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And also you can correct people when they're wrong, which is a very important side benefit.

Yeah.

So I think this is the same as anybody who's not blogging is –

Well, so I think like the thing everybody does is they've read many books in the past and when they read a new book, they have enough background to think about it.

Like you are thinking about our ideas in the context of Joseph Henrich's book.

I think that's good.

I think that's the kind of place that intellectual progress comes from.

I think I am more incentivized to do that.

Like, it's hard to read books.

I think if you look at the statistics, they're terrible.

Most people barely read any books in a year.

And I get lots of praise when I read a book and often lots of money.

And that's a really good incentive.

So I think I...

do more research deep dives, read more books than I would if I weren't a blogger.

It's an amazing side benefit.

And I probably make a lot more intellectual progress than I would if I didn't have those really good incentives.

Yeah.

It's a honor to be my generation's Garry Kasparov.

So I've tried this and first of all, it does a decent job.