Conversations with Tyler

What Conversations with Tyler Says About Communication

18 episodes about communication

Economist and polymath Tyler Cowen engages today’s deepest thinkers in wide-ranging explorations of their work, the worl...

Key Insights on Communication

Tijin transformed from sleeping in cars and minimal conversation to independent living and college attendance

  • Mycroft agent won as a 'digital chief AI officer' that builds comprehensive company AI strategies through Slack conversations
  • Holmes agent creates personalized AI recommendations by building individual 'case files' from workplace conversations and interviews
  • Rogan credits Elon Musk's Twitter purchase as historically significant for changing communication, providing transparency about bot accounts and foreign influence operations
  • Board communication happens daily via text rather than quarterly meetings, with members providing active strategic guidance
  • All business owners underprice themselves due to lack of confidence - charging what you're worth requires courage and awkward conversations
  • "Unspoken expectations are premeditated resentments" - Neil Strauss, capturing the core issue of poor communication in relationships
  • Polling data shows more people worldwide are worried about climate change today compared to two years ago, despite increased online rhetoric

Episodes

Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography

Bob Spitz on the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, and the Art of Biography

Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)

Craig Newmark on Institutional Maintenance, Giving Away Control, and the Internet We Were Promised (Live at 92NY)

Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent

Kim Bowes on the Economic Lives of Rome's Ninety Percent

Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness

Arthur Brooks on Reinvention, Religion, and the Science of Happiness

Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together

Paul Gillingham on Why Mexico Stays Together

Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy

Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli, Straussianism, and the Character of Liberal Democracy

Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English

Henry Oliver on Measure for Measure, Late Bloomers, and the Smartest Writers in English

Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires

Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires

Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929

Andrew Ross Sorkin on Market Bubbles, Banking Rules, and the Real Lessons of 1929

Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts

Diarmaid MacCulloch on Christianity, Sex, and Unsettling Settled Facts

Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work

Brendan Foody on Teaching AI and the Future of Knowledge Work

Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective

Conversations with Tyler 2025 Retrospective

Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture

Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and Rethinking Nature vs. Nurture

Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art

Gaurav Kapadia on New York City, Investing, and Contemporary Art

Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other

Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other

Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI

Cass Sunstein on Liberalism and Rights in the Age of AI

Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference

Blake Scholl on Supersonic Flight and Fixing Broken Infrastructure - Live at the Progress Conference

Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism

Donald S. Lopez Jr. on Buddhism

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