Book Titles

Average is Over
Powering America Beyond the Age of the Great Stagnation

By Tyler Cowen

Year Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 978-0-525-95373-9
Categories: Future, Intelligence, Technology

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The wealthy class will be increasingly self-motivated, will be larger over time, and… will have increasing influence.

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The measure of self-motivation in a young person will be the best way to predict upward mobility.

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When it comes to a lot of values issues – and what people really believe in their daily lives – the gap between conservatives and liberals isn’t nearly as large as it might first seem.

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Starting about ten years from now [2023], the aging of the American population, combined with rising healthcare costs, will force on us some very radical fiscal changes.

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Expensive government at the level of the state isn’t winning the competitive tests.

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As a significant segment of the American labor force earns much more, they will bid up prices in the most desirable living areas.

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…initial income differences compound over time and wealth inequality in the United States (and elsewhere) is much greater…

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People will respond to stagnant or shrinking entitlements by moving to cheaper areas.

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You can think of budgetary pressures – and machine intelligence – as pulling us all in the same direction, namely getting rid of that wasteful consumption.

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Personal qualities of character such as self-motivation and conscientiousness will reap a lot of gains in the new world to come.

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