Tyler Cowen
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Minimal.
Like it'll tell you more if you want it to.
I visited the Amish multiple times.
I'm not tempted.
I want to live to 97 and whatever else.
I don't think many people will do this.
I think it will be like the Amish where yes, some people do it, but they will be regarded as highly unusual outliers.
Understood, right?
Oh, I agree.
And I think we do see that quite a bit, as you mentioned.
But I think it will be a barbell solution where maybe one month a year you're off in the Thai jungle trekking, and most of the rest of the time you're immersed in your AIs rather than the Amish.
Or like Christian scientists, they refuse a lot of health care, dwindling in number.
A lot of the Amish become Mennonites, a lot of Mennonites die.
you know, marry Christians and are not that Mennonite anymore.
So that's what I expect.
The gains are too large.
I think we learned from history that no one is ready for a fundamental change.
Britain had an industrial revolution.
Different things were done with the poor laws, trade unions.
Arguably, those were a good idea, but they really didn't matter that much