Stubborn Attachments - by Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias

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Tyler Cowen’s new book, Stubborn Attachments, says many things.

Tyler Cowen’s new book, Stubborn Attachments, says many things. But his main claims are, roughly, 1) we should care much more about people who will live in the distant future, and 2) promoting long-run economic growth is a robust way to achieve that end. As a result, we should try much harder to promote long-run economic growth. Now I don’t actually think his arguments are that persuasive to those inclined to disagree. On 1), the actions of most people suggest that they don’t actually care much about the distant future, and there exist quite consistent preferences (including moral…

Stubborn Attachments - by Robin Hanson - Overcoming Bias

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