The Power of Nonconformism - Bryan Caplan | Maiden Mother Matriarch 89
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My guest today is Bryan Caplan, professor of economics at George Mason University and the author of many books, including his new book 'You Will Not Stampede Me: Essays on Non-Conformism.' We spoke about the advantages of being a non-conformist, whether or not I - personally - am a non-conformist, and why Bryan thinks that education is overrated.
In the extended part of the episode, we disagreed on Bryan's support for open borders.
2:11 Why most people are conformist
3:53 When is it harmful to be non-conformist
5:56 The balance between conformism and non-conformism
7:36 Is there some wisdom in being conformist to traditions?
9:39 Paternalism vs Libertarianism
11:17 Louise the non-conformist
15:17 What year would you want to go back to?
18:07 What is Bryan's preferred period of time?
19:43 Progressivism and innovation
20:45 The birth rates problem
25:41 Being sceptical of the status quo
27:52 Can conformism encourage good behaviour?
30:46 Polyamory
35:22 Why is there too much education?
39:05 New labour promise on education
41:42 Blank slate-ism
46:35 Is conformism a personality trait?
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Every parent should see the film CHILDHOOD 2.0 because the game has changed. This world is not the same we grew up in. Being a non-conformist parent now means homeschooling, no phones or screens until closer to adulthood, and eating organic healthy diets.
Humans advance on the efforts of the non-conformists. Unfortunately, universities are in the ideological conformist phase of The Priestly Cycle. Basically, back to the technophobic Cambridge/Oxford of the 17th century that meant the Industrial Revolution came out of the workshops of England rather than the universities while the 'elite' had their finishing school of backward thinking.
"All mankind’s progress has been achieved as a result of the initiative of a small minority that began to deviate from the ideas and customs of the majority until their example finally moved the others to accept the innovation themselves. To give the majority the right to dictate to the minority what it is to think, to read, and to do is to put a stop to progress once and for all."
--Mises, Ludwig von (1927). Liberalism
This was a harder episode to listen to. Louise was articulate and thoughtful as ever. Bryan's interruptions cut off interesting avenues Louise was trying to bring up. The dynamic of this podcast was more combative than collaborative, and Bryan's points were long-winded but quite superficial. It struck me that greater effort was put into defending his argument than into engaging thoughtfully with the questions Louise was asking.
The fertility rate in the US declined steeply from 1800-1940. It actually lessened in the 1930s. It then spiked until around 1958 and declined to lower than 1940 in 1980 but then popped back over 2 for the 1980s to 2000s then started dropping in 2010.
With the much lower child mortality rate (100 per 1000 in 1930 to single digits today) and children no longer being an asset to the family business (farm), it is logical to have fewer children and invest more in them, such as college for all.
12:55 This pushback is fair and nuanced, I like this episode so far. (I'm just waiting for the batshit crazy open borders part).
Hah, indeed. Caplan's often interesting imo (I've become more familiar with him recently) but the amount of 'An' that would result from open borders, would no doubt ultimately be guaranteed to cancel out any/all 'Cap'.
The same sort of qualifier applies to almost all Milei-type policies in practice, wherein there's always significant overlap with the relatively more moderate Classical Liberal approach.
Shall we address the elephant in the room? Louise, the oils you or he describe those who did not wear masks or get the vaccines during Covid as the non-conformist point of view? Or is that discussed in to content beyond the paywall?
the low birth rate is caused by large cities, technology, and culture.
I think many share Louise Perry's admiration for the Victorians . There's almost always a precursor among them for many of the 20th Century's great revolutionaries. Not for nothing did Einstein keep a portrait of James Clerk Maxwell in his study. About the 1950s, though, doesn't the book 'The Way We Never Were' skewer many of our preconceptions about that period?
Yes we have many forms of Individualist personal philosophy, Selfism , of course. This is another one .
9:50 I thought this whole part was rly well put.
I'm sure Diana Fleischman and Geoffrey Miller can solve the math problem that allows them to raise a healthy family while doing the poly thing. And, I'm sure most ppl can't, lol.
17:24 I think he is thinking of the georgian period.
the victorian period saw huge reductions in the number of prostitutes, thanks to reforms coming from people like wilberforce.
Gotta be clear how we're using "blank slate" here.
It's false, I'm not talking econ, I'm talking bio.
Future gene editing will be more like, 'we can largely rewrite the slate'.
The latest biophysics on phenotype is more like, 'various influences on genes can already, at least partly rewrite the slate'.
Not everyone goes to University to get a job mate. Us working class just work after high school Governor😛
I believe you spelled governor wrong. It's guvna. 😉
@@lambchop6278 Sorry mate i`m drunk
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CREDENTIAL INFLATION. (I know, but make sure everyone else knows).
43:30 I resemble this remark
Get Walter Block on t discuss children's rights
About 20 min in and I’m not getting his point. Everyone is a “nonconformist” in some sense or we’d all be living the exact same life. I mean, the nonconformist rebel is a beloved archetype from Robin Hood to Tesla to James Dean to the panorama of gender nonconformities today & on & on & on. This isn’t an idea that’s lacking in history, advocacy, or implementation. I like putting some lemon essential oil in my smoothies -not the “norm” - I’m a proud smoothie nonconformist. Since it’s a given that nonconformity happens at all times everywhere I’m guessing what’s behind his banal cozy pitch of “embracing our uniqueness” or some shit is a idealistic view that norms are expendable for a certain group of people that those norms are holding back in the guise that it’s for everyone. I further guess those people have money and want to reconfigure society and we should all embrace that “nonconformity” cuz it’s good. Since those people are increasingly coming from big tech I don’ think it takes a genius to figure out who this “nonconformist” idea is for. If it isn’t this this guy isn’t saying anything beyond “try some shit out see how it goes”. We all do my guy, it’s called life. Maybe he says something that isn’t this axiomatic and lame at some point but so far in he’s either bullshitting out a meaningless book or isn’t saying the quiet part out loud
Existence before Essence
Thank God we have 340 million people to pick our President from. We're bound to get a good one.
Something about the way he talks strikes me as he thinks he’s quite clever, but he’s skimming the surface off so many topics he doesn’t really get deep into anything at all.
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The US will keep innovating, but let's not talk abt the rest of the world, it's gonna be a little too heavy metal for daytime TV.
LP always sayin, "how bout birthrates dawg?"
I just be like: yo homie, a half-dozen major advanced countries gonna be fine when "Alphas" grow up, bit of a dip during sad-cat Gen Z bottleneck.
Those alpha's and the youngest Gen Z are doing great. They are not on social media and they speak about young marriage and big families. And they don't believe any nonsense
@@grannyannie2948 Aw yeah, I just meant Gen Z is smaller generation, in reference to bottleneck (population size) but Alphas will be larger in several countries.
Also Gen Z's gotta lotta stuff goin on, but they'll probably turn out cool ultimately, they sort of have X energies.
@@Jules-Is-a-Guy I'm Gen X LoL. But I get your point. I have two millenial kids, and between them there are six alpha gkids. So yes, an increase. I now live in regional Australia and large families are the norm not the exception. Nobody blinks at six kids, and most families have small houses, the kids share bedrooms like the fifties and sixties. It's largely working class, but most of the men earn $100,000.
So it's not being too, rich or living in small houses, it's what people choose to do. Nor do we expect parents to forego all pleasure. Pubs have playgrounds, so parents can enjoy a drink and a meal.