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George Mack — The Game of Life (EP.195)
28 december 2023 · 1 uur 43 min
Writer, marketer, entrepreneur, and master of mental models, George Mack, returns to discuss the top 0.1% of ideas he's ever come across, from treating life as a video game to spotting high-agency individuals. Lees meer
Important Links:
George's Twitter
The Lindy Library
Roy: A Life Well Lived (Rick and Morty)
How to Spot High Agency People
The Mack Meditation
What is ignored by the media — but will be studied by historians?
The Early-Late Razor
Show Notes:
Treating Life as a Video Game
Finding the Important Metrics
Embrace Momentum; Embrace Constraints
How to Spot High Agency People
How to Increase Your Agency
The Mack Meditation & Silence as Alpha
Why Pessimism vs Optimism is the Wrong Debate
The Future of Media
What is Ignored by the Media but will be Studied by Historians?
The Reddit to Facebook Continuum
George's Most Midwit Opinion
Randomness & Feeding the Algorithm
How to Retain Curiosity
George as Emperor of the World
Books Mentioned:
The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot Of) Success in America; by John Gartner
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine; by Derren Brown
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
The Secret; by Rhonda Byrne
Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid; by Douglas Hofstadter
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations that Transform the World; by David Deutsch
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Eric Jorgenson — on Publishing, Progress & Reinventing the Playbook (EP.194)
21 december 2023 · 1 uur 15 min
Eric Jorgenson is (deep breath) an author, investor, writer, podcast host, online course creator, and the CEO of Scribe Media (breathe out). He joins the show to discuss the death of the marketing department, the changing nature of business-to-creator economics, the most impactful thing he learned from Balaji, the future of the publishing industry, and MUCH more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Website
Twitter
Fund
Scribe Media
Money 20/20 Talk
The Thinker and The Prover
Jimmy Soni & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Future of Publishing
Show Notes:
A Guide to Creator Economics
The Death of the Marketing Department
Creator x Business Partnerships
Why Some People Are So Reluctant to Embrace the New Playbook
How to Become More Open-Minded
The Anthology of Balaji & the Curation-Author Effect
How to Cultivate Good Taste & the Rise of Curation
What Balaji Taught Eric About Technology
How Eric Became CEO of Scribe
Why Does Big Publishing Continue to Hold So Much Influence?
Helping the World Make Great Books
The Future of Books
Eric as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness; by Eric Jorgenson
The Anthology of Balaji: A Guide to Technology, Truth, and Building the Future; by Eric Jorgenson
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Invest Like the Best; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
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Arkady Kulik — Bridging Science & Entrepreneurship (EP.193)
14 december 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Arkady Kulik is a founding partner of rpv, a deep tech venture fund that aims to "drive tangible advancements in the well-being of humankind" by focusing on early, scientifically intensive ventures. He has over 15 years of experience in the IT sector as a C-level executive, a master's degree in physics, and an MBA from INSEAD. Lees meer
Arkady joins the show to discuss how to evaluate a deep tech deal, why more scientists don't become entrepreneurs, the ultimate goal of science, the two types of human motivation, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
rpv's Website
rpv's Substack
Arkady's LinkedIn
Arkady's Twitter
Show Notes:
Judging Investments by Their Technology Readiness Level
Bringing Scientific Expertise Into Venture Capital
Scorecards & Dealbreakers: How rpv Analyzes a Deep Tech Opportunity
Spotting the Early Red Flags
How rpv Deploys Scientific Due Diligence
Providing Feedback & Educating the Industry
Self-Censorship, Ideology & the Scientific Method
Why Don't More Scientists Become Entrepreneurs?
The Ideal Composition of a Deep Tech Founding Team
Science's Ultimate Goal
Taking Progress for Granted
The Two Types of Human Motivation
How Neurotech Can Benefit Humanity
Why Arkady is Less Bullish on Quantum Computing
Incoming Deep Tech Developments
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Survive & Thrive: Entrepreneurship Frameworks That Work; by Paul Kewene-Hite
The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves; by W. Brian Arthur
One Summer: America 1927; by Bill Bryson
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Alex Lieberman — On Voice, Unicorns & Intrinsic Motivation (EP.192)
7 december 2023 · 1 uur 31 min
Alex Lieberman is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, the cofounder of Storyarb and the host of 60 Second Startup & Founder's Journal. Lees meer
Alex joins the show to discuss why hiring a Voice Editor contributed to Morning Brew's success, how to spot a writing unicorn, how he learned to follow his intrinsic motivation and MUCH more!
Important Links:
Alex's Twitter
Founder's Journal
Morning Brew
The Great Reshuffle
Will Storr on Infinite Loops
The Best Stuff | Conscious Leadership Group
Show Notes:
The Rise of Morning Brew
Finding Morning Brew's Voice
Finding the Writing Unicorn
Writing Nature vs. Writing Nurture
Corporate Speak vs. Online Speak
The Power of Self-Awareness
Interviews & Talent Spotting
Ideating, Doing & Premeditating
Following the Intrinsics
Finding Your Zone of Genius
Building Storyarb
Alex as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
What Works on Wall Street, Fourth Edition: The Classic Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
The Adweek Copywriting Handbook: The Ultimate Guide to Writing Powerful Advertising and Marketing Copy from One of America's Top Copywriters; by Joseph Sugarman
The Tao Te Ching; by Laozi
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success; by Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman & Kaley Klemp
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How To Tell Them Better; by Will Storr
Burn Rate: Launching a Startup and Losing My Mind; by Andy Dunn
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Venkatesh Rao & Tim Beiko — The Summer of Protocols
30 november 2023 · 1 uur 29 min
Tim Beiko, who runs the core protocol meetings for Ethereum, teams up with writer and consultant Venkatesh Rao to discuss their "Summer of Protocols" research program. This initiative brought together 33 researchers with a wide range of expertise to investigate protocols across several domains. Lees meer
Join us for an in-depth exploration of protocols: understanding what they are, their importance, why they can go wrong, and much more!
Important Links:
Summer of Protocols
Protocolized Newsletter
Venkatesh's previous episode
Venkatesh's Website
Ribbonfarm
Venkatesh's Substack
Venkatesh's Twitter
Tim's Twitter
Show Notes:
Why We Should Care About Protocols
Protocols, Narratives & World-Building
The Three Preconditions of a Protocol
"Civilization progresses by increasing the number of actions we can do without thinking about them."
When Protocols Go Wrong
More Protocols = Less Agency?
Workplace Safety & Protocol Complexity
How to Build Good Protocols; Building Protocol Literacy
Why Aren't More People Talking About Protocols?
How to Encourage Protocols-First Thinking
Protocols Have Long Timelines
Protocols in Fiction
Protocol Hunting In Silico
Determinism, Open Environments & Evolution
How to Hack Protocols
Agility Isn't Always the Answer
Memory: The Most Valuable Asset in a Civilization
Next Steps & How to Learn More
MORE!
Books & Essays Mentioned:
The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates; by Howard Bloom
Hope Runners of Gridlock; by Simon de la Rouviere
High Rise; by J.G Ballard
The Drowned World; by J.G Ballard
The Drought; by J.G Ballard
A Burglar's Guide to the City; by Geoff Manaugh
The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering; by Frederick Brooks
In the Beginning Was the Command Line; by Neal Stephenson
Slow Ideas; by Atul Gawande
Nakatomi Space; by Geoff Manaugh
Base Layers And Functional Escape Velocity; by Vitalik Buterin
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Will Schoder — On Curation, Consumption & Compression (EP.190)
23 november 2023 · 1 uur 10 min
Will Schoder is a video essayist who explores a diverse range of topics including psychology, meaning, re-enchantment, metamodernism, mortality, and satire. Initially known for his short-form videos, his latest series is a trilogy of fascinating long-form deep dives into the nature, foundations, and secrets of happiness. Lees meer
Will joins the show to share his insights on the evolving significance of curation, the future of the creator economy, how to obtain deep happiness and MUCH more.
Important Links:
Will's YouTube Channel
Will's Twitter
Eight Books That Changed My Life
Rick and Morty – Finding Meaning in Life
David Foster Wallace – The Problem With Irony
The Attention Economy – How They Addict Us
Every Story Is The Same
The Happiness Trilogy:
Part 1: What is Happiness?
