Erik Brynjolfsson

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201 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 17 Jul

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And for me, the marginal utility of more money isn't that high.

So I just sort of like what I'm doing right now.

Stanford's been great to me.

And I like just being able to have a perch where I can do the research that I'm doing.

I don't know.

Maybe there's something wrong with me, but I feel like, what am I going to do?

Get a bigger house?

More cars?

I don't know.

So I feel like I have the greatest job.

Don't tell my dean or he'll cut my salary, but I feel like I'm basically very happy with what I'm doing.

Whatever amount of money I had, I would be doing basically what I'm doing right now.

So I'm lucky in that not everybody's lucky enough to have a job like that.

Maybe you guys do.

You guys look like you're having fun.

And hopefully we'll be entering a world in the future where more and more people can just be doing what they really enjoy doing like I do.

And money won't be the main reason that they pick one job versus the other.

Oh, wouldn't that be nice?

It's your day to play.

The New York Times.

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