normative

Allocate Talent to STEM and Status Games

Market signals for allocating intelligence aren't terrible but innovation is full of market failures, so smart people should not solely follow market signals; they should be more Hansonian, playing a variety of status games—the academic and intellectual status game is worth a lot personally and generates positive spillovers for society.

normativepending

Speaker

Garett Jones

Evidence Quote

“innovation is all about externalities and there's market failures everywhere when it comes to the field of innovation.”

Source

Garett Jones — Immigration, national IQ, & less democracy— Dwarkesh Patel Podcast
Created: 6/13/2026, 3:31:19 AM

My Notes

Loading notes...