Part 2: The Foundations of Happiness
Part 3: The Secret to Happier
The moral roots of liberals and conservatives; Jonathan Haidt
The Thinker and The Prover
Show Notes:
Short-Form vs Long-Form Videos
The Righteous Mind
The Internet as Liberator; the Rise of Curation
Pushback & Pop Culture
YouTube & the Rise of the TikTok Style
Navigating the Attention Economy
The Future of the Creator Economy
Will's Hero's Journey
Finding Deep Happiness
Compression, Genetics & Environment
Education vs. Entertainment
The Free Energy Principle
Filter Failure
Will as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion; by Jonathan Haidt
One Summer: America 1927; by Bill Bryson
Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business; by Neil Postman
The Shallows: How the Internet Is Changing the Way We Think, Read and Remember; by Nicholas Carr
Happy: Why More or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine; by Derren Brown
Happiness: A Very Short Introduction; by Daniel M. Haybron
The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being; by Daniel M. Haybron
All The Light We Cannot See; by Anthony Doerr
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Ben Westhoff — Fentanyl, Inc. (EP.189)
16 november 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Ben Westhoff is a best-selling investigative journalist focusing on culture, drugs, and poverty. Lees meer
Ben's book Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic was the culmination of a four-year investigation into the worst drug crisis in American history, an investigation that included Ben making an undercover visit to Chinese drug factories. His latest book, Little Brother: Love, Tragedy, and My Search for Truth tells the story of Ben's search for his little brother's killer.
Ben is currently working on a documentary, Antagonist, about naltrexone, an opioid treatment medicine that some have called a "wonder drug."
Ben joins the show to discuss the failure of the War on Drugs, the role played by Big Pharma, how he speaks to his children about drugs, what most Americans misunderstand about poverty, and MUCH more.
Important Links:
Ben's Website
Drugs + Hip-Hop Newsletter
Antagonist Documentary Teaser
Show Notes:
The Worst Drug Crisis in World History
How China and Fentanyl Are Connected
Why Can't the USA Stop This?
The Failure of the War on Drugs; Better Solutions
Vivitrol: a Wonder Drug?
Finding Better Ways to Care For the Vulnerable
Free Markets & Big Pharma
How Ben Speaks to His Children About Drugs
Innovation & Stigmatization
How Harm Reduction Can Help
What Has Happened to San Francisco?
Could Decriminalization Work?
Ben's Hunt For His Little Brother's Killer
What Most Americans Misunderstand About Poverty; How Listeners Can Help
How Ben's Documentary Can Help
Ben as Emperor Of The World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic; by Ben Westhoff
Little Brother: Love, Tragedy, and My Search for Truth; by Ben Westhoff
Original Gangstas: Tupac Shakur, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, and the Birth of West Coast Rap; by Ben Westhoff
Thank You For Smoking; by Christopher Buckley
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Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet (EP.188)
9 november 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
AI researcher, memelord extraordinaire, and techno-optimist Roon joins the show to discuss coming up with the shape rotator vs. wordcel meme, what an AGI world could become, and why Tenet is Christopher Nolan's best movie. Lees meer
Important Links:
Roon's Twitter
Roon's Substack
AGI Futures
Show Notes:
Shape Rotators Vs. Wordcels
Why AGI is Possible
AI in Science Fiction
AGI Future #1: Neuralink Third Impact
AGI Future #2: Simulation Theory
AGI Future #3: Dumb Matter
AGI Future #4: Balrog Awakened
AGI Future #5: Ultra Kessler Syndrome
AGI Future #6: The Tragedy of Taiwan
AGI Future #7: For Dust Thou Art
AGI Future #8: CEV Super Intelligence
Why Tenet is Christopher Nolan's Best Movie
Roon as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History; by Howard Bloom
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism; by Howard Bloom
The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates; by Howard Bloom
William Blake vs the World; by John Higgs
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; by Douglas Adams
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Katherine Dee — On Attention, Astroturfing and the Nostalgia Trap (EP.187)
2 november 2023 · 51 min
Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist, and internet culture reporter. A contributor to publications such as UnHerd, Tablet, and Blaze Media, she is also the proprietor of the Default Wisdom Substack, where she writes about a wide range of topics, including internet history and culture, digital communities, millennial nostalgia, and online fandom. Lees meer
Katherine joins the show to discuss why you're never leaving Twitter, how to escape the nostalgia trap, whether it's possible to heal our attention spans, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
Default Wisdom
Why You're Never Leaving Twitter; by Katherine Dee
Everything I Know About Elite America I Learned From 'Fresh Prince' and 'West Wing'; by Rob Henderson
Show Notes:
Origin Story
Why You're Never Leaving Twitter
Art & Journalism in the Attention Economy
Class, Wealth & Status
How to Heal Our Attention Span
Escaping the Nostalgia Trap
Technology, Cultural Lag & Barriers to Entry
Astroturfing vs. Organic Momentum
Katherine as Empress of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It; by Will Storr
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System; by Paul Fussell
The novels of Donna Tartt
The novels of Easton Ellis
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Derek Sivers (Part Two) — Just Do The Thing [BONUS EPISODE] (EP.186)
26 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 14 min
The inimitable Derek Sivers returns for Part Two of our conversation. Lees meer
Important Links:
Part One
Website
Twitter
Still Too Soon to Tell & Other Songs
Tech Independence
Show Notes:
Curiosity Starts With Dissatisfaction
Defining Things By Their Opposites
Counterbalancing Our Biases
How To Reframe Your Problems
Still Too Soon To Tell
Alternate Pasts & Alternate Futures
The Choice You Commit To Is The Best Choice
Just Do The Thing
What Next?
Derek As Emperor Of The World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Anything You Want; by Derek Sivers
Hell Yeah Or No; by Derek Sivers
How To Live; by Derek Sivers
Your Music And People; by Derek Sivers
William Blake vs the World; by John Higgs
The God Problem: How a Godless Cosmos Creates; by Howard Bloom
The Selfish Gene; by Richard Dawkins
Awaken The Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Life; by Tony Robbins
The Enlightenment Trilogy; by Jed McKenna
What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies; by Tim Urban
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Derek Sivers (Part One) — How to Become a Picasso [BONUS EPISODE] (EP.185)
24 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 8 min
Over the years, Derek Sivers has been a musician, circus performer, computer programmer, author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. Lees meer
In the 2000s, he sold his business, CD Baby, for $22 million and gave the proceeds to charity.
Derek has optimized his life "for creating and learning" and spends as much of his time as he can (often 12 hours a day, 6 days a week) passionately pursuing his interests. Known for his ability to compress complex ideas into succinct insights, he has written four books and is currently working on his fifth.
This conversation was so much fun that Derek immediately asked to return for a sequel, which we will be releasing this Thursday (26 October). Stay tuned!
Important Links:
Website
Twitter
There's No Speed Limit
Ideas Are Just A Multiplier Of Execution
The Thinker and The Prover
Keep It Simple, Stupid (Infinite Loops Substack)
Show Notes:
Don't Be AC/DC. Be Miles Davis.
Does It Have To Be This Way?
Rebranding Laziness
Time Is A Multiplier
From Idea To Execution
Useful Not True
When Simple Gets Hard
How Derek Found Agency By Accepting Blame
Cultivating Insatiable Curiosity
More!
Books Mentioned:
Anything You Want; by Derek Sivers
Hell Yeah Or No; by Derek Sivers
How To Live; by Derek Sivers
Your Music And People; by Derek Sivers
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
The Two Cultures; by C.P. Snow
Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There; by Lewis Carroll
The Cosmic Trigger trilogy; by Robert Anton Wilson
The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life; by Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd
Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Tell You Everything You Need to Know About Global Politics; by Tim Marshall
Au Contraire!: Figuring Out the French; by Gilles Asselin and Ruth Mastron
Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour; by Kate Fox
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John Fio — The Wizard & The Warrior (EP.184)
19 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 21 min
John Fio is an inventor and entrepreneur who has bootstrapped four products that have collectively generated hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. Lees meer
He joins the show to discuss why ideas are harder than execution, what he learned from being Justin Bieber's intern, what most people get wrong about Kanye West, why magic is real, and what the success of Barbie and Taylor Swift can tell us about the future.
Enjoy!
Important Links:
Twitter
LinkedIn
MoonPals
Fio Creations
Show Notes:
From Bieber's Intern to Moon Pals
Ideas Are Harder Than Execution
Kickstarting Gravity Blankets
How to Have a Good Idea
Kanye West & the Creative Process
The Wizard & the Warrior
Magic is Real
Social Situations Are a Departure From the Truth
Moon Pals, Barbie, Taylor Swift & the Dawn of a New Paradigm
Long Tails, Curation & Good Taste
John as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism, by Howard Bloom.
