Garett Jones is an economist at George Mason University and he is the author of The Cultural Transplant, Hive Mind, and 10% Less Democracy. This episode was fun and interesting throughout! He explains:
* How migrants bring their values to their new countries,
* Why national IQ matters,
* How the Chinese people are an unstoppable global force for free markets,
* Why we should have less democracy

𝐄𝐏𝐈𝐒𝐎𝐃𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒
* Transcript: https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/garett-jones
* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3j3av8m
* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3wvO1zK
* Follow Garett on Twitter: https://twitter.com/garettjones
* Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
00:00:00) - Intro
00:01:08) - Migrants Change Countries with Culture or Votes?
00:09:15 - Impact of Immigrants on Markets & Corruption
00:12:02 - 50% Open Borders?
00:16:54 - Chinese are Unstoppable Capitalists
00:21:39 - Innovation & Immigrants
00:24:53 - Open Borders for Migrants Equivalent to Americans?
00:28:54 - Let's Ignore Side Effects?
00:30:25 - Are Poor Countries Stuck?
00:32:26 - How Can Effective Altruists Increase National IQ
00:39:13 - Clone a million John von Neumann?
00:44:39 - Genetic Selection for IQ
00:47:02 - Democracy, Fed, FDA, & Presidential Power
00:49:42 - EU is a force for good?
00:55:12 - Why is America More Libertarian Than Median Voter?
00:56:19 - Is Ethnic Conflict a Short Run Problem?
00:59:38 - Bond Holder Democracy
01:04:57 - Mormonism
01:08:52 - Garett Jones's Immigration System
01:10:12 - Interviewing SBF