Is lazy parenting OK? | Bryan Caplan (2022)

Описание: Originally released April 2022. Everybody knows that good parenting has a big impact on how kids turn out. Except that maybe they don’t, because it doesn’t.

Incredible though it might seem, according to today’s guest — economist Bryan Caplan, the author of Selfish Reasons To Have More Kids, The Myth of the Rational Voter, and The Case Against Education — the best evidence we have on the question suggests that, within reason, what parents do has little impact on how their children’s lives play out once they’re adults.

Learn more and see the full transcript on the 80,000 Hours website: https://80000hours.org/podcast/episod...

Host Rob Wiblin and Bryan discuss that research, plus:
• People’s biggest misconceptions about the labour market
• Arguments against high levels of immigration
• Whether most people actually vote based on self-interest
• Whether philosophy should stick to common sense or depart from it radically
• How to weigh personal autonomy against the possible benefits of government regulation
• Bryan’s track record of winning 23 out of 23 bets about how the future would play out

Chapters:
• Rob’s intro (00:00:00)
• The interview begins (00:01:15)
• Labor Econ Versus the World (00:04:55)
• Open Borders (00:20:30)
• How much parenting matters (00:35:49)
• Self-Interested Voter Hypothesis (01:00:31)
• Why Bryan and Rob disagree so much on philosophy (01:12:04)
• Libertarian free will (01:25:10)
• The effective altruism community (01:38:46)
• Bryan’s betting record (01:48:19)
• Individual autonomy vs. welfare (01:59:06)
• Arrogant hedgehogs (02:10:43)

----

The 80,000 Hours Podcast features unusually in-depth conversations about the world’s most pressing problems and what you can do to solve them.