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Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Tyler Cowen

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin

Rick Rubin

Arts, Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.61.2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 108 minutes

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Summary

Tyler Cowen is a world-renowned economist, professor, columnist, and co-author of the influential economics blog Marginal Revolution. Graduating from George Mason University with a Bachelor of Science in Economics, and later receiving his PhD in economics from Harvard University, he has developed a vested interest in the economics of culture, as he delves into topics including fame, art, and cultural trade in his 19 books. Alongside economist Alex Tabbarock, Cowen is passionate about making world-class economics education accessible through his online platform, Marginal Revolution University. However, he may be best known for his popular podcast, Conversations with Tyler, where he publishes new conversations with the greatest thinkers of today every Wednesday.  ------ Thank you to the sponsors that fuel our podcast and our team: Vivo Barefoot http://vivobarefoot.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ LMNT Electrolytes https://drinklmnt.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Squarespace https://squarespace.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ House of Macadamias https://www.houseofmacadamias.com/tetra Use code 'TETRA' ------ Sign up to receive Tetragrammaton Transmissions https://www.tetragrammaton.com/join-newsletter

Transcript

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0:00.0

Tetrogrammaton

0:02.0

Tetracket.

0:03.0

There's an optimal speed of revelation for this stuff, right?

0:26.5

If you learned it all on one day, like in the Matrix, oh, it's the Matrix, you go crazy.

0:31.6

But if you learn 2% over the course of 2, 3 years, maybe you can handle it.

0:36.8

When do you think you first started waking up?

0:41.3

13 or 14.

0:43.3

But waking up then was very different from now.

0:46.3

It was all different set of charades.

0:49.3

Like inflation then was high, people thought there was no way it could be brought down.

0:55.7

Pretty early on, I realized, well, that was wrong.

0:58.2

You just needed the will to do it, and of course we did it.

1:01.3

How did you know that it was wrong at such a young age?

1:04.2

Well, I read a lot, talked to some people, but you make your best guess at that age.

1:09.9

And there's no internet, so it's just very different standards.

1:13.3

You can't ever track down all the different points of view on any topic the way you can now.

1:18.7

How do you judge incoming information?

1:22.5

How do you verify it?

1:24.3

I ask, how does this fit in with broader lessons from history, first of all?

1:29.3

It's not that exceptions get ruled out automatically, but they face a higher bar.

1:34.5

Whereas if I read a tale of politicians being corrupt, like I'll challenge the details, but it's like, okay, I'm ready to believe this.

1:42.8

You look at the source, you look at who else

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