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Narratives
by Will Jarvis
Narratives is a project exploring the ways in which the world is better than it has been, the ways that it is worse, and the paths toward making a better, more definite future. Narratives is hosted by Will Jarvis. For more information, and more episodes, visit www.narrativespodcast.com willjarvis.substack.com
Episodes
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145: Alex Priou - Technology, Progress and History
In this episode we're joined by UC Boulder philosophy professor Alex Priou, and Russ Greene to discuss Technology, Progress and History. Transcript: William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the...
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144: Ed West - Britain, Europe and Decline
In this episode we're joined by writer Ed West to discuss the decline of the UK, the future of Europe, and where we go from here. This episode was cohosted by Lars Doucet. Transcript: William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the…
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142: David Gilford - Infrastructure
In this episode, we are joined by David Gilford. David's work focuses on the intersection of the private and public sectors, applying technology and new business models to solve urban problems. He currently leads policy and strategic partnerships for Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners (SIP), a...
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141: Jeremiah Johnson - Neoliberal
In this episode, we're joined by Jeremiah Johnson, the creator of the Neoliberal movement. William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the ways it is worse in the past, where it's a better, more...
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140: Jeremy Hadfield - Existential Risks, Nietzsche and Degrowth
In this episode, we're joined by Dartmouth student Jeremy Hadfield to talk about x-risks, Nietzsche, Degrowth, and a whole lot more. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit willjarvis.substack.com
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139: Mark Johnson - Philanthropy, Tech Transfer, and Startups
In this episode, we're joined by Stand Together CTO Mark Johnson. We discuss: Mark’s background, the problem with tech transfers from basic research, the cultural differences between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, how can we encourage a bottom up approach to philanthropy, how to manage well…
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137: Eli Dourado - LLMs, Stagnation, and Alignment
In this episode, we're joined by Eli Dourado to discuss his recent article Heretical thoughts on AI. How LLMs will interact with the culture war, how alignment can make the great stagnation worse, and a whole lot more. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is…
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136: Ben Reinhardt - Speculative Technologies
In this episode, we're joined by previous guest Ben Reinhardt to discuss his newest venture, Speculative Technologies. https://www.spec.tech/library/introducing-speculative-technologiesWe also discuss the ins and outs of starting a new organization, how to bootstrap legitimacy, the second order...
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135: Julian Weisser - Startups, Angel Investing and On Deck
In this episode, we're joined by On Deck cofounder Julian Weisser to discuss the right framework for finding new ideas, lessons for founders to draw from the past, aligning on values before aligning on ideas, founding pairs that work well, the role of defensibility, the role of no code…
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134: Misha Saul - Marriage, Religion and the Domestication of Men
In this episode, we're joined by Misha Saul to discuss geographic determinism and inevitability, how Misha thinks about finding alpha. Retrofitted narratives and how they work, the domestication of men.The importance of symbolic ceremonial traditional things. The importance of knowing the jewish...
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133: Garrett Langley - Flock Safety
In this episode, we're joined by Garrett Langley of Flock Safety to discuss the nature of crime in our society. How to decrease crime, and how to build a hyper-growth startup outside of the major hubs. Transcript: William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast...
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132: Joey Politano - Apricitas Economics
In this episode, we're joined by Joey Politano to discuss the state of the global economy, what happened in 1971, his blog Aprictas Economics and a whole lot more. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is...
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131: Devon Zuegel - Urbanism and the Future of Cities
In this episode, we're joined by Devon Zuegel to talk about Prospera, urban sprawl, James Scott's Against the Grain, Georgism and more. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the…
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130: Zach Caceres - Startup Cities
In this episode, we're joined by Zach Caraces to talk about startup cities, what has gone wrong with American cities? What can we do to fix them? The lack of customer service culture in the cities industry. Platform vs. product cities, why Americans love to travel in Latin American cities. The...
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129: Emily Harrawood - The Past, Present and Future of Childcare
In this episode I'm joined by Emily Harrawood. Emily is an early-childhood educator and founder with extensive knowledge of the childcare industry. We discuss the current problems with the industry, how it originally came about, how to improve it, and what the future of childcare looks like in…
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128: Jai Malik - Rebuilding The American Industrial Base
In this episode, we're joined by Jai Malik, GP of Countdown Capital to discuss how we can rebuild America's industrial base. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the ways that is...
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127: John Manoochehri - Towards the Spatial Web
In this episode we are joined by John Manoocheri and Shawnee Foster to discuss the spatial web, the future of the Metaverse, the state of architecture, the nature of art and a whole lot more. You can find John and Shawnee's work at https://treasury.space/ Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks,...
