Tyler Cowen

Well, the Beatles are an interesting example.

I mean, they broke up in 1970, right?

Rolling Stones are still going.

That tells you something.

But the Beatles created much greater value, and the Beatles are the group we still all talk about much more, even though the Rolling Stones are still with us.

So they were always unstable.

There's like two periods of the Beatles.

Early Beatles, John is the leader.

But then Paul works at it, and John becomes a heroin addict, and Paul gets better, better, better, and ultimately there's no core, there's not a stable equilibrium, the Beatles split up.

But that creative tension for like those core seven to eight years was just unbelievable, and it's four founders, Ringo not quite a founder, but basically a founder, because Pete Best was crummy and they got rid of him right away.

It's one of the most amazing stories in the world.

I like studying these amazing productivity stories like Johann Sebastian Bach, Magnus Carlson, Steph Curry, the Beatles.

I think they're worth a lot of study.

They're atypical.

You can't just say, oh, I'm going to be like the Beatles.

Like, you're going to fail.

The Beatles did that.

But nonetheless, I think it's a good place to look for getting ideas.

and seeing risks.

Hello, everyone.