Tyler Cowen

And it can be in good ways, like the world, a la Steven Pinker, has had relative peace.

That's fraying at the edges in the data.

The numbers are now moving the wrong way.

But it's still way better than most past time periods.

And we'll have to see where that goes.

But there might be a ratchet effect where wars become more destructive.

And even if they're more rare, when they come, each one's a real doozy.

And whether we really are or ever can be ready for that, I'm just not sure.

And thank you very much, Dorkesh.

No, the optimistic note is that we're here.

Human agency matters.

If we were all sitting around in year 1000, we never could have imagined the world being anything like this, even a much poorer country.

And you know, it's up to us to take this extraordinary and valuable heritage and do some more with it.

And that's why we're here.

So I say, let's give it a go.