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Podcast: Reversing Climate Change (LS 49 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: 37: Ben Kessler, Holistic Grazing SpecialistPub date: 2018-08-28Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationWhat if we could have our meat and eat it too? The current system of meat production in feed lots is devastating for the environment, but there is a better way. A way that would restore our grasslands and reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. This method is known as holistic grazing.The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Carbon Removal Strategies LLC, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: The Not Unreasonable Podcast (LS 33 · TOP 5% what is this?)Episode: Tyler Cowen on Big BusinessPub date: 2019-08-12Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTyler Cowen, professor of economics, blogger at marginalrevolution.com, columnist for Bloomberg, host of Conversations with Tyler and author of numerous books returns to the Not Unreasonable Podcast to talk about his latest book, Big Business: a Love Letter to An American Anti-Hero. All too rarely do you get a tour of how incredibly strong the evidence is that everyday truths are what they are: big business actually exists for a reason because it mostly does exactly what we need: provide goods and services at affordable prices with reasonably good service. What's more is that big business is the source of all kinds of benefits to America and to human society generally. It's even better than you think! In the show we cover:- where businesses fit into the social intuition of the human mind- similarities between how we treat famous people and big business and what another of Tyler's books, *What Price Fame* can teach us about big business- What is good management and what effects does management have on employees?- How the book is an American book and how it is NOT a Chinese book- Crony capitalism doesn't exist here, but where might it exist in the world?- Wall Street and Financial Dark Matter- How Tyler views the firmAll this and much more! See show notes at notunreasoanble.comTwitter: @davecwrightSurprise, It's Insurance mailing listLinkedin Social Science of Insurance EssaysThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from David Wright, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: 2038 (LS 38 · TOP 2% what is this?)Episode: S E6: Fake News, Bad Presidents: Our Coming 19th Century FuturePub date: 2018-11-21Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTyler Cowen thinks that in 2038, we're going back to the past. In the absence of major enemies like Nazis or Soviets, Tyler argues we'll see a return to the world of 19th-century American politics — bitter, rancorous, and dysfunctional, filled with fake news and presidents who probably shouldn't have beenThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from New York Magazine / Intelligencer, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: Economic Rockstar (LS 43 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: 161: Tyler Cowen on Stubborn Attachments - A Vision for a Society of Free and Prosperous IndividualsPub date: 2018-10-11Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationTyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Chair of Economics at George Mason University and serves as chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is coauthor of the popular economics blog Marginal Revolution and cofounder of the online educational platform Marginal Revolution University. His latest book 'Stubborn Attachments' is part of our discussion in this episode. Check out www.economicrockstar.com/tylercowen for all links, books and resources mentioned in this episode. Support the podcast for as little as $1 at www.patreon.com/economicrockstarThe podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Frank Conway - Economics and Finance Lecturer - interviews Dan Ariely, Deir, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

Podcast: North Star Podcast (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Tyler Cowen: Two Blundering FoolsPub date: 2018-01-25Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationListen Here: iTunes | Overcast Subscribe to my Monday Musings Newsletter to Keep Up with the Podcast Tyler Cowen is an economics professor at George Mason University. He runs the Mercatus Center, which bridges the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems. He blogs every day at Marginal Revolution, writes for Bloomberg, and hosts his own podcast called Conversations with Tyler. He writes about economics, arts, culture, food, and globalization. As I prepared for this episode, I settled on three things that I wanted to focus on: how Tyler thinks about travel, the rise of China and India, and how he learns so much. Enjoy this exploration of knowledge and culture, and I hope you laugh with us along the way. I particularly recommend Tyler’s most recent book, Stubborn Attachments. Transcript David: Tyler Cowen, welcome to the North Star. Tyler: Thank you for having me. David: So tell me a little bit about where you grew up in northern New Jersey. What was growing up like for you and what were you into as a kid? Tyler: I was born in Kearny, New Jersey, Hudson county, which was a blue collar town, and my father climbed some kind of career ladder from having been bankrupted at thirty, to being upper, upper middle class, so I caught different parts of that income stream. I went to a great high school where I had four or five close friends who were super smart and had a blast. We were like a nerd fest before nerds were cool and I learned something every day but not from the teachers. I loved it and I just knew New York City. David: Well, let's dive into it. I think that one thing that's really interesting about the Internet is I like to say it rewards obsession in a way that the world didn't use to and I think a byproduct of that is nerd culture is, is cool now. Tyler: You know, I specialized in the style of learning before there wasn't an internet and then when the Internet came along, I feel it made me like 20 times more productive. So I'm very lucky to have gotten this extreme productivity boost at about age 40, which is very rare in careers. There are people who might have some kind of productivity turning point when they're 29 or 22, but to get it at age 40, it's given my life a very different trajectory. David: So I know you wrote a book about that, but talk about what was that productivity boost like, how do you think about productivity, and how did that boost manifest itself? Tyler: Well, I worked very hard for years at trying to absorb more information and absorb it quickly and order it effectively and when the way you do that is driving around to used bookstores and carry used books home and read them, well, that's a wonderful thing to do, but when you can just go to your iPad or your laptop and