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
The Two Cultures; by C.P. Snow
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James Pethokoukis — The Conservative Futurist (EP.183)
12 oktober 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
James Pethokoukis is a policy analyst, official CNBC contributor, and Dewitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the creator and writer of the Faster, Please! newsletter, which is dedicated to "discovering, creating, and inventing a better world through technological innovation, economic growth, and pro-progress culture." Lees meer
James joins the show to discuss his new book, The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised.
Important Links:
Faster, Please!
The Conservative Futurist
WTF Happened In 1971?
Tinkered Thinking — White Mirror
The Great Reshuffle
Bono On Nuclear Energy
Our World in Data
Show Notes:
What Happened to America?
Up Wing vs. Down Wing Thinking
AI as a General Purpose Technology; Regulatory Capture
Technological Proficiency & Problem Solving
How to Reframe Tomorrow
"Be Like the Blade of Grass"
Green Shoots of Optimism
AI as a Lifelong Learning Instructor
We Are the Economy
Three Policies That Could Change the Future
James as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised; by James Pethokoukis
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot Of) Success in America; by John Gartner
The Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision Of Capitalism; by Howard Bloom
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Bojan Tunguz — From Physicist to Grandmaster (EP.182)
5 oktober 2023 · 57 min
Bojan Tunguz is a senior systems software engineer at NVIDIA, quadruple Kaggle grandmaster, former top 10 Amazon reviewer, and former physicist. Lees meer
He joins the show to discuss the problems that LLMs can't solve, the speed of AI progress, why he homeschools his kids, how to win Twitter, and more!
Important Links:
Twitter
Substack
40 AI Use Cases
Show Notes:
Becoming a Kaggle Grandmaster
Hyper-Competitive Learning
From Physics to Data Science
How Natural Language Processing Has Evolved
The Problems That LLMs Can't Solve
The Future of the Centaur Model
AI as a Creativity Extender
Why Bojan is Homeschooling His Kids
The AI Feedback Flywheel
How Quickly Will Different Sectors Be Transformed By AI?
Disruption vs. Destruction
Is AGI possible?
AI Use Cases: Mental Health & Elder Care
How to Win Twitter
Why Bojan Became a Top 10 Amazon Reviewer
Bojan's Favorite Books
Bojan's Current Side-Project
Bojan As Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Lolita; by Vladimir Nabokov
The work of Haruki Murakami
The work of Milan Kundera
The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature; by Steven Pinker
Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition have Failed; by James Scott
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Julie Fredrickson — "Circumstances change. Humanity doesn't. Plan accordingly." (EP.181)
28 september 2023 · 1 uur 22 min
Julie Fredrickson is a former founder and the Managing Partner of Chaotic Capital, an "early stage fund for companies that adapt our lives and systems to the opportunities that chaos brings."
She joins the show to discuss the Great Weirding, becoming a playable character, how the market provides a muse, the power of preparation, and more! Lees meerImportant Links:
Website
Twitter
LinkedIn
Chaotic Capital
The Great Weirding; by Venkatesh Rao
The Thinker and The Prover
Show Notes:
Julie's Origin Story
The Difference Between Hippies and Tech
"Circumstances change. Humanity does not. Plan accordingly."
The Great Weirding
The Myth of the Perfect Past
How to Become a Playable Character
The Weirdo Lighthouse
The Power of Showing Up
How Julie Assesses Founders
Talent Doesn't Matter
The Market is the Muse
"In the beginning, there was the word"
Preference Falsification vs. Revealed Preferences
Julie's Revealed Preferences
"Prepare, and the opportunity will come"
Silicon Valley Is an Idea, Not a Place
The Open-Source Ethos
Julie as Empress of the World
Books Mentioned:
Bad Predictions: 2000 Years of the Best Minds Making the Worst Forecasts; by Laura Lee
The History of the Peloponnesian War; by Thucydides
Republic; by Plato
American Cycles of History: According to the Fourth Turning Generational Theory and The Boomer Soul 1946-2022; by William H. Van Marter Jr.
William Blake vs the World; by John Higgs
Julie, or the New Heloise; by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The End of History and the Last Man; by Francis Fukuyama
The Peripheral; by William Gibson
Neuromancer; by William Gibson
The Fifth Science; by Exurb1a
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How To Tell Them Better; by Will Storr
Class: A Guide Through the American Status System; by Paul Fussell
What Works on Wall Street: The Classic Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Singularity Sky; by Charles Stross
Marxism and Modernism;…
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Danny Miranda — Attracted to the Light (EP.180)
21 september 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
Danny Miranda's ambition is to sell out Madison Square Gardens for a live edition of his podcast. Now, on episode 402 (and counting), he is getting closer to that goal every week. He joins the show to discuss the art of interviewing, why he's attracted to the light, his favorite questions, and more. Lees meer
Important Links:
Danny's Twitter
Danny's Website
Wisdom Unleashed
Show Notes:
Fancy a phone call? The power of human interaction
What Danny has learned from 397 podcasts
The Art of Interviewing
Finding "the thing"
How has Danny changed deciding his aim was to sell out Madison Square Garden?
Danny's research process
"I'm attracted to the light"
When did things go wrong?
Podcasting as idea collecting
In-person vs Zoom
The ability to speak to anyone in the world
Danny's favorite questions
The different types of podcast
Why podcasts are like the printing press for audio
The importance of connection
What will podcasting look like in 2034?
Always Be Closing
Danny as emperor of the world
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
How to Win Friends and Influence People; by Dale Carnegie
Hidden Genius; by Polina Marinova Pompliano
The Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
Jim's "Exploring the Dark" Reading List:
Meditations; by Marcus Aurelius
Heart of Darkness; by Joseph Conrad
The Human Animal: A Personal View of the Human Species; by Desmond Morris
Exploring the Shadow: Understanding and Addressing the Dark Side of the Human Psyche; by John C. Friel and Linda D. Friel (Article)
Man's Search for Meaning; by Viktor E. Frankl
The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious; by Carl Jung
Memories, Dreams, Reflections: An Autobiography; by Carl Jung
Beyond Good and Evil; by Friedrich Nietzsche
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil; by Philip Zimbardo
Meeting the Shadow: Hidden Power of the Dark Side of Human Nature; edited by Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams
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Dror Poleg — The Future of Work
14 september 2023 · 1 uur 35 min
Dror Poleg is an author, speaker, and researcher investigating technology's impact on the way people work, live, and invest. He joins us to discuss the relationship between AI and remote work, how cities are going to change, the internet's role as a matching engine, and MUCH more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Dror's Website
Dror's Twitter
Our Great Reshuffle Series
The Once and Future Liberalism; by Walter Russell Mead
The Great Online Game; by Packy McCormick
Show Notes:
The relationship between AI & remote work
How remote work & AI will change our cities
What cities will succeed in the new world?
Remote work vs. Back to the office
Uncertainty & the death of the "job"
How to cure zero-sum thinking
The economy doesn't need us all to be ambitious
How work is going to change
How AI will transform professions' scalability; the internet as a matching engine
How Dror uses AI
Unbundling ideas from execution
The value of Twitter
The tragedy of the uncommon
The great online game
UBI & the need for new social systems
Dror as emperor of the world.
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Rethinking Real Estate: A Roadmap to Technology's Impact on the World's Largest Asset Class; by Dror Poleg
After Office: A Survival Guide For Cities, Humans And Companies; by Dror Poleg
The Longer Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand; by Chris Anderson
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Trung Phan & Rob Henderson — Apocalypse Now (EP.178)
7 september 2023 · 1 uur 11 min
Our previous episode with Trung & Rob included the bombshell reveal that Rob had never watched Apocalypse Now.
Nearly one year later, Rob and Trung make their triumphant return to the show to discuss the themes of the film, the lessons aspiring creators can draw from its troubled production history, the role of the Vietnam War in American cinema, and a whole lot more. Lees meerImportant Links:
Rob's Substack
Rob's Twitter
Trung's Substack
Trung's Twitter
Our previous episode with Trung & Rob
Show Notes:
Rob's homework assignment
The two endings of Apocalypse Now
Coppola's disastrous production process
Should Willard have taken Kurtz' place?
Draft dodgers: fear of death, or fear of social judgment?
Different perspectives of American Empire
The memory industry: Vietnam in film
When condemning backfires
The thin veneer of civilization
Willard's moral injury
Is pacificism sustainable?
