Maybe knowing too much about others isn't so great

> To explore this, let’s play a little game I like to call “Who Would You Admire?” The rules are simple: make a list of people you admire most. Now, imagine revisiting that list in a decade. How many names would survive the culling?

> In 2015, Marginal Revolution readers played this game. They voted Elon Musk as the person they most admired. Tyler Cowen fared even worse here. The only name he could list was Aung San Suu Kyi as his sole admirable figure. Since then, both Musk and Suu Kyi have been disgraced, having their reputations tarnished.

Any economist would still admire Musk. Economists are supposed to look at what people do, not what they say. And Musk has achieved a great deal for our common benefit.

Frank comes across as a left-wing authoritarian, willing--happy!--to let others tell him what to think about people.