Tyler Cowen has been writing Marginal Revolution with Alex Tabarrok for the past 20 years, and it’s grown into one of the world’s largest economics blogs. Here are some lessons I've learned from him about writing: 1. You can make a career out of being curious. 2. Stay a little unpredictable with what you write about. 3. There’s no limit to the reach your writing can have online. When Tyler + Alex started Marginal Revolution, they originally thought they'd have ~5,000 readers (mostly academics who wanted something more interesting). 4. GPT gives computers a facility with words that they have had with numbers for a long time. 5. Most of the work that needs to be done are small steps toward a much better world. 6. The returns to thick skin are going up. 7. Outlining is an excuse to avoid writing. Don’t outline. Just write. Tyler prefers to get straight to working out the problems, which happens better in prose than bullet points. 8. Write every day: “Every day. Saturday, Sunday, Christmas Day, my birthday, I don’t care. Do it. No exceptions. If you write every day, you don’t even have to worry about how much you’ve written. It’s going to add up.” 9. The most highly motivated people are prisoners of their passions. 10. Travel to obscure places. “I run around the world like a crazy man, trying to talk to as many different, interesting people as I can." 11. Excellence should be a driving force of what you do.Writers tend to put more pressure on themselves as their audience grows. They get timid and self-censor. But you have to resist that. You know you're doing it right if you're giggling. 12. The weird is normal and the normal is weird: "It’s the weird that’s truly normal. It’s how people actually are - what they really care about." 13. Be skeptical of tidy stories. There's a tendency to fit all facts into the format of a memorable narrative, even though reality is usually more complex. 14. Online learning is a two-way exchange. Read and write. It's a dialogue, not a monologue. 15. When considering a writer's potential for success, most people under-value stamina. 16. If you consistently make smart content on the Internet, in whatever form, there is an audience for it. To level-up your writing by listening to other episodes, click here: writeofpassage.school/how-i-write/

I just love the enthusiasm of both Tyler and Alex. It is infectious.

probably one of the best interviews with tyler cowen. it was a genius move to also invite alex, it made tyler so much more animated as a person. great work david, very much enjoyed this!

Great video David. I believe as you write more, you discover more of yourself.

These are guys I want “in my head” and shaping me on a regular basis, which I’ve done for years, to my great benefit. Thank you David, Alex and Tyler!

As a relatively new reader of Marginal Revolution, I found this conversation extremely interesting and informative

I really liked your work, i was searching for you 2days ago 🙃 and i found that 1year you didnt upload, but seems this a great comeback ... don't stop your original insights because they are very helpful

Every aspiring (online) writer should watch this podcast. Congrats David, amazing value!

the sinergy between david and tyler is admirable

@DavidPerellChannel

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely love that guy

Congrats! Who did the artwork for the thumbnail?

@DavidPerellChannel

8 ай бұрын

A guy named Adam Karim. Think he did a great, great job.

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8 ай бұрын

Да здорово косить бабло печатая каждый день разую чепуху! От этого ратёт число читателей-"Чепушил"! 😂

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8 ай бұрын

😊