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In 2011 Cowen published a digital pamphlet in which he argued that since the 1973 oil-price shock, America had experienced a hidden crisis of lost growth that would be resolved only by the development of new technology. He called this period the “Great Stagnation”, and he proposed a cultural solution rather than an economic one: raise the social... See more
archive.ph • Tyler Cowen, the Man Who Wants to Know Everything
These are all highly contestable statements.
W. Brian Arthur • Complexity Economics: Proceedings of the Santa Fe Institute's 2019 Fall Symposium
Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Goog
Bo Cowgill • Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google
- What was the aha moment for Scott with crypto?
- Scott was aware of crypto early, but very skeptical. Saw that everyone was trying to decentralize just for the sake of it. But decentralization has costs. Centralized entities are often more effective in coordinating interaction.
- His opinion started to change with examples of use-cases where tech was
Sari Azout • Market Design Masterclass ft. Scott Kominers
Max Levchin, my co-founder at PayPal, says that startups should make their early staff as personally similar as possible.
Peter Thiel, Blake Masters • Zero to One
As economists, we argue that the philosophical assumptions that guide welfare economics have also guided the design of digital spaces: specifically by defining individual well-being by the theory of revealed preferences. The fundamental idea that a person maximizes their welfare by making choices that reflect their underlying preferences remains... See more