Robin Hanson
Economist at George Mason University; writes Overcoming Bias; author of The Age of Em and The Elephant in the Brain.
Fossil Future by Alex Epstein
But on the recommendation of my colleague Bryan Caplan, I’ve just read Alex Epstein’s contrarian new book Fossil Future . And my overall review is that, on the big issues, he’s basically right: CO2 induced planetary warming is going slowly, doesn’t remotely threaten extinction, and its harms will be more than offset by gains from our growing fossil-energy-powered wealth.
on overcomingbias.com · 16 Oct 2022
The Secret of Our Success: How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter by Joseph Henrich
Joseph Henrich schooled me. I felt like I learned more from his book than from the last dozen books I’ve read.
on overcomingbias.com · 2 Dec 2015
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