Art as a response to social conditions
Telling the story vs romanticizing it
Be careful what you wish for: The McKenna take
When Jim was Jedpilled
When Rob was Jedpilled
The creative process: feeding the black box, becoming the vessel, and summoning the muse
George Lucas' version of Apocalypse Now
Cut scenes and time travel
Trung & Rob as Emperors of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Enlightenment Trilogy; by Jed McKenna
Heart of Darkness; by Joseph Conrad
The Lucifer Principle; by Howard Bloom
Howard Bloom hierarchies
The Sympathizer; by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The War of Art; by Steven Pressfield
Moby-Dick; by Herman Melville
The Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
The Creative Act: A Way of Being; by Rick Rubin
Films, TV Shows & Podcasts Mentioned:
Apocalypse Now; directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse; directed by Fax Bahr, George Hickenlooper & Eleanor Coppola
The Vietnam War; directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick
Platoon; directed by Oliver Stone
The Wolf of Wall Street; directed by Martin Scorcese
Wall Street; directed by…
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Frederik Gieschen — On Agility, Agreeableness, Alchemy & the Arena
31 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 14 min
"Who is America's best-known banker? That would be Jamie Dimon.
But who is the richest? That would be Andy Beal, with an estimated net worth of $9 billion." Lees meerFriend-of-the-show Frederik Gieschen joins us for an impromptu conversation about his article on the life and work of Andy Beal, the richest banker in America.
Important Links:
High Roller: Lessons from America's Richest Banker
Frederik's Twitter
Frederik's Substack
Frederik's previous episode
The Internet Contrarian
Show Notes:
The Arena, the Maze, and the Labyrinth
Why do myths endure?
"You can't do a good deal with a bad person"
America's richest banker: the Andrew Beal story
Agreeableness, contrarianism, and accountability
Thinking like a banker vs. thinking like an investor
The random buzz generator: How to fight linear thinking
The alchemy of success
Bubbles: When heterogeneity becomes homogeneity
"The higher you rise in a hierarchy, the less good the information you get."
Deterministic vs. probabilistic thinking
The difference between being an investor and being in the investing business
The return of Andrew Beal
The importance of agility
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Cosmic Trigger trilogy; by Robert Anton Wilson
Aesop's Fables; by Aesop
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art; by James Nestor
The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time; by Michael Craig
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life; by Alice Schroeder
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Dr. Julie Gurner — Ultra Successful (EP.176)
24 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 20 min
Dr. Julie Gurner is a doctor of psychology and executive performance coach to top percentile executives, primarily in finance and technology. She is also the proprietor of the Ultra Successful newsletter, which delivers a weekly challenge pulled from global business leaders and designed to "help you unleash your power." Lees meer
Dr. Gurner joins the show to discuss the merits of being unreasonable, why your business should not be your identity, why niceness is overrated, and more!
Important Links:
Substack
Twitter
Website
Show Notes:
Dr. Gurner's origin story
How forensic psychology experience can help executive coaching
Leaning into the 1%
Why psychological tests are flawed
The common traits of successful founders
High performance & bottlenecks
Why your business should not be your identity
Data vs. emotion
How Dr. Gurner applies her strategies in her own life
Don't be nice
Be unreasonable
Social validation is not important
How can you improve someone's communication skills?
How Dr. Gurner would teach executive coaching
The "no Plan B" mentality
Can high energy be detrimental?
How to unpack charisma
How to turn down work
Dr. Gurner's greatest satisfaction
How has leadership changed in the last 20 years?
Dr. Gurner as Empress of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Art of War; by Sun Tzu
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Todd Goodwin — "Revelation is not Resolution" (EP.175)
17 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 16 min
Board Certified hypnotist & Goodwin Hypnosis founder Todd Goodwin joins us for his second appearance to discuss why we should treat the mind like a garden, why revelation is not the same as resolution, why labels can be counterproductive, and much more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Goodwin Hypnosis
Goodwin Hypnosis' YouTube
Todd's first episode
Luca Dellanna's episode
Our episode on Dr John Sarno
Show Notes:
Treating the symptoms vs treating the cause
Gardening the mind
"Revelation is not resolution"
Why aren't hypnosis & NLP more popular?
Could Todd's work be filmed?
Why labeling conditions can be counterproductive
Clearing the emotional charge from traumatic memories
Top-down vs. Bottom-up solutions
Hypnosis as a way of reclaiming agency
How we are shaped by childhood experiences
Why we need a more compassionate criminal system
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Healing Back Pain; by John E. Sarno
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Luca Dellanna — On Survival, Signals & Success (EP.174)
10 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 17 min
Why is hard work a form of laziness? Why should we be wary of short-term success? How can imagining parallel worlds help us make better decisions? Author, management advisor, and researcher Luca Dellanna joins us to discuss these questions and more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Luca's Website
Luca's Twitter
Show Notes:
Ergodicity: survival is king
Why sample size matters
The two types of competitors
Teaching by signaling
The parallel worlds approach to decision-making
Racing to the bottom
Why working hard can be a form of laziness
The three things managers should prioritize
Why desiring change isn't enough
Fighting avoidance with actionable small steps
"Mixed values produce mixed results"
Thinking by writing
What Luca has learned from living in multiple countries
Luca as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder; by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Ergodicity: Definition, Examples, And Implications, As Simple As Possible; by Luca Dellanna
The Control Heuristic: The Nature of Human Behavior; by Luca Dellanna
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late; by Luca Dellanna
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
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Luca Dellanna — On Survival, Signals & Success (EP.174)
10 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 17 min
Why is hard work a form of laziness? Why should we be wary of short-term success? How can imagining parallel worlds help us make better decisions? Author, management advisor, and researcher Luca Dellanna joins us to discuss these questions and more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Luca's Website
Luca's Twitter
Show Notes:
Ergodicity: survival is king
Why sample size matters
The two types of competitors
Teaching by signaling
The parallel worlds approach to decision-making
Racing to the bottom
Why working hard can be a form of laziness
The three things managers should prioritize
Why desiring change isn't enough
Fighting avoidance with actionable small steps
"Mixed values produce mixed results"
Thinking by writing
What Luca has learned from living in multiple countries
Luca as Emperor of the World
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder; by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Ergodicity: Definition, Examples, And Implications, As Simple As Possible; by Luca Dellanna
The Control Heuristic: The Nature of Human Behavior; by Luca Dellanna
100 Truths You Will Learn Too Late; by Luca Dellanna
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
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Jack Butcher — Reality is the Boss (EP.173)
3 augustus 2023 · 1 uur 29 min
Designer, entrepreneur and Visualize Value founder Jack Butcher joins us for his second appearance on the show to discuss how to get closer to reality, the differences between the US & the UK, whether vision can be taught, and MUCH more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Jack's Twitter
Visualize Value
Jack's first appearance on the show
How to Get Rich
The Great Reshuffle
Show Notes:
Jack's origin story
Productizing Visualize Value
Ideas vs experience
Fighting fear with experience
Differences between the US & the UK
"The buck stops here"
"The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit"
How to transcend language
Can you teach vision?
The internet as a variance amplifier
How to communicate clearly
Get closer to reality
Jack's Twitter X Logo
Jack as emperor of the world
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot Of) Success in America; by John Gartner
The Illuminatus! Trilogy; by Robert Anton Wilson and Robert Shea
The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel
Spiritually Incorrect Enlightenment; by Jed McKenna
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Dan Runcie — The Future of Music (EP.172)
27 juli 2023 · 1 uur 22 min
Dan Runcie is the Founder of Trapital, a company focused on music, media, and entertainment. Trapital's output includes a podcast, weekly newsletter, and deep-dive essays breaking down trends in the music industry. Lees meer
Dan joins us for his second appearance on the show to discuss how AI will transform the music industry, whether the age of the superstar is over, how artists become billionaires, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
Dan's Twitter
Trapital
Dan's first appearance on the show
Show Notes:
Can the music industry embrace AI?
What will happen to music when AI gets better?
Will some genres be quicker to adapt than others?
How streaming algorithms are improving
Are AI playlists the death of DJs?
How artists can game the algorithm
How artists can use the music industry's Pareto distribution
Artists become millionaires selling music, and billionaires selling product
Will we see the end of record companies?
Will Bowie Bonds die?
Are we going to see the end of the superstar?
Ads & audiences
Spotify vs YouTube vs TikTok
Can newcomers displace the incumbents?
Will the streamers dominate podcasting?
What's next?