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126: Cam Wiese - The World’s Fair
In this episode, we're joined by Cam Wiese to discuss his new World's Fair project https://worldsfair.co/ We also discuss how to change culture, break stagnation, and build a better future. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways...
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125: Jeff Huber - What comes after modernity?
In this episode, I'm joined by my friend Jeff Huber to discuss just what comes after modernity. We also discuss the current moment, can we build a definite vision of the future, Peter Thiel, the role of Christianity, and a whole lot more. You can check out Jeff's work at...
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124: Mr. Beat - Teaching, Youtube and Henry George
In this episode we're joined by Mr. Beat, a renowned teacher and educator who now runs the youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/@iammrbeat We discuss the best methods to teach someone anything, the state of youtube for content creators, Mr. Beat's recent interest in the economist Henry George...
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123: Reed Shafer-Ray - Moral Entrepreneurs, Mountaintop and Social Impact
In this episode, we're joined byReed Shafer-Ray to talk about moral entrepreneurship, his new effort called Mountaintop, how to reshape the culture of American elites and a whole lot more. Reed is a Harvard grad who cofounded Lead for America. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to...
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122: Resident Contrarian - Tech Loneliness and Religion
In this episode, we're joined by Resident Contrarian to discuss being poor in America, the state of Christianity, social conservatism, and a whole lot more. Resident blogs at: https://www.residentcontrarian.com/ Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a...
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121: Zohar Atkins - Liberalism, Hierarchy and AI
In this episode, I'm joined by Zohar Atkins to discuss the future of Liberalism, hierarchy, AI, religion and a whole lot more. Transcript: William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the ways it is...
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120: Rohit Krishnan - Strange Loop Canon
In this episode, we are joined by Rohit Krishanan to talk about EA, the value of management consultants, the common traits of companies that last a long time, and where all of the Beethoven's went. Rohit blogs at: Transcript: William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a...
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119: Marshall Kosloff - The Realignment
I recorded an episode with Marshall Kosloff about theories of change and progress, what outsiders get right and wrong about the American political system, why politicians should wear suits, and a whole lot more. This episode was cohosted by Lars Doucet. William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to...
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118: Jeffrey Ladish - Security, AI and Abundance
In this episode, I'm joined by Jeffrey Ladish to discuss AI alignment, the possibility of abundance and how information security matters for alignment. Jeffrey blogs at https://jeffreyladish.com/ William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in...
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117: Lars Doucet - Land Is A Big Deal
In this episode, we're joined by Lars Doucet to discuss his new book, Land Is A Big Deal. You can buy it here: https://www.shacksimplepress.com/product-page/land-is-a-big-deal Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better…
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116: Stephen Hoskins – Land and Liberty to Build
In this episode, we’re joined by urban economist Stephen Hoskins to discuss the relationship between zoning and land value. This episode was cohosted by Lars Doucet. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is...
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115: Minn Kim - Industrial Progress, Immigration and the American Dream
In this episode we're joined by early stage investor Minn Kim to talk about Industrial Progress, Immigration and the American Dream. We also cover the future of frontier tech, and how to enable more successful hard tech companies through better policy. Transcript:Will Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks…
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114: Trevor Klee - Autoimmune Diseases, Drug Development and Cats
In this episode we are joined by Trevor Klee. Trevor is the founder of Highway Pharmaceuticals is a biotech startup creating drugs for autoimmune diseases. Right now, they're running a pilot trial of our drug in feline stomatitis. Feline stomatitis is a serious autoimmune disease that affects 1...
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113: Stuart Buck - The Good Science Project
In this episode, I talk with Stuart about metascience, why the age of NIH grantees has risen so much, how to improve science, and how well our current funding organizations work. Stuart runs the Good Science Project. https://goodscienceproject.org/ Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks…
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112: Emad Mostaque - AI, Alignment, and Stable Diffusion
In this episode, we're joined by Emad Mostaque, founder and CEO of Stability.ai to talk about his recent release of Stable Diffusion (an open source transformer language model), AI ethics, AI alignment, and what large language models mean for the fuutre. This episode was co-hosted by Lars Doucet....
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111: Nathan Baschez - Strategy, Writing and Content
In this episode we're joined by Nathan Baschez, cofounder of Every. We discuss business strategy, how win with content, and the art of writing well. Will Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the…
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110: Sam Bowman - The Housing Theory of Everything
In this episode, we are joined by Sam Bowman to talk about the housing theory of everything, the slowdown in science and technology, the long term economic future of the UK, and a whole lot more. William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in...
