Tyler Cowen highlights the benefits of broadening your horizons by reading, traveling, and doing more anthropology, citing economics’s indirect dependence on anthropology. He believes that the most efficient way to learn is to travel and gain exposure to diverse cultures and perspectives.
The conviction with which people believe COVID-19 is serious or not corresponds to how inconvenient or convenient it is for them to believe it. The speaker, a self-described hyperlexic, discusses how to parse information and sources related to COVID-19.
In this podcast episode, the importance of continuous learning and practice is emphasized using Kobe Bryant's example of practicing more as he got older. Using Twitter as a tool for truth generation is also encouraged, as long as politics are generally ignored.