Tyler Cowen

And in a way, we're opposite outliers.

I think that's healthy for me, both where I live and that I come here a lot and that I travel a lot.

But you all are so like out there in what you believe.

I'm not sure where to start.

You come pretty close to thinking in terms of infinities on the creative side and the destructive side.

And no one in Washington thinks in terms of infinities.

They think at the margin.

And overall, I think they're much wiser than the people here.

But I also know if everyone or even more people thought like the DC people, our world would end.

We wouldn't have growth.

They're terrible.

People in the EU are super wise.

Like you have a meal with like some sort of French person who works in Brussels.

It's very impressive.

They're cultured.

They have wonderful taste.

They understand all these different countries.

They know something about Chinese porcelain.

And if like you lived in a world ruled by them, the growth rate would be negative 1%.

So there's some way in which all these things have to balance.