whoosh, it's all there, you're going to do a lot better. Tyler: Whereas people who say do research, they've been made more productive by the Internet in other ways, but they're less concerned with absorbing information. So I feel I've gotten a relative gain compared to many other people. David: So does that mean that you're hopping around between different subjects? Like if I go on marginal revolution, I could go from traveled economics to then yesterday, right, about North Korea and America. So are you hopping around or how has that style of learning changed over the years? Tyler: I have long-term study plans, like part of my long-term study plan is to understand India and China much better. So that's kind of a 10 year project that I'm always in the middle of, but of course using the Internet to help me makes it much easier. Plus travel, travel being a key to learning. We'll get back to that. Uh, and then during the day I just try to keep up with the flow, the flow of good articles and new ideas. Tyler: And you know, the flow always beats me. But you wake up at seven, you go to bed at 11:00 PM, there's interruptions, you exercise, you eat, but the day is the flow, the flow is your day, like it or not. David: Dodging bullets and trying to survive. So there was analogy I got a couple months ago of if, if you're learning is a ship, when you try to steer something for long-term, so say that you want to learn about India in the next 10 years. The advice that I got which I thought was quite good was just steer your ship. So change your twitter feed, change your social streams one or two degrees. How do you think about it? Tyler: I view myself as a prisoner of my passions. So what helps me is to be very motivated to do what I do. So I don't sit down and strategize like what's my optimal career plan? Tyler: I just think what'll keep me involved and I figure they kind of compound interest on that learning will just accumulate and as long as I'm having fun, I'll stay motivated like way past other people

Podcast: North Star Podcast (LS 42 · TOP 1.5% what is this?)Episode: Daniel Gross: Dreams and DeterminationPub date: 2018-10-10Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationListen Here: iTunes | Overcast Subscribe to my Monday Musings Newsletter to Keep Up with the Podcast My guest today is Daniel Gross, a partner at Y Combinator, the world’s best startup studio. Daniel focuses on artificial intelligence at Y Combinator and recently founded AI Grant, a distributed AI Research Lab. Daniel was born in Jerusalem, Israel and was accepted into the Y Combinator Program in 2010. At the time, Daniel was the youngest founder ever accepted. In 2013, Cue was acquired by Apple. At 22, Daniel was leading several search and AI efforts across the company spanning iOS, OS X and Apple Watch. In 2017, Daniel joined Y-Combinator as a Partner. He launched YC AI, Y-Combinator’s first vertical dedicated to investing in AI companies. In 2018, Daniel founded Pioneer. Pioneer is a search engine for the millions of “Lost Einstein’s” — extraordinarily creative people around the world who have the talent, but lack opportunity. Once identified, Pioneer and makes small investments to support whatever project they’re working on. In this episode, Daniel talks about the experience of coming to America and starting a company with Y Combinator. He talks about the power of seeing life like a video game with levels, and fast, continuous feedback. Daniel also shares lessons from John D. Rockefeller on business, decision making, and company building. Finally, Daniel talks about Israel and shares his insights on why the country is so innovative. Purchase the Transcript SUBSCRIBE TO MY “MONDAY MUSINGS” NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP with THE PODCAST. Show Notes 5:40- Daniel talks about some of things he became fascinated with early on in life. 8:20 How Daniel took an early interest in coding through video games and reverse engineering. 8:50 The “gamifacation” strategy Daniel uses to set goals and motivate himself. 9:20 “Everything in life is some form of a video game” Daniel explains how life can be similar to a video game in terms of seeing stages of life as levels, and setting goals and strategies to progress one from level to the next. 11:22 Daniel delves into what motivates people and specifically how our need for approval is not necessarily something to be ashamed of. 14:00 Daniel talks about YC’s earlier years and his first encounter with Steve Jobs. 16:00 Daniel describes his initial vision to create a “personal” search engine capable of sorting through your own personal data. 17:10 Daniel explains a variety of features and functions that AI and his coding have on iOS and OS devices 18:15 How will we interact with artificial intelligence in the future? 21:00 The pitfalls of trying to superimpose the current futuristic thinking rather than expecting the unexpected. 22:56 New tech often seems like a toy or novelty at first, up until it becomes mainstream. 23:27- Daniels offers his perspective on the bottlenecks we have on scientific progress and the current lack of diversity in terms of ideas. 26:00 Entry barriers most start ups have to face and overcome when entering AI development. 27:32 Daniel speaks about Assembly A.I., a start up that YC worked with. 29:30 Daniel explains the benefits of reevaluating a strategy when stuck on a challenging “level.” 34:45 David suggests the first steps to perusing progress is surrounding yourself with great people or ideas. 35:09 Reverse engineering your vision, into a plan. How to set “levels” as goals when playing the game of life. 37:39 How vital of a role our environment plays in our development and pursuit of of progress. 38:15 Optimizing for a city versus a small group and the importance of one’s surroundings when pursuing a goal or idea. 39:38 Social/professional groups and their validity while shifting to a digital format. How strong are our online relationships when it comes to motivating us? 43:06 What makes Israel so different and innovative? 45:20 Daniel describes the first and second Intifada in Israel and the resulting send of community that was cultivated during the shared suffering. 47:46 “Scarcity creates greatness” How Israel innovates out of necessity rather than experimentally. 51:30 The “harsh” culture of Israel and its contribution to the deterrence of pursuing potentially good or risky ideas. 53:45 How optimism can be both a positive outlook for growth, but can also lead to false or unrealistic expectations 57:00 Daniel on how we can learn from history when looking at it from a cyclical point of view. 1:00.24 – How ‘stupid little ideas” can turn out to be some of the most innovative endeavors when pursued. 1:01.38 “Fitness as a ticket of admission to the world” and how it enables us to better experience more aspects of life. Purchase the Transcript SUBSCRIBE TO MY “MONDAY MUSINGS” NEWSLETTER TO KEEP UP WITH THE PODCAST. The podcast and artwork