Robin Hanson is an economist, futurist, and blogger at overcomingbias.com. His recently published book, co-authored with Kevin Simler, is called\xa0The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life.\xa0We talked about the new book;\xa0the internet; Robin's strategic insights on how to be an intellectual, especially for young-ish academic types such as myself;\xa0the near future; Robin's ideas about "futarchy;" the profit motive and the space of institutions beyond the profit motive.