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Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
He's one of the best novelists alive today. This interview is a detailed look at his writing process, inspired by the class he used to teach at Stanford — and he's never done an interview quite like this.
Here are 17 lessons:
1. When you're sure what you're looking at, look harder.
2. There are... See more

How Tyler Cowen Uses AI
1) Grok: Quick and effective for fact-checking tweets.
2) o1 Pro: Best for queries. His primary daily tool.
3) Deep Research: Ideal for long-form (10-page) reports; extremely impressive but less practical for personal routine; occasionally useful for teaching; significant for replacing human labor.
4) Claude: Darn good w... See more
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Here’s the rub: for Deep Research to live up to its promise, we have to burn the internet down and make it good again.