Scott Phillips
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1,587 appearances
2 recordings
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first heard Jun 2022
last heard 31 Aug
Scott Phillips’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Don't love it entirely correctly, but that idea of what do I actually think?
Which is which sounds stupid to say because that we know what uh our thoughts by definition are known 'cause 'cause we have them, right?
But if you're forced to then really think
Actually, yeah, what do I think?
And why do I think that?
And how would I defend that?
That's a a and that starts to catch up of a silly example.
I used to believe in trickle down economics because I wanted to believe it was true.
Can you tell us
before you go?
So the idea that if the wealthy get wealthier, they'll spend more money and it'll trickle down through to the the the poorest and the lowest earner, right?
That that kind of idea of all you do is grow the pie, and if it grows at the top, that's fine because the money kinda trickles down through the system and eventually everyone gets some.
And the pie does grow.
But s um research piece after research after re sh it's not it's not necessarily true.
It can be true, not necessarily true.
You can't just say doesn't matter who gets the money, as long as someone gets it, everyone will eventually get it, so we're all fine.
Turn, that's not true.
It's just not.
And so I had to go, All right, I'll I I can't defend that view.
I wanted to believe it was true 'cause it was a nice idea that growing the pie is enough and everyone will be fine.
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