What India Should Do to Secure Its Future as a Global Superpower
This week Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg discuss India as a live player. They cover: India's demographics and the barriers it faces towards industrialization and wealth.---This show is produced by Turp...
18 Apr 20241h
What Causes Institutions to Flourish?
This is a special re-airing of an episode Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg taped for Venture Stories (Village Global's podcast) in 2019 . Their conversation covers the following: the distinction between ...
16 Apr 20241h 3min
Fall of Rome with Rudyard Lynch
Today we're dropping a special episode of History 102 with Rudyard Lynch (@Whatifalthist on YouTube). Rudyard Lynch and Erik Torenberg delve into the critical moments and competing narratives of the f...
6 Apr 202452min
China, AI, and the New Global Order
In this episode Erik Torenberg and Samo Burja discuss the current state and future state of America, China, Russia, Ukraine, energy, the US dollar, AI, Peter Zeihan, Balaji Srinivasan, and more. This ...
30 Mar 202454min
Alibaba After Jack Ma & China's Economy in 2024
In this conversation, Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg discuss Alibaba after Jack Ma's exit and analyze the Chinese Economy. With 1.3 billion users and $135 billion in revenue, Alibaba is like China's ve...
21 Mar 202453min
China vs US: Space and Frontier Technologies
In this episode, Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg discuss how China's technological advancements in space exploration and quantum technology could change things around the world. They cover China's activ...
13 Mar 202449min
Xi Jinping's Legacy and China's Succession
In this episode, Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg dive deep into how Xi Jinping is shaping China's society today and its place in the world. They discuss Xi’s firm hold on power, his connections with dif...
6 Mar 202451min
Tech Stagnation and What's Holding Us Back
In this episode, Samo Burja and Erik Torenberg discuss tech stagnation, drawing from Peter Thiel and Tyler Cowen's theories on technological progress rates with energy consumption as a metric. They al...
28 Feb 202448min
