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Feb 14, 2024 1 hr

Alexey Guzey

from Undertone Hosted by Dan Schulz

Alexey and I talk about science, productivity, and utilitarianism. -- Timestamps (00:00) Intro (00:23) How accessible should a good research paper be? (03:47) Good taste (07:07) What does Russia get right? (12:05) Favorite Dostoyevsky novel (14:16) Utilitarianism (16:42) High IQ v genius (17:59) Tyler Cowen's advice (20:13) Bad science (31:25) Productivity (32:55) Updating beliefs (35:18) Meditation (37:53) Religion (40:02) Starting a blog (41:20) Video games (42:48) Go outside (45:19) David Goggins (49:23) Advice (51:04) True Detective (56:05) Alpha in low status -- Links - ⁠Alexey's blog⁠ - Follow ⁠Alexey on X⁠ - ⁠⁠Follow Dan on X⁠⁠ - Subscribe to Undertone on ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Apple⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠, or ⁠⁠⁠Substack⁠⁠⁠ - Watch or listen to previous episodes of Undertone with ⁠Tyler Cowen⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Scott Sumner⁠, ⁠Samo Burja⁠, ⁠Steve Hsu⁠, and ⁠more⁠. - I love hearing from listeners. Email me any time at [email protected] - Share anonymous feedback on the podcast: ⁠⁠https://forms.gle/w7LXMCXhdJ5Q2eB9A

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