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BREAKDOWN: The Questions We're Not Allowed to Ask, Feat. Hidden Forces' Demetri Kofinas

A candid conversation about Covid-19 response, media incentives, and the getting the economy back in action.
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Demetri Kofinas is the host of Hidden Forces, a popular podcast that examines markets through the lens of large patterns of change.

On this episode, Demetri and @NLW discuss:

  • How the politicization of the Coronavirus crisis has undermined smart action
  • How media incentivizes extreme opinions regardless of underlying expertise
  • What conversations are we not having around Coronavirus - in particular in terms of second order effects
  • Why we’ve barely begun to discuss the plan for turning the economy back on
BREAKDOWN: The Questions We're Not Allowed to Ask, Feat. Hidden Forces' Demetri Kofinas