
The Death of Cool

I think statements about our current time should be statements about *the variance*. The complacent are ever more complacent. The entrepreneurial and independent-minded are all the more so. We even saw this in the pandemic. Many people retreated in fear, or had mental health problems, or simply shut down. Others responded with great efforts and ene... See more
Noah Smith • Interview: Tyler Cowen, economist and public intellectual
the nonchalance epidemic
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