This is Your Brain on Bullsh*t - David Pinsof - #980
David Pinsof is a research scientist at UCLA, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity, and an author. Everything is bullshit. Your opinions, your arguments, even your thoughts. Most of it’s manufactur...
14 Aug 20251h 12min
AI Safety, The China Problem, LLMs & Job Displacement - Dwarkesh Patel - #979
Dwarkesh Patel is a writer, researcher & podcaster. The rise of AI marks the next great technological revolution, one that could reshape every aspect of our lives in just a few years. But how close a...
11 Aug 20252h 45min
How Much Does IQ Matter? - Spencer Greenberg - #978
Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, founder, CEO & creator of ClearerThinking.org How much does IQ really matter? Most of us have met people on both ends of the spectrum and wondered where we stand...
9 Aug 20251h 28min
Why Does The Female Orgasm Exist? - Dr Robert King - #977
Dr Robert King is a psychologist, professor at University College Cork, and researcher on the evolutionary function of female orgasm. What makes the female orgasm so mysterious? For generations, men ...
7 Aug 20251h 32min
The Changing World Order: How Countries Go Broke - Ray Dalio - #976
Ray Dalio is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, billionaire investor, philanthropist and an author. How do countries actually go broke? In a world of abundance, it’s easy to think the good times ...
4 Aug 20251h 26min
The Manosphere, Pickup Culture & Male Loneliness - James Bloodworth - #975
James Bloodworth is a journalist reporting on working-class life and society, podcaster, and an author. The manosphere isn’t what you think. Even though it is often labeled as toxic and extreme, the ...
2 Aug 20251h 18min
Existential Philosophy, Nietzsche, Suffering & Self-Awareness - Joe Folley - #974
Joe Folley is a philosopher, writer, and host of the Unsolicited Advice YouTube channel. Philosophy has a way of finding us in one form or another, sometimes in a book, sometimes in a moment of crisi...
31 Jul 20251h 25min
Waymo, Texas Culture, Airline Lounges, OpenAI & Uber Eats - Rory Sutherland - #973 -
Rory Sutherland is one of the world’s leading consumer behaviour experts, the Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Advertising and an author. The world is evolving at an unprecedented pace. With the rise of AI, w...
28 Jul 20251h 53min