Dan as Emperor of the World
MORE!
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Dr. William Zeng — Towards a Quantum Future (EP.171)
20 juli 2023 · 1 uur 4 min
Dr. William Zeng is founder and President of the Unitary Fund, a non-profit dedicated to developing the quantum ecosystem to benefit the most people. He previously led initial development of Rigetti Computing's quantum cloud platform, and is co-inventor of the Quil quantum instruction language. He was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 in the Science category for his work on quantum computing. Lees meer
Dr. William was one of the first recipients of an O'Shaughnessy Fellowship, which is a one-year program for ambitious people who want to build something great. Fellows receive a $100,000 grant and access to OSV's network of founders, investors and experts to support them in bringing their projects to life. Dr. William is using his fellowship grant to study how emerging quantum technologies can explore foundational questions in quantum mechanics.
Important Links:
The O'Shaughnessy Fellowships
The Unitary Fund
Will's Twitter
A possibilities no-go theorem on the Wigner's friend paradox
Show Notes:
An introduction to quantum computing
Regular computers vs quantum computers
The impact of simulating quantum systems
How quantum computing can transform risk analysis
What does a quantum world look like?
Encryption & risk
The benefits of an open-source ecosystem
Wigner's Friend experiments, agency & objective reality
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
"Technology is an integration of body and mind"
The laws of physics
What's next?
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
The science fiction of Greg Egan
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
Historical Ontology; by Ian Hacking
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Jack Raines — The Authentic Path (EP.170)
13 juli 2023 · 1 uur 12 min
Jack Raines is an online writer and LinkedIn provocateur, whose newsletter Young Money has already amassed 30,000 readers. Lees meer
Jack joins the show to discuss the importance of travel, the upsides of authenticity, risk, luck, and much, much more!
Important Links:
Jack's Twitter
Young Money
Show Notes:
Jack's origin story
Optionality and opportunity costs
Hostel hopping
The healthy life
Grindset and hustle culture
LinkedIn pranks
Slamming the door on opportunities
Work culture and the Great Reshuffle
The luck of being alive today
Crypto skepticism
Quantifying risk
Jack's three favourite places in the world
The default path is not your destiny
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Richard Craib — How to Open Source Finance (EP.169)
6 juli 2023 · 58 min
Richard Craib is the Founder & CEO of Numerai, a new kind of hedge fund where data scientists around the world collaborate to predict equity returns using artificial intelligence.
Richard joins the show to discuss Numerai's origins, how it embraces the spirit of open source, why it has its own cryptocurrency and MUCH more! Lees meerImportant Links:
Numerai
Richard's Twitter
Show Notes:
The genesis of Numerai
How and why Numerai gives away its dataset
Getting users to put skin in the game
How Numerai scores users; becoming comfortable with the process
Size limits & leverage
Reactions to Numerai
Numerai's cryptocurrency
How Numerai differs from Quantopian
Data, optimization & LLMs
"Monopolize intelligence, monopolize data, monopolize money, and decentralize the monopoly"
What could go wrong?
Numerai's relationship with its data scientists
Could Numerai's model work in any other industries?
What could go wrong?
"Life is long"
MORE!
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Brian Roemmele - The Wisdom Keeper (EP.168)
29 juni 2023 · 2 uur 11 min
The scientist, researcher, analyst, connector, thinker, and doer Brian Roemmele joins us for his second Infinite Loops appearance to discuss the decline of wisdom and how we can save it, why LLMs are the modern version of Plato's cave, we need locally run AI models and MUCH more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Brian's Twitter
ReadMultiplex.com
40 AI Use Cases: How Many Did You Know About?
Brian's first Infinite Loops appearance
Show Notes:
Why LLMs are the modern version of Plato's cave
AI as Promethean fire
Why we need locally run AI models
AI use cases & the Nedd Ludd story
The decline of wisdom
Creating a wisdom keeper
Loneliness & abandonment
"How To Have A Conversation With Your Local Documents"
History is written by the victors; using wisdom to define our future
The tragedy of lost knowledge
You are loved and you are not alone
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
Cycles: The Science of Prediction; by Edward R. Dewey and Edwin F. Dakin
The Iliad; by Homer
The Odyssey; by Homer
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Bible
The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size; by Tor Norretranders
The Hero with a Thousand Faces; by Joseph Campbell
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Dr. Pippa Malmgren — Why Leadership Has Gone Wrong (EP.167)
22 juni 2023 · 1 uur 14 min
Dr. Pippa Malmgren is an economist, founder, keynote speaker & award-winning author. Lees meer
She served President George W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President and on the National Economic Council. She was responsible for financial market issues during the Enron crisis, and was responsible for assessing terrorism risks to the economy after 9/11. She has also advised the US Cabinet.
Dr. Pippa's most recent book, the Infinite Leader, won the International Press Award for the Best Book on Leadership for 2021.
Dr. Pippa joins the show to discuss why leadership has gone wrong, what she thinks of the recent UFO news, why we're already in World War III, and a whole lot more!
Important Links:
Dr. Pippa's website
Dr. Pippa's Substack
Dr. Pippa's Twitter
Show Notes:
Why leadership has gone wrong
Worldbuilding & the difference between management and leadership
Why leaders always stay too long
Balancing trust vs truth
Confidence vs competence
Balance, surfing & Taoism
Numbers, stories & UFOs
Reality belief systems: "It's not only stranger than we think, it's stranger than we can think."
How psychedelics impact how we understand reality
What Pippa would include in her leadership academy
Bailouts, inflation & CBDCs
We are already in World War III
Creating a hug movement
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
The Infinite Leader: Balancing the Demands of Modern Business Leadership; by Chris Lewis & Dr. Pippa Malmgren
The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century; by Chris Lewis & Dr. Pippa Malmgren
Signals: How Everyday Signs Can Help Us Navigate the World's Turbulent Economy; by Dr. Pippa Malmgren
Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life; by Rory Sutherland
Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders; by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
The Rig Veda
Prometheus Rising; by Robert Anton Wilson
Wholeness and the Implicate Order; by David Bohm
Orthodoxy; by G. K. Chesterton
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Ethan Mollick — How AI Changes Everything (EP.165)
15 juni 2023 · 54 min
Ethan Mollick is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship. He also leads Wharton Interactive, an effort to democratize education using games, simulations, and AI. Lees meer
When Ethan started his Substack One Useful Thing in November last year, he was planning on writing about a different management paper every post.
Then, in Ethan's words, the arrival of ChatGPT turned him from "an AI-skeptic to an AI-believer."
Over the last few months, Ethan has been explaining the rapid developments in the AI industry, documenting how he has incorporated AI into his teaching, and providing practical guides to how we can use AI in our daily lives.
Important Links:
Ethan's Substack
Ethan's Twitter
40 AI Use Cases: How Many Did You Know About?
Show Notes:
From AI skeptic to AI believer
AI is already disruptive
Unexpected AI use cases
AI is not a search engine
Prompt crafting is not the future
Is the centaur model the future?
How will AI impact education?
Will AI accelerate entrepreneurship?
The politics & geopolitics of AI
How to get unique results using AI
Using AI to explore liminal spaces
Speed-running the adoption curve
Can you teach curiosity?
The complex relationship between corporations and AI use
We have agency over our future
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
The Singularity is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology; by Raymond Kurzweil
The Iliad; by Homer
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Chen Qiufan — AI 2041: 10 Visions of Our Future (EP.164)
8 juni 2023 · 1 uur 14 min
Chen Qiufan (AKA Stanley Chan) is an award-winning science fiction writer, screenwriter, creative producer, and columnist. He is the president of the World Chinese Science Fiction Association and the founder of the content development studio Thema Mundi. Lees meer
Chen joins the show to discuss his latest novel, AI 2041: Ten Visions for the Future, which he co-wrote with former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee.
Part science fiction, part science forecasting, over ten short stories AI 2041 imagines the different ways, good and bad, that AI will impact our society. The central thesis? AI will transform our lives, but we remain masters of our fate.
Important Links:
Qiufan's Website
Qiufan's Twitter
Show Notes:
Qiufan's sci-fi influences
When did the third wave of AI begin?
Why is modern sci-fi so dystopian?
How AI is going to impact education
Hidden biases & the objective function
Deep fakes & narrative collapse
Accelerationism, balance & Daoism
Do we need real jobs?
Happiness is a byproduct
Living in a post-scarcity society
What's next?
