What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Tyler Cowan. He's the Hobart L. Harris chair of economics at George Mason University,

a columnist, podcaster and an author.

Finding and recruiting the best talent is perhaps the most important job that an organization has.

Skillful, enthusiastic, keen staff can make or break a business.

So why is it that most companies are mostly useless when it comes to discovering talent?

Expect to learn whether population collapse is coming very soon, whether talent is innate or developed.

Why there's a crisis of talent when we have more people on earth than ever before,

whether you should look at someone's parents before hiring them, the best questions to ask in an interview,

what SpaceX's hiring strategy teaches us about thoroughness, how Tyler screens young staff for the most original thinkers, and much more.

I am back in the UK for a couple more days. I've been here for nearly a week and British Airways managed to lose pretty much all of my possessions.

So I am recording podcasts on a sellotape and twine piece together old kit setup at the moment, which feels oddly nostalgic and is actually quite fun.

But hopefully I will get the rest of my possessions back from British Airways. Also, back end of this month, we have got two of the biggest episodes that I've ever done.

And I absolutely can't wait to release this. So stay tuned.

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