Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2020-11-18

Tyler Cowen & Jimmy Wales: books mentioned on Conversations with Tyler

Jimmy Wales on Systems and Incentives

2 books · With Jimmy Wales · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Jimmy Wales used to joke that choosing to build Wikipedia on a non-profit, non-advertising model was either the best or worst decision he ever made—but he doesn't joke about that anymore.

Tyler Cowen discussed Hamlet by William Shakespeare. Jimmy Wales discussed Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Hamlet

   William Shakespeare · at 1:25

   William Shakespeare's classic play Hamlet follows the tragic Prince of Denmark as he grapples with grief, betrayal, and the heavy burden of avenging his father's murder.

   Discussed

   “even for a fairly fixed historical topic take shakespeare's play hamlet this year there have already been at least 35 edits to that entry”

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   Atlas Shrugged

   Ayn Rand · at 43:24

   Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a sprawling philosophical novel that champions Objectivism, individualism, and laissez-faire capitalism through a dystopian narrative about society's most productive minds going on strike.

   Discussed

   “people who just think oh she wrote these long ranting novels um about capitalism and i think there was more to her thinking than most people realized so underrated”

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