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109: David Goldberg - Founders Pledge, Philanthropy and Doing Good
In this episode we are joined by Founders Pledge CEO David Goldberg to discuss philanthropy, how best to do good, and how startup founders should think about prioritizing their charitable giving. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring…
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108: Noah Smith - Abundance, Georgism and YIMBYism
In this episode we're joined by Noah Smith to talk about Georgism, why we need abundant energy, housing, heathcare and dignity, and the success of the YIMBY movement. Noah Smith is an economist who blogs at: This episode was co-hosted by Lars Doucet. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks,...
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107: Byrne Hobart - Bubbles, Finance and the EMH
In this episode of Narratives, we're joined by Byrne Hobart to discuss finance, bubbles, reflexivity, George Soros, the EMH and a whole lot more. William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the…
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106: Paul Morland - Demographics and the Fertility Crisis
In this episode, we are joined by the demographer Paul Morland to discuss his new book Tomorrow's People. We discuss the decline in infant mortality, the lack of population growth in the developed world and what has caused it, urbanization, fertility, population decline in the West, and a whole…
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105: Arpit Gupta - Transit, Zoning and Infrastructure
In this episode, we're joined by NYU professor Arpit Gupta to talk about transit, zoning, land value taxes and housing. We also discuss land value capture and public transit. This episode features my friend Lars Doucet as a co-host. Transcript:Will Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives....
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104: Matt Clifford - Ambition, Agency and Talent Investing
In this episode, we're joined by Matt Clifford to talk about the history of ambition, his work building Entrepreneur First, cofounder matching, talent investing, and how to direct more talented people into better career paths. William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a...
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103: Jordan Blashek - Defense, Political Polarization and Great Power Conflict
Jordan Blashek is the author of the book Union: A democrat, a republican, and the search for common ground. Jordan is also an impact Investor, and Military Veteran, focused on strengthening the U.S. strategic advantage. He is the cofounder of America’s Frontier Fund.In this episode, we talk...
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102: Aaron Hamlin - Approval Voting
In this episode, we are joined by Aaron Hamlin, the executive director of the nonprofit The Center for Election Science. Aaron has had great success implementing approval voting across the United States. This episode was cohosted by Lars Doucet. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome…
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101: Caleb Watney - Progress, Immigration and Policy
In this episode, we're joined by Caleb Watney to talk about how he thinks about policy change, the current rate of progress, and how to make science go faster. Caleb is the co-founder of the Institute of Progress. Transcript: William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a...
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100: Vitalik Buterin - Governance, Political Economy and Crypto
In this episode, we're joined by Vitalik Buterin, the co-founder of Ethereum to discuss governance, political economy, and crypto. We also discuss land value taxes, Georgism, optimal voting systems and public goods provisioning. This episode was co-hosted by Lars Doucet. Transcript:Will Jarvis…
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99: Daryl Fairweather - The Housing Crisis
Transcript:Will Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the ways it is worse in the past, where it's a better, more definite vision of the future. Will Jarvis 0:20 I'm your host, William Jarvis. And I...
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98: Erik Hoel – Writing, Neuroscience and Genius
In this episode, we’re joined by writer and neuroscientist Erik Hoel to talk about where all the geniuses went, the secrets of the publishing industry, and the current state of neuroscience. You can find Erik’s work at: https://erikhoel.substack.com/ Transcript: Will Jarvis 0:34Awesome. Well…
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97: William Eden - VC, Parenting and Longevity
In this episode, I'm joined by entrepreneur in residence William Eden to discuss biotech venture capital, parenting, longevity, American decadence and a whole lot more. Transcript:William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world…
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95: Delian Asparouhov - Risk, Venture Capital and Agency
In this episode, we talk with Delian Asparouhov, principal at Founders Fund, about keynesian beauty contests, who should become a founder, removing bottlenecks to successful companies, how to encourage more agency and more. Transcript: Will Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives...
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Norman Ohler: Blitzed (Bonus Episode)
William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to narratives. narratives is a podcast exploring the ways in which the world is better than in the past, the ways it is worse in the past, where it's a better, more definite vision of the future. I'm your host, William Jarvis. And I want to thank you for...
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94: Political Polarization with Richard Hanania
In this episode, I talk with Richard Hanania about political polarization, what we could have done better in Afghanistan, how to manage great power conflict, and a whole lot more. You can find Richard's work at https://richardhanania.substack.com/ William Jarvis 0:05 Hey folks, welcome to...
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Narratives is a project exploring the ways in which the world is better than it has been, the ways that it is worse, and the paths toward making a better, more definite future. Narratives is hosted by Will Jarvis. For more information, and more episodes, visit www.narrativespodcast.com
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