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Tyler and I talk about nearly everything. Transcript -- Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:28) Identifying talent on Tyler’s podcast (0:03:48) Why are follow up questions overrated? (0:04:21) Tyler’s pr...

15 Jan 20241h 15min

Samo and I talk about history, gerontocracy, and energy. -- Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:21) Knowledge decaying over time (0:06:02) History and the overabundance of information (0:11:10) History a...

3 Jan 20241h 21min

Vitalik and I talk about libertarianism, Ethereum, and AI. Transcript -- Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:21) Governance mechanisms (0:02:32) Talent in crypto (0:10:02) Talent clusters (0:15:23) Crypt...

26 Des 20231h 19min

Adam and I talk about humor, peer review, and the future of science. Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:45) Is bias overrated? (0:01:46) Researcher ambition (0:05:52) Illusion of moral decline (0:08:10...

7 Des 20231h 11min

Scott and I talk about film, literature, asset bubbles, and monetary policy. Transcript -- Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:33) Fiction for economists (0:03:44) Knausgaard or Proust? (0:07:04) TV or f...

30 Nov 20231h 12min

Sam and I talk about Hegel, LLM consciousness, and intellectual breadth. Transcript -- Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:38) Joseph Heath (0:02:52) Iain Banks and defunctionalized culture (0:05:46) Mem...

8 Nov 20231h 10min

Zvi and I talk about AI and strategy games. Transcript -- Timestamps (0:00:00) Intro (0:00:43) What makes a good strategy game? (0:05:29) Culture of Magic: The Gathering (0:10:14) Raising the status o...

10 Okt 20231h 18min

Rohit and I talk about efficient organizations, influencing curiosity, the future of VC. -- Timestamps (00:00) Intro (00:17) BS jobs (04:36) SBF on employee efficiency (11:02) AI on employee efficienc...

22 Aug 202358min