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future; by Kai-Fu Lee & Chen Qiufan
Bullshit Jobs: A Theory; by David Graeber
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
Trekonomics: The Economics of Star Trek; by Manu Saadia
Waste Tide; by Chen Qiufan
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Todd Goodwin — Hypnosis: Separating Myth From Reality (EP.163)
1 juni 2023 · 1 uur 6 min
Todd Goodwin is the founder of Goodwin Hypnosis, a hypnosis center based in North Carolina. He is a Board Certified Fellow of the National Guild of Hypnotists, a designation earned by only one in every 500 hypnotists. Lees meer
As well as working with thousands of clients since opening Goodwin Hypnosis in 2007, Todd has co-facilitated hypnosis certification courses, created a book and accompanying 30-day hypnosis system designed to stop people from smoking, and given numerous presentations on hypnosis to physicians, students, and medical staff.
Todd joins the show to discuss some of the common myths & misconceptions around hypnosis.
Important Links:
Goodwin Hypnosis
Goodwin Hypnosis' YouTube
The Thinker and the Prover
Our episode on Dr John Sarno
The Six Stage Model of Behaviour Change
Show Notes:
Hypnosis in our everyday lives
Why isn't hypnosis more widely used?
"I don't want someone in my head"
"I can't be hypnotized"
Targeting the root causes of behavior
Tension between the conscious & the unconscious
How secondary gains can obstruct progress
How to clear root fear
Using language to elicit change
Be curious about yourself; remember that you are worthy of love
MORE!
Books Mentioned:
Healing Back Pain; by John E. Sarno
Influence: Science and Practice; by Robert Cialdini
Frogs into Princes: Neuro Linguistic Programming; by Richard Bandler and John Grinder
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Nat & Martha Sharpe — The Conflict between Agency & Community (EP.163)
30 mei 2023 · 1 uur 14 min
Nat & Martha Sharpe have been a creative team for over a decade. Nat was a film school graduate and Martha a storytelling enthusiast. They fell in love while filming a musical parody of "Beowulf" with their friends. Lees meer
After another comedy and two documentaries, they started having children. Focus shifted from art to survival. Together, they learned to code, got off food stamps, and traveled around America in an RV. Today, Nat and Martha homeschool their 5 kids and are eager to explore alternative education, expand their comfort zones, and—as always—make movies.
Nat & Martha were the first recipients of an O'Shaughnessy Fellowship, which is a one-year program for ambitious people who want to build something great. Fellows receive a $100,000 grant and access to OSV's network of founders, investors and experts to support them in bringing their projects to life.Nat & Martha are using their fellowship grant to study and make documentary films of alternative childhood education schools.
Important Links:
The O'Shaughnessy Fellowships
Nat & Martha's Website
Nat & Martha's Twitter
Nat & Martha's O'Shaughnessy Fellowship Application Video
Nat & Martha's YouTube Channel
OSV's investment in Synthesis School
Show Notes:
Nat & Martha's origin story
How education is connected to community
"Kids want to survive, they want to thrive, they want to learn"
Education vs indoctrination
Screen time isn't the problem & why unschooled children become entrepreneurs
The magic blue bus
Finding the others
What caused the rise in helicopter parenting?
The conflict between agency & community
It can be hard to give people money
Learning by doing; in-demand learning
How can we monetize the best teachers in the world?
How AI is going to transform education
What's next?
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson
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Jason Crawford — The Roots of Progress (EP.162)
25 mei 2023 · 1 uur 12 min
Jason Crawford is the founder & president of The Roots of Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century. Lees meer
Jason has written well over 100 essays on the history of technology and the philosophy of progress, and given numerous talks and interviews on the same.
He joins the show to discuss whether humans deserve progress, how to make progress cool, the two types of optimism, and more!
Important Links:
The Roots of Progress
Jason's Website
Jason's Twitter
Discourse on the Arts and Sciences; by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Triumph of the Nerds
Why I'm a proud solutionist
Show Notes:
Why do we need progress studies?
Are humans conditioned to resist progress?
Increasing the burden of safety
What the Roots of Progress is seeking to achieve
How can we make progress cool?
Pessimism of the intellect; optimism of the will
Do we deserve progress?
Progress & politics
Steelmanning the case against progress
How can we defend against bad actors?
Calibrating our approach to risk
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
Frankenstein; by Mary Shelley
Erewhon; by Samuel Butler
Darwin Among The Machines; by Samuel Butler
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
The Ultimate Resource; by Julian L. Simon
The Collapse of the Common Good: How America's Lawsuit Culture Undermines Our Freedom; by Philip K. Howard
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; by Douglas Adams
The Jungle; by Upton Sinclair
One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson
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David Pinsof — Everything is Bullshit (EP.161)
18 mei 2023 · 1 uur 7 min
David Pinsof is an evolutionary social scientist and a co-creator of the game Cards Against Humanity. He holds a PhD in Psychology from UCLA, where he studied the evolutionary origins of political bullshit, and has written a handful of academic papers, one of which has been cited 152 times and another of which was quoted in the New York Times. Lees meer
David is the author of the 'Everything Is Bullshit' Substack, which aims to poke holes in the stories we tell ourselves. He joins the show to discuss why happiness & morality are bullshit, the difference between bullshit & lying, why we conceal the status monkey, and more!
Important Links:
David's Twitter
David's Substack; Everything is Bullshit
Cards Against Humanity
The Execution Hypothesis; by Richard Wrangham
Discordianism
Our podcast with George Mack
Our podcast with Will Storr
Show Notes:
What is bullshit?
The difference between bullshitting and lying
Why moralizing is bullshit
Concealing the status monkey
The origins of Cards Against Humanity
How are status games changing?
Why happiness is bullshit
Happiness as a status symbol
How can we escape bullshit?
Why we're driven by negative emotions
How to become more positive
The role of humor in calling out bullshit
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
On Bullshit; by Harry G. Frankfurt
Propaganda; by Edward Bernays
Influence: Science and Practice; by Robert Cialdini
The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are; by Robert Wright
The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It; by Will Storr
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History; by Howard Bloom
Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
Happy; by Derren Brown
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
Gödel, Escher, Bach; by Douglas Hofstadter
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Dylan O'Sullivan — Essayful (EP.160)
16 mei 2023 · 57 min
Dylan O'Sullivan is a writer and media specialist based in Cork, Ireland. Lees meer
Dylan's work has been published in magazines such as The Spectator and Areo. He is also the creator of Essayful, a Substack dedicated to becoming "a new home for writing."
Following his participation in David Perell's Write of Passage course last year, Dylan joined us as an intern at O'Shaughnessy Ventures.
He joins the show to discuss the problem with traditional education, the blurry border between fiction & nonfiction, how AI is going to impact writing, why Ireland has such cultural influence, and more!
Important Links:
Dylan's Twitter
Essayful
Write of Passage
Show Notes:
Losing the O's
The collapse of the old institutions
An introduction to Essayful
"There's nothing new under the sun."
The blurry border between fiction & nonfiction
Rebuilding the Tower of Babel
A book as a living thing
How is AI going to impact writing?
Why Dylan took Write of Passage
Why are academic papers so hard to read?
Why does Ireland have such cultural influence?
What's next?
More!
Books Mentioned:
Old God's Time; by Sebastian Barry
Unflattening; by Nick Sousanis
The Island of Saints and Scholars; Sean McMahon
Ulysses; by James Joyce
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John Sills — The Human Experience (EP.159)
11 mei 2023 · 1 uur 20 min
After starting his career on a market stall in Essex, John Sills has spent the last twenty-five years working to make the world a better place for customers. Lees meer
John is the Managing Partner at the customer-led growth company The Foundation, and his writing has also been featured in publications such as The Guardian and Management Today. He joins the show to discuss his thought-provoking and timely new book The Human Experience: How to make life better for your customers and create a more successful organization.
Important Links:
John's Website
John's Twitter
John's Substack
Show Notes:
John's time working on an Essex market stall
Human vs functional customer experience
What's blocking the human experience?
Why do leaders stay away from the frontline?
Escaping Vogonization
Does the human experience scale?
The benefits of starting from first principles
Why companies should empower their staff
The link between curiosity, creativity & customer experience
Why aren't companies changing & why aren't more startups disrupting?
Are frictionless customer experiences desirable?
