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Tyler Cowen on how the Internet changes everything — [PODCAST]

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:12:07 +0000

Here:
- http://surprisinglyfree.com/wp-content/uploads/SFC-018-100504.mp3

Tyler Cowen on the technology-based economic expansion — [VIDEO]

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 27 May 2011 08:05:29 +0000

Tyler Cowen, proven wrong on PBS? — [VIDEO]

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 19 May 2011 08:05:35 +0000

Brian Caplan tweeted that the GMU prof was wrong and the MIT prof was right. Is that your personal view? I am not impressed by the futuristic MIT gadgets, as they won’t necessary correspond to people’s needs. Hence, I don’t buy their argument that the real problem is not being capable of “keeping up” with the pace of technology. We don’t care about technology we don’t need.

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Tyler Cowen’s The Great Stagnation — [REVIEW]

Chris F. Masse — Sat, 07 May 2011 07:43:11 +0000

Jason Ruspini:

I don’t think Cowen failed to appreciate these points, but explaining the rate-of-change in productivity, mean income, asset returns, etc. in terms of a technological slowdown is still mainly a “story” that we are telling ourselves. We could also tell a story in terms of demographic structure and population growth. Both narratives are plausible, but difficult to show rigorously. Regardless of how we try to explain what has happened, it is uncontroversial that it is becoming harder to retire, and that fact has a large bearing on quality of life. It is difficult to quantify the gains from radio to television to color TV to Youtube on IPhone (where one might take pleasure in watching cigarette commercials from the ’60s and ’70s), but having to work or not seems a lot more straightforward, and stagnation on that front is more tangible. Of course, you will probably live longer in retirement, but can you afford that longevity? That is the more concrete issue here.

The Great Ephemeralization — [LINK]

Chris F. Masse — Thu, 05 May 2011 16:06:56 +0000

Review of Tyler Cowen’s The Great Stagnation.

Feel free to comment below.

Tyler Cowen on what happens when human neurodiversity meets information technology – [VIDEO]

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:53:39 +0000

Tyler Cowen believes that the economy of the future will be increasingly of the mind, ordering the mind’s contents in new and unique ways.

Tyler Cowen hates stories.

I highly recommend the Tyler Cowen podcast.

Chris F. Masse — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:03:55 +0000

At least, listen to the first part (on blogging – 5:30 into).

- “Every blog gets the comments it deserves.”

- “There is no reason to think that people good at other things will be good at blogging.”

- “I feel I should subsidize the people who send me e-mails… because they are working for me, for free.”

- His views about the iPad in education — 8:00 into.

- His views on the future of journalism — 13:00.

- On Twitter and FaceBook — 21:30.

- Immigration.

- The Internet. — 40:00.

UPDATE: More.

Marginal Revolution’s Tyler Cowen = Political Pundit — [PREDICTIONS]

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:45:42 +0000

Is Robin Hanson a fox or a hedgehog?

Chris F. Masse — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:37:39 +0000

Read Tyler Cowen’s description of Robin Hanson, and then answer these 2 questions:

- Is Robin Hanson a fox or a hedgehog?

- Is Tyler Cowen a fox or a hedgehog?

Comment below, or e-mail me if you want your toughts to stay private.

I am 100% certain that Tyler Cowen is a fox. However, I cannot make up my mind on Robin Hanson. What do you think? – [I cannot even come up on whether Chris Masse is a fox or a hedgehog. ]

Addendum: Philip Tetlock‘s foxes and hedgehogs

UPDATE

That impresses the hell out of me…

Chris F. Masse — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:23:08 +0000

Tyler Cowen has 1,180 friends on FaceBook.

Wow.

P.S.: And unlike Mike Giberson, Tyler has set up his own FaceBook username.