Tyler Cowen - Talent, Collapse, & Pessimism of Sex

It was my great pleasure to speak once again to Tyler Cowen. His most recent book is <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Identify-Energizers-Creatives-Winners/dp/1250275814"><em>Talent, How to Find Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Across the World</em></a>.<br/><br/>We discuss:<br/><br/>how sex is more pessimistic than he is,<br/><br/>why he expects society to collapse permanently,<br/><br/>why humility, stimulants, intelligence, & stimulants are overrated,<br/><br/>how he identifies talent, deceit, & ambition,<br/><br/>& much much much more!<br/><br/>Watch on <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/AHkmEnl55jo">YouTube.</a> Listen on <a target="_blank" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tyler-cowen-talent-collapse-sex/id1516093381?i=1000580917646">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6DSjeQ47CnNwraNxekzHZv?si=tObWfjcwTNewScAG8oUKQg">Spotify</a>, or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/tyler-cowen-2">here</a>.<br/><br/>Follow <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">me on Twitter</a> for updates on future episodes.<br/><br/>More really cool guests coming up, subscribe to find out about future episodes!<br/><br/>You may also enjoy my interviews of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/bryan-caplan-2">Bryan Caplan</a> (about mental illness, discrimination, and poverty), <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/david-deutsch">David Deutsch</a> (about AI and the problems with America’s constitution), and <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/steve-hsu">Steve Hsu</a> (about intelligence and embryo selection).<br/><br/><strong><em>If you end up enjoying this episode, I would be super grateful if you shared it. Post it on Twitter, send it to your friends & group-chats, and throw it up on any relevant subreddits & forums you follow. Can’t exaggerate how much it helps a small podcast like mine.</em></strong><