The myth of customer loyalty
Tech upgrades & immersion
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
The Human Experience: How to make life better for your customers and create a more successful organization; by John Sills
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism; by Howard Bloom
The Customer Copernicus: How to be Customer-Led; by Charlie Dawson
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; by Douglas Adams
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Billy Oppenheimer — On Curiosity, Creativity & Conceptual Ancestors (EP.158)
4 mei 2023 · 1 uur 3 min
Billy Oppenheimer is a researcher for Ryan Holiday. He is also known for his viral long-form tweets and Six at 6 on Sunday newsletter. Lees meer
Billy is insatiably curious. He is a master at drawing lessons from anecdotes from the worlds of sports, music, comedy, business, and more.
He joins the show to discuss how to cultivate good taste, whether everything is a remix, why he learns through introjection, and a whole lot more.
Important Links:
Six at 6 on Sunday
Billy's Twitter
Billy's website
Our episodes with David Senra (1, 2)
'A Bicycle of the Mind' - Steve Jobs on the Computer
Our episode with Edward Rooster
To His Coy Mistress; by Andrew Marvell
Kubla Khan; by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Show Notes:
Focus on doing the thing
SIX at 6's origin story
Learning through introjection
Developing taste & cultivating curiosity
"People don't have ideas, ideas have people"
How Billy practices his scales
Fiction vs non-fiction
Repetition, repetition, repetition
Should we study more failures?
Process compounds
"Care, but don't care too much"
Has anyone succeeded without persistence?
Conceptual ancestors
Everything's a remix
Taste, tools, markets & feedback
Finding your pain points
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
Trust Me, I'm Lying; by Ryan Holiday
Psychology of Money; by Morgan Housel
Atomic Habits; by James Clear
The Immortality Key : The Secret History of the Religion with No Name; by Brian C. Muraresku
Reality Hunger; by David Shields
The Power of Myth; by Joseph Campbell & Bill Moyers
Cloud Atlas; by David Mitchell
The Great Gatsby; by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Da Vinci Code; by Dan Brown
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Jimmy Soni & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Future of Publishing (EP.157)
27 april 2023 · 1 uur 24 min
Friend-of-the-show (and new O'Shaughnessy Ventures team member) Liberty RPF joins Jim and fellow friend-of-the-show Jimmy Soni to discuss the current state of the publishing industry and the new opportunities emerging for current and aspiring authors. Lees meer
Important Links:
Jimmy's Website
Jimmy's Twitter
Liberty's Newsletter
Liberty's Twitter
10 Reasons Why I'm Publishing My Next Book on Substack
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Show Notes:
How has the publishing industry changed?
Reinventing the audiobook
The living book
Towards new book pricing models
Why the traditional publishing industry is becoming unsustainable
The tragedy of unwritten books
A rejection from a traditional publisher is meaningless
What do traditional publishers do well?
The importance being invested in the success of a product
Leveraging AI & other tools in the writing process
Why the publishing industry is successful
Increasing the power of individual creators
Change, prestige & disruption
Playing the right kind of status games
Aligning quality with meritocracy
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
The Founders; by Jimmy Soni
A Mind at Play; by Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman
Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar; by Jimmy Soni & Rob Goodman
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Invest Like The Best; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds; by David Goggins
The Psychology of Money; by Morgan Housel
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich; by Tim Feriss
Harry Potter; by J. K. Rowling
Reality Hunger; by David Shields
$100M Offers: How To Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No; by Alex Hormozi
The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It; by Will Storr
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Alex Danco — On Self-Delusion, Sancho Panza, Safe Words & Seinfeld (EP.156)
20 april 2023 · 48 min
Alex Danco returns for his seventh (yes, SEVENTH) appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss, as usual, pretty much everything other than the topics we had prepared in advance. Lees meer
This week, we discuss: The two types of lawyers, what Alex learned from reading Don Quixote, Elon the Reply Guy, the psychology of Seinfeld, the best Wall Street Movies, and much more.
Important Links:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alex_Danco
Website: https://alexdanco.com/
Newsletter: https://danco.substack.com/
Show Notes:
The two kinds of lawyers
Medicine, placebo, Don Quixote & theatre
Heroes, villains & main characters
Elon the Reply Guy
Safe words, scams & narrative collapse
Self-deception is multiplayer
The psychology of Seinfeld
To what extent are great innovations already baked into the systems?
Margin Call: The two schools of thought
The best Wall Street movies
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
The Theory And Practice Of Gamesmanship Or The Art Of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating; by Stephen Potter
Don Quixote; by Miguel de Cervantes
The Fifth Science; by Exurb1a
The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It; by Will Storr
The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History; by Howard K. Bloom
Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships; by Eric Berne
Mendel's Dwarf; by Simon Mawer
The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine; by Michael Lewis
The Bonfire of the Vanities; by Tom Wolfe
The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron; by Peter Elkind & Bethany McLean
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Gurwinder Bhogal — Certainty is the Death of Thought (EP.155)
13 april 2023 · 1 uur 21 min
Gurwinder Bhogal is a writer and programmer who writes about the myriad ways in which technology and psychology conspire to fool us and how we can withstand the covert assault on our senses. Lees meer
Gurwinder is known for his epic Twitter 'Megathreads' which set out a series of powerful concepts for understanding the world.
He joins the show to discuss our tendency to narrativize information, how to overcome the bandwidth tax, why Wikipedia is the world's largest source of misinformation, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
Megathread: Feb 7, 2020 (53,000 likes)
Megathread: Feb 11, 2022 (62,000 likes)
Megathread: March 18, 2023 (most recent)
Gurwinder's Substack
Gurwinder's Twitter
The Toxoplasma of Rage
Show Notes:
Megathreads & the Woozle effect
AI, the Encyclopedia Disinformatica, and cultivating a garden of Mithridates
Capturing the nuance between dishonesty and lying
The Toxoplasma of Rage
Overcoming the bandwidth tax
Brandishing the golden hammer; why we can't comprehend large numbers
Tribalism & intersubjectivity
The purity spiral
Are we facing a lost generation?
We are programmed to like complex explanations
Narrativizing information
"Certainty is the death of thought"
Climbing the thinking ladder
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
The Fifth Science; by Exurb1a
Talking to Strangers; by Malcolm Gladwell
Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies; by Tim Urban
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Ed Latimore — The Difference Between Being Liked and Being Respected (EP.154)
6 april 2023 · 1 uur 17 min
This week, we're delighted to welcome Ed Latimore back for his second Infinite Loops appearance. Lees meer
Ed is a best-selling author, former professional heavyweight boxer, competitive chess player, Physics graduate, father, and husband. He joins us to discuss stoicism, progress & pain, demonstrating authenticity, being liked vs. being respected, and a whole lot more.
Important Links:
Ed's Twitter
Ed's website
Ed's Substack
Ed's first Infinite Loops appearance
Show Notes:
New child; new house; new book
How Ed's new book has developed
Humor and progress
Understanding addiction
Being liked vs being respected
"Stoicism found me"
Is progress possible without pain?
"Humans are very bad at the future"
Demonstrating authenticity
Being cast as a father figure
What's next for Ed
Ed's three step process for self-improvement
"I don't think any situation has ever gotten worse because someone has good manners."
Books Mentioned:
The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs who Shaped Silicon Valley; by Jimmy Soni
The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey to Optimal Performance; by Josh Waitzkin
Can't Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds; by David Goggins
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life; by Mark Manson
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Edward Rooster — I Did My Best. I Gave My All. I Was Here. (EP.153)
30 maart 2023 · 1 uur 27 min
Edward Rooster is one of our favourite writers. His themes include the future, mythology, time and history. He has written two books, Box of Stars and Harvest, and he is currently working on a third. Lees meer
Edward joins the show to discuss embracing uncertainty, avoiding becoming Icarus, unsticking yourself from time, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
Edward's Mirror
Edward's Substack
Edward's Typeshare
Edward's Twitter
The Days Dad Started Over
Leaving Eternity's Parking Lot
You Do Not Have to Be Perfect
Looking Back from the Future
Show Notes:
The Days Dad Started Over: Why Edward started writing
Edward's book writing process
Unsticking yourself from time
Sources of storytelling inspiration
Embracing uncertainty
Avoiding the content trap
The 'create you own adventure' approach to writing
[Finding inspiration in music]
Storytelling & common knowledge
Writing as found art
Not as much matters as we think it does
How can we avoid becoming Icarus?
