrators. That could be stronger than US wokeism; tho possibly weaker.

Russian war analysts were asked about a "hypothetical" Russian invasion, so of course they were wildly, patriotically optimistic about how easy any invasion would be -- because to be cautionary would have likely cost them their jobs.

Meritocracy and truth are most important when there are actual results.

This was a great talk, extra thanks for transcript!

See also https://arnoldkling.substack.com/p/keeping-up-with-the-fits-321?s=r

Economist Kling liked Steve's 2008 experiences with economists - who didn't know about MBS & CDS, but were willing to pontificate about the crisis to an even more ignorant news media.

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