Dwarkesh Patel & Garett Jones , Dwarkesh Podcast

Garett Jones - Immigration, National IQ, & Less Democracy

24 Jan 2023 • 74 min • EN
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Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and the author of The Cultural Transplant, Hive Mind, and 10% Less Democracy. This episode was fun and interesting throughout! He explains: * Why national IQ matters * How migrants bring their values to their new countries * Why we should have less democracy * How the Chinese are an unstoppable global force for free markets Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform. Timestamps (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:08) - Migrants Change Countries with Culture or Votes? (00:09:15) - Impact of Immigrants on Markets & Corruption (00:12:02) - 50% Open Borders? (00:16:54) - Chinese are Unstoppable Capitalists  (00:21:39) - Innovation & Immigrants  (00:24:53) - Open Borders for Migrants Equivalent to Americans? (00:28:54) - Let's Ignore Side Effects? (00:30:25) - Are Poor Countries Stuck? (00:32:26) - How Can Effective Altruists Increase National IQ (00:39:13) - Clone a million John von Neumann? (00:44:39) - Genetic Selection for IQ (00:47:02) - Democracy, Fed, FDA, & Presidential Power (00:49:42) - EU is a force for good? (00:55:12) - Why is America More Libertarian Than Median Voter? (00:56:19) - Is Ethnic Conflict a Short Run Problem? (00:59:38) - Bond Holder Democracy (01:04:57) - Mormonism (01:08:52) - Garett Jones's Immigration System (01:10:12) - Interviewing SBF Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkeshpatel.com/subscribe

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