Editing; Editors
The opportunities of generative AI
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
Stray Reflections; by Jawad Mian
Box of Stars; by Edward Rooster
Harvest; by Edward Rooster
Retrieve; by Edward Rooster
What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Cloud Atlas; by David Mitchell
The Great Gatsby; by F. Scott Fitzgerald
American Gods; by Neil Gaiman
Reality Hunger; by David Shields
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; by Robert Pirsig
Looking Backward; by Edward Bellamy
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Venkatesh Rao — The Art of Gig (EP.152)
23 maart 2023 · 1 uur 44 min
Venkatesh Rao is a writer, consultant, and author. He has been writing about indie consulting for years and has recently published The Art of Gig, Volumes 1 & 2, which together take an in-depth look at the gig economy. Lees meer
Venkatesh joins the show to discuss tragic luck, becoming slightly nonsensical, the advantages of mediocrity, and a whole lot more!
Important Links:
Venkatesh's Website
Venkatesh's Blog
Venkatesh's Substack
Venkatesh's Twitter
The Art of Gig
The Art of Gig: our synthesis
The Gervais Principle
Show Notes:
Origins of The Art of Gig
Paycheck People
Learning how to take risks
Is there a risk-taking gene?
The case for fixed-point futurism
Finding meaning
Personality types, narrative, and becoming a courageous thinker
Don't get tragically lucky
Generational agency
Sparring, pressure and meaning-making
Be slightly nonsensical
Teaching others to appreciate randomness
Towards infinite games; be mediocre
Understanding divergentism
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
The Art of Gig: Volumes 1 & 2; by Venkatesh Rao
The 4-Hour Work Week: Escape the 9-5, Live Anywhere and Join the New Rich; by Tim Feriss
Free Agent Nation: The Future of Working for Yourself; by Daniel H. Pink
The Pathless Path: Imagining a New Story For Work and Life; by Paul Millerd
Tempo: timing, tactics and strategy in narrative-driven decision-making; by Venkatesh Rao
The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By; by Dan P. McAdams
Finite and Infinite Games: A Vision of Life As Play and Possibility; by James Carse
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-free Productivity; by David Allen
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Ananyo Bhattacharya — John von Neumann: The Man from the Future (EP.151)
16 maart 2023 · 1 uur 27 min
Ananyo Bhattacharya is the author of The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann, a brilliant biography of one of the most prolific and influential scientists to have ever lived. He joins the show to discuss von Neumann's contributions to quantum physics, game theory, the Manhattan Project, and much more! Lees meer
Important Links:
Ananyo's Twitter
The Man from the Future
Show Notes:
How did John von Neumann even exist?
Would von Neumann's discoveries have happened without him?
The Martians of Hungary
The migrant mentality
Innovation in the face of extinction
Science, genius & the herd mentality
Von Neumann's contribution to quantum physics
Game theory, Minimax and zero-sum games
von Neumann: quant in the streets; romantic in the sheets
The eccentricity of brilliance
Von Neumann and the Manhattan Project
The godfather of the open-source movement
Von Neumann as a project manager
How writing the book changed Ananyo's understanding of von Neumann
Ananyo's next projects
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann; **by **Ananyo Bhattacharya
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism; by Howard Bloom
Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour; by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern
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Michael Breitenbach — On Crypto, AI & Cynicism (EP.150)
9 maart 2023 · 51 min
Michael Breitenbach is Senior Vice President within the Chief Investment Office at Bank of America Global Wealth and Investment Management, where he is responsible for leading development of quantitative infrastructure and machine learning models for evaluating both internally and externally covered investment offerings. Lees meer
He is also the man behind an extremely popular anonymous Twitter account that many of you will be familiar with (see if you can guess which one…)
Michael joins the show to discuss the FTX fallout, the current state of the crypto industry, the rise of AI compliance, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
Michael's LinkedIn
Michael's (personal) Twitter
Show Notes:
FTX: grift or systemic failure?
The decline of old media
AI compliance & regulation
Crypto: use cases, privacy & regulation
The end of privacy
Dealing with new and better problems
Scale vs anti-scale
Cynicism can be a comparative advantage
Against binary thinking
Time binding & cultural evolution
Consider taxation
Books Mentioned:
The Power Law: Venture Capital and the Art of Disruption; by Sebastian Mallaby
Time-Binding: The General Theory; by Alfred Korzybski
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Visakan Veerasamy - On Creativity, Introspection & Being a Good Reply Guy (EP.149)
2 maart 2023 · 1 uur 34 min
Visakan Veerasamy is a prolific thinker, writer & creator. As well as being the author of the books 'Introspect' and 'Friendly Ambitious Nerd', he is known for weaving huge, interconnected Twitter threads and for his mission to build "the greatest social graph of friendly, ambitious nerds that the world has ever seen." Lees meer
Important Links:
Visa's Website
Visa's Twitter
Visa's Youtube
Show Notes:
The origins of Friendly Ambitious Nerd
"The most heroic thing you can do is not hate yourself"
Confronting the minotaur
Introspection & Maslow's hierarchy of needs
Overriding human OS
Humor is the cure
How to demonstrate the power of humor
Dealing with judgment & criticism
Responding to requests for help
Enforcing a no-assholes rule
"Focus your time and energy on what you want to see more of"
"School is bullshit"
Question defaults & screw around
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
Friendly Ambitious Nerd; by Visakan Veerasamy
Introspect; by Visakan Veerasamy
The Science of Storytelling; by Will Storr
The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It; by Will Storr
The Hero with a Thousand Faces; by Joseph Campbell
Shantaram; by Gregory David Roberts
The Art of War; by Sun Tzu
The Tao Te Ching; by Laozi
The Lord of the Rings; by J. R. R. Tolkien
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David Senra & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Scenius (EP.148)
23 februari 2023 · 1 uur 46 min
Friends-of-the-show David Senra & Liberty RPF return for a characteristically wide-ranging conversation. Enjoy! Lees meer
Important Links
Founders Podcast
Founders on Colossus
David's Twitter
Liberty's Substack
Liberty's Twitter
David Bowie Predicts the Impact of the Internet on Newsnight
Show Notes:
David's lunch with Sam Zell
Optimizing for freedom
Information can build a fortune
Persist, persist, persist
Burning the ships
Customising education
Where are the Teddy Roosevelt's of today?
Embracing our evangelical side
"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see"
Fighting fear of technological development
Is anything truly 'new'?
"Properly understood technology is just a better way to do something"
Towards positive sum games
How to cultivate voluntary engagement
Unleashing the scenius
Finding better explanations
Risk-taking and the origins of the USA
The explore and create framework
Read biographies
MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel; by Sam Zell
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey; by Candice Millard
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill; by Candice Millard
Cinema Speculation; by Quentin Tarantino
Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work; by Ian Nathan
The WEIRDest People in the World; by Joseph Henrich
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future; by Peter Thiel
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie; by Andrew Carnegie
All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger - A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense; by Peter Bevelin
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness; by Eric Jorgenson
Enzo Ferrari 2018: Power, Politics and the Making of an Automobile Empire; by Luca Dal Monte
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson
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Dwarkesh Patel — Podcasting, Talent & Innovation (EP.147)
16 februari 2023 · 1 uur 36 min
Dwarkesh Patel is the host of The Lunar Society podcast, where he interviews scientists, historians, economists, intellectuals, & founders about their ideas. He also writes about tech, progress, talent, science, and the long-term over at his Substack. Lees meer
Dwarkesh has been described as "one of the best young podcasters alive", and his Substack has been praised by the likes of Jeff Bezos, Paul Graham and Tyler Cowen.
Important Links:
The Lunar Society
Dwarkesh' Twitter
The Mystery of the Miracle Year
Popularizers are intellectual market makers
Scouting talent as buying options
Show Notes:
How to become a better podcaster
The importance of curiosity
Disagreement & problem solving
"Computer programs are written by humans for other humans to read, and only incidentally for computers to execute"
The difference between podcasting & essay writing
Investing in public and private companies; human OS
Premeditation & decision-making
The mystery of the miracle year
How much innovation is baked into the cake?
How to cultivate young talent
AI & education
The importance of intellectual market makers
Scouting talent as buying options
Interviewing Sam Bankman-Fried
Effective altruism & virtue signalling
If you do everything, you will win
Books Mentioned:
The Years of Lyndon Johnson; by Robert Caro
What Works on Wall Street: A Guide to the Best-Performing Investment Strategies of All Time; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Little Soldiers: An American Boy, a Chinese School, and the Global Race to Achieve; by Lenora Chu
Outliers: The Story of Success; by Malcolm Gladwell
One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson
The Lessons of History; by Will & Ariel Durant
The Story of Civilization; by Will & Ariel Durant
Fallen Leaves: Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God; by Will Durant