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Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2025-12-17

Tyler Cowen & Alison Gopnik: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler

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

1 book · With Alison Gopnik · Listen · Watch on YouTube

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Alison Gopnik discussed Warhol by Blake Gopnik.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Warhol

    Blake Gopnik · at 58:05

    Discussed
    “As you probably know, Tyler, I have a brother who wrote the definitive biography of Andy Warhol. I don't know if you did know.”
    Alison Gopnik Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and … 2025-12-17 Listen at 58:05
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The gardener and the carpenter
“The example I give in my book, The Gardener and the Carpenter, is if you have a garden that is protected and has a lot of possibilities, you're going to get a much wider variety of plants than if you have a much more restricted circumstance in which only a few plants will thrive.”
Alison Gopnik Alison Gopnik on Childhood Learning, AI as a Cultural Technology, and … 2025-12-17 Listen at 31:05
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