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LINKS:
Noahpinion on Substack: https://www.noahpinion.blog/
“Politicized science inevitably tends toward pseudoscience” – 
https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/politicized-science-inevitably-tends
‘The Diamond Age’ by Neal Stephenson: https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Illustrated-Primer-Spectra/dp/0553380966
“Nobody says hi in San Francisco” – https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/nobody-says-hi-in-san-francisco
‘Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers’ an essay by Tom Wolfe –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_Chic_%26_Mau-Mauing_the_Flak_Catchers
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Timestamps
(00:00) Episode Preview
(01:21) New Release Day
(01:35) Q&As
(02:43) The politicization of science
(16:51) SPONSORS: GIVEWELL & DAFFY
(18:17) Is Academia Primarily Left?
(21:58) The Administrator Boom
(25:59) SPONSORS: NETSUITE & ODD LOTS
(29:13) The Trillion Dollar Non-profit sector
(31:06) Special Interest Groups
(32:42) Nonprofit vs Government
(43:24) Politicians on Nonprofits
(46:23) Global productivity slowdown
(53:09) Charter Schools
(55:17) Accelerating those at the bottom
(59:24) A.I. Tutors