Tyler Cowen

But I visit Stanford, not every year, but regularly.

There's selection in who it is I meet, but yeah, we're talking about selection, and they're very impressive.

And Emergent Ventures has funded a lot of people from Stanford.

As far as I can tell, as a group, they're doing very well.

So that is of no concern to me.

If you're worried about the Stanford kids, something seems off in the level of salience and focus in the argument, because they're overall doing great.

And they have high standards.

That's good, too.

You know, Paul McCartney thought John Lennon was a crummy guitar player, and John thought a lot of Paul's songs were crap.

Like, in a way, they're right, in a way, they're wrong, but it's a sign what high standards the Beatles had.

How old are you, by the way?

24.

Okay, now go back whenever...

however many years, was there a 24 year old like you doing the equivalent of podcasting?

Like it's just clearly better now than it was back then.

And you were doing this a few years ago.

So it's just obvious to me, you know, the young peaks are doing better and you're proof.

I don't know.

I mean, what was he paid?

And how good was his journalism?