Steve Levitt
speaker
962 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 31 Jul
Steve Levitt’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And so I would stay up all night
doing something that had never occurred to me that would have any value, but it was with the purpose of trying to win at the racetrack.
I've lived these things that I'm now preaching.
But going back to your question, it is true that being an interviewer was roughly the last thing that I ever should have done.
You and I have been on book tours.
And there's nothing better for me than going on a book tour with you because you are the ultimate extrovert and you love to talk to people.
And I can spend the entire time just sitting there looking around.
Well, that's kind of you to say, but like my wife would say, what do you want for your birthday?
And the answer I don't say, because it's too rude, is I would like everyone to go away and I have a week where I didn't talk to a single person and nobody bothered me for a week.
That would be my dream.
And I might get tired after a week, but I can't remember a time where I was alone and I ever thought, geez, I wish I weren't alone.
Why are you not going to a silent retreat every week?
The problem with silent retreats is they actually have a lot of routine.
They make you work.
You have to clean the dishes and stuff like that.
Just because it was so surprising to me.
I haven't had a good conversation with my daughters.
in a decade, but something about being locked up in a studio.
We were face-to-face in the studio and my having had to prepare, just let it to be really magical.
I think it was unexpected for everyone.
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