I stopped watching in the middle of the episode because I kept wanting to hear more from Wittman. Caplan is very fast with his thoughts and replies which makes him a formidable debater. I however, wanted a more in depth discussion and kept getting the sense that Wittman would talk more if the space opened up to form the thoughts.
Great exchange. It seemed at one point that Whitman was saying well Trump should not have happened under my theory of life but there is no better theory so I am sticking with it?
As regards Trump, systems usually operate within boundaries 2 standard deviations ? Something. And structures operate within norms. And Trump who is clearly an outlier just blew up norms and is 4 standards deviations out. So just like a ship at sea can heel over quite a bit there is a point of no return and it capsizes
We may be at that point and Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together again.
People elected Hitler, Chavez and others who became dictators. It can happen
I get what you are saying, and Trump *is* an outlier, but it’s not obvious that his advent is the cause of the ending of norms or the effect of the ending of norms.
Meh, kind of a mediocre interview. Bryan is asking interesting questions, but Wittman clearly hasn't thought much about this topic since he wrote the book 30 years ago and most of his takes are lukewarm at best.
I stopped watching in the middle of the episode because I kept wanting to hear more from Wittman. Caplan is very fast with his thoughts and replies which makes him a formidable debater. I however, wanted a more in depth discussion and kept getting the sense that Wittman would talk more if the space opened up to form the thoughts.
Great exchange. It seemed at one point that Whitman was saying well Trump should not have happened under my theory of life but there is no better theory so I am sticking with it?
As regards Trump, systems usually operate within boundaries 2 standard deviations ? Something. And structures operate within norms. And Trump who is clearly an outlier just blew up norms and is 4 standards deviations out. So just like a ship at sea can heel over quite a bit there is a point of no return and it capsizes
We may be at that point and Humpty Dumpty cannot be put back together again.
People elected Hitler, Chavez and others who became dictators. It can happen
I get what you are saying, and Trump *is* an outlier, but it’s not obvious that his advent is the cause of the ending of norms or the effect of the ending of norms.
Bryan, the substack app makes YT videos really painful to watch, since it shuts down the video every time you close your phone.
If you click “Watch on YouTube” or the tile you can watch it through the app.
I don’t have the YouRube app and refuse to install it. That’s why I’m on friggin Substack, man!
Meh, kind of a mediocre interview. Bryan is asking interesting questions, but Wittman clearly hasn't thought much about this topic since he wrote the book 30 years ago and most of his takes are lukewarm at best.