In this episode, we interview Garett Jones, an economist at George Mason University Our discussion, initially aimed at Garett's latest book The Culture Transplant ends up delving into themes across his works - IQ as an externality, mechanisms that drive institutional quality, cultural persistence in immigrant diasporas, theories of assimilation and more. We also take a ambitious short detour to speculate on Singapore's secret to success.
Here are links to Garett's books, all of which we couldn't put down:
The Culture Transplant
10% Less Democracy
The Hive Mind
The Invisible Shackles: Mental Health Labels and Personal Agency
The Optimal Rate of Sexism
Western Civilization & The Paradox of Intolerance
Contra Freddie DeBoer on the honest case for socialism
How much of education is signaling?
Warriors of Columbia, Anonymous Speech and the Future of Liberalism
Beliefs That Sterilize The World with Malcolm Collins
Canada: Politeness, Wokeness, and Assisted Dying
AI, Institutions, and the Future of Human Flourishing with Sam Hammond
Careers: Aligning Stated and Revealed Preferences
Animal Welfare and Moral Weight with Bob Fischer
A Canadian Take on Indians
Eliezer's Call Option on Love
Meditations on Effective Altruism
Economics of Immigration
Free Speech: How slippery is your slope?
Are we our identities?
Israel/Palestine: The Other Side of Statehood
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