How many Tyler Cowens are there?
For those who don’t know, Tyler and Alex Tabarrok run the number two economics blog, MarginalRevolution.com. Tyler has far more posts than I do. Yes, his are much shorter, but look at the research behind each one. You might think the title question here is metaphorical, referring to Tyler’s expertise in what seems like virtually every area of intellectual life, not to mention all sorts of pop culture trivia. But I meant the question literally. Does he have a little helper like George Will has? How about a quantum machine, allow him 96 hours a day reading in 4 parallel universes? Clones? Your guess is as good as mine. My blog takes up about 6 hours a day. As a result I have cut out large parts of my former life. I am a big film buff, and yet have only seen one new film this year (Kore-eda’s newest.) Recently I have become very depressed as I read Tyler’s blog each day. Almost everyday he seems to produce a list of new books he has read. The last novel I read was finished a few days befo
