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The author has a great interview on econtalk about this which I found very interesting.

XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
As a long time econtalk listener I am kind of disappointed with this week's episode. I don't feel like they really elaborated beyond "we should have permissionless innovation"
- buzzdenver 9y ago
  My thoughts as well. They were basically saying that too much regulation/central planning is bad and a central authority cannot decide whether something is a good business idea, then talk for a long time about this fuzzy metaphor about dancing.
- cbayram 9y ago
  Same here. It was my first episode of econtalk. There were thought provoking points; i.e. focusing more on systemic mistakes rather than small ones as a result of permitting decision making at the local level (a la N. Taleb). However, it could've been told in 1/3rd the duration. I'll give it another go given this episode might have been one off.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    Definitively don't judge Econtalk by the episodes with Mike Munger, they're more informal and less structured, since he's a friend of the host.
    - travmatt 9y ago
      He’s even hosted an episode
  - XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
    I love econtalk, but there are def some duds. Usually the problem is that they just drag on with Russ and the Guest agreeing upon something. Here are a few that I enjoyed recently: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/10/megan_mcardle_o.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/10/megan_mcardle_o.htm... http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/sally_satel_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/sally_satel_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/chris_blattman_2.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/chris_blattman_2.ht... http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/06/christy_ford_ch.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/06/christy_ford_ch.htm... http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/01/sam_quinones_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/01/sam_quinones_on.htm...
lunchladydoris 9y ago
And if you do check out EconTalk, make sure to browse through the archive. They've had a lot of technology folks on the show over the years [0]. [0] http://www.econtalk.org/archives.html#guest http://www.econtalk.org/archives.html#guest

As a long time econtalk listener I am kind of disappointed with this week's episode. I don't feel like they really elaborated beyond "we should have permissionless innovation"

buzzdenver 9y ago
My thoughts as well. They were basically saying that too much regulation/central planning is bad and a central authority cannot decide whether something is a good business idea, then talk for a long time about this fuzzy metaphor about dancing.
cbayram 9y ago
Same here. It was my first episode of econtalk. There were thought provoking points; i.e. focusing more on systemic mistakes rather than small ones as a result of permitting decision making at the local level (a la N. Taleb). However, it could've been told in 1/3rd the duration. I'll give it another go given this episode might have been one off.
- icebraining 9y ago
  Definitively don't judge Econtalk by the episodes with Mike Munger, they're more informal and less structured, since he's a friend of the host.
  - travmatt 9y ago
    He’s even hosted an episode
- XR0CSWV3h3kZWg 9y ago
  I love econtalk, but there are def some duds. Usually the problem is that they just drag on with Russ and the Guest agreeing upon something. Here are a few that I enjoyed recently: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/10/megan_mcardle_o.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/10/megan_mcardle_o.htm... http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/sally_satel_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/sally_satel_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/chris_blattman_2.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/07/chris_blattman_2.ht... http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/06/christy_ford_ch.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/06/christy_ford_ch.htm... http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/01/sam_quinones_on.html http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/01/sam_quinones_on.htm...

lunchladydoris 9y ago

And if you do check out EconTalk, make sure to browse through the archive. They've had a lot of technology folks on the show over the years [0]. [0] http://www.econtalk.org/archives.html#guest http://www.econtalk.org/archives.html#guest