Tyler Cowen Quotes

No single institution or effort can effectively create solutions for societal problems.

A one-size-fits-all approach will not solve our complex border problems.

All problems are finally scientific problems.

Sometimes the expectation of being inspired in one specific way may close you off to the actual inspiration.

I hear so many people talking about what's wrong, whether it's climate change or whatever, but so few say, 'Well, look, we've got this problem, so let's find the solution. Let's find a scientist, let's find politicians who are prepared to shape the future, or try and keep up with it.'

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

It's very difficult to solve a lot of problems from the top down.

Sound science must be our guide in choosing which problems to tackle and how to approach them.

However much a president wishes it, a national problem cannot be knocked out with a single punch. A president must work with the problem as much as against it, turn it into a solution if she can.

I love science, and I believe in it. I have a faith that science can solve problems and make the world a better place.

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

A technical solution may be defined as one that requires a change only in the techniques of the natural sciences, demanding little or nothing in the way of change in human values or ideas of morality.

We keep saying we have no other course; what we should be saying is we are not bright enough to see any other course.

Americans tend to believe that every problem has some technical solution.

The best people in this industry [technology] are the people who are trying to solve big problems.

People want bigger, bolder answers to the problems that exist. I felt, as leader, 'My analysis is big; are the answers big enough?'

The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?

We've got to be entrepreneurial; we've got to be innovative, and we've got to figure out ways of getting things done that people might think are very unorthodox.

I always look at 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail.' They talked about how they wrote this movie with horses, and then they realized that horses are super-expensive and time-consuming. 'Why don't we just change it to coconuts?' That's part of my process.

I think very often problems are so big, people approach problems from the bottom up: 'If only I do this little bit, then hopefully there will be some sort of snowball effect that will be bigger and bigger.' I'm much more in favor of the top-down approach to problem-solving.

I find it fascinating that you can look at the same problem from different perspectives and approach it using different methods.

There's an urgent need to stop reacting to each immediate vexing issue in isolation. Such response often creates unanticipated second-order effects and even more problems for us.

As a scientist and successful businessman, I understand that no one has a monopoly on good ideas.

When you have different kinds of scientific and mathematical minds approaching problems, you will get more solutions. This leads to more innovation and more creative design.

The fundamental belief of CoreCause is to focus on a preventative rather than recovery stand point. Most of the worlds crises are the effects of a 'core cause' that if addressed would solve the problem entirely.