Daron Acemoglu: “Always be open to talking to people who are ideologically opposite to you”

Daron Acemoglu, economic sciences laureate 2024, was joined by nine students from all over the world for a conversation on the topic of being a scientist. Acemoglu gave his best advice for finding great collaborators, spoke about the future of AI and shared how he has overcome obstacles during his scientific career. 

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MLA style: Daron Acemoglu: “Always be open to talking to people who are ideologically opposite to you”. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach 2026. Fri. 17 Apr 2026. <https://www.nobelprize.org/stories/students-meet-nobel-prize-laureate/daron-acemoglu-always-be-open-to-talking-to-people-who-are-ideologically-opposite-to-you/>