All Episodes

145: Alex Priou - Technology, Progress and History

144: Ed West - Britain, Europe and Decline

142: David Gilford - Infrastructure

141: Jeremiah Johnson - Neoliberal

140: Jeremy Hadfield - Existential Risks, Nietzsche and Degrowth

139: Mark Johnson - Philanthropy, Tech Transfer, and Startups

137: Eli Dourado - LLMs, Stagnation, and Alignment

136: Ben Reinhardt - Speculative Technologies

135: Julian Weisser - Startups, Angel Investing and On Deck

134: Misha Saul - Marriage, Religion and the Domestication of Men

133: Garrett Langley - Flock Safety

132: Joey Politano - Apricitas Economics

131: Devon Zuegel - Urbanism and the Future of Cities

130: Zach Caceres - Startup Cities

129: Emily Harrawood - The Past, Present and Future of Childcare

128: Jai Malik - Rebuilding The American Industrial Base

127: John Manoochehri - Towards the Spatial Web

126: Cam Wiese - The World’s Fair

125: Jeff Huber - What comes after modernity?

124: Mr. Beat - Teaching, Youtube and Henry George

123: Reed Shafer-Ray - Moral Entrepreneurs, Mountaintop and Social Impact

122: Resident Contrarian - Tech Loneliness and Religion

121: Zohar Atkins - Liberalism, Hierarchy and AI

120: Rohit Krishnan - Strange Loop Canon

119: Marshall Kosloff - The Realignment

118: Jeffrey Ladish - Security, AI and Abundance

117: Lars Doucet - Land Is A Big Deal

116: Stephen Hoskins – Land and Liberty to Build

115: Minn Kim - Industrial Progress, Immigration and the American Dream

114: Trevor Klee - Autoimmune Diseases, Drug Development and Cats

113: Stuart Buck - The Good Science Project

112: Emad Mostaque - AI, Alignment, and Stable Diffusion

111: Nathan Baschez - Strategy, Writing and Content

110: Sam Bowman - The Housing Theory of Everything

109: David Goldberg - Founders Pledge, Philanthropy and Doing Good

108: Noah Smith - Abundance, Georgism and YIMBYism

107: Byrne Hobart - Bubbles, Finance and the EMH

106: Paul Morland - Demographics and the Fertility Crisis

105: Arpit Gupta - Transit, Zoning and Infrastructure

104: Matt Clifford - Ambition, Agency and Talent Investing

103: Jordan Blashek - Defense, Political Polarization and Great Power Conflict

102: Aaron Hamlin - Approval Voting

101: Caleb Watney - Progress, Immigration and Policy

100: Vitalik Buterin - Governance, Political Economy and Crypto

99: Daryl Fairweather - The Housing Crisis

98: Erik Hoel – Writing, Neuroscience and Genius

97: William Eden - VC, Parenting and Longevity

95: Delian Asparouhov - Risk, Venture Capital and Agency

Norman Ohler: Blitzed (Bonus Episode)

94: Political Polarization with Richard Hanania

93: Biotech with Rachel Craig

92: AI, Philanthropy and the Future with Holden Karnofsky

91: Coming Apart with Quinn Lewandowski

90: The 800 Year Decline in Interest Rates with Paul Schmelzing

89: Rationality with Jacob Falkovich

88: Land Value Taxes with Joshua Vincent

87: Cryonics with Kai Micah Mills

86: Arbitrary Lines with Nolan Gray

85: The Nature of Desire with Luke Burgis

84: The Moral Circle with Quinn Lewandowski

83: AI Safety with Buck Shlegeris

82: The Tao of Physics with Fritjof Capra

81: Community, Nuclear Energy, and Bitcoin with Grant Dever

80: The Data Economy with Thomas Hepner

79: Bitcoin with Mark Yusko

78: The Institute for Progress with Alec Stapp

77: Christianity, Poker, and Venture Capital with Pratyush Buddiga

76: Friendly Ambitious Nerd with Visa Veerasamay

75: George Orwell, Poverty, and Art of Writing with Whimsi

74: Career, Effective Altruism, and Pharmacology with Aaron Bergman

73: The Future of Housing with Jeff Wilson

72: The Environmental Causes of Obesity with Slime Mold Time Mold

71: Robotics, AI and Philosophy with Abhay Venkatesh

70: The Economics of Innovation with Matt Clancy

69: Deep Tech, On Deck, and Venture Capital with James Sinka

68: The Long Now with Nicholas Paul Brysiewicz

67: Geothermal Energy with Carlos Araque

66: Biotech, the Immune System and Learning with Trevor klee

65: The Moral Circle, Death and Religion with Philosophy Bear

64: Internet History, Tumblr and the Marketplace of Ideas with Katherine Dee

63: College Admissions and the Atomization of American Life with Matt Feeney

62: Anti-Inductivity with Suspended Reason, Quinn Lewandowski and Crispy Chicken

61: Steven Pinker, Progress, and Mental Health with Saloni Dattani

60: Henry George, Land, and Video Games with Lars Doucet

59: AI and Existential Risks with Katja Grace

58: Be Intentional with Ben Kuhn

57: Jesus, Girard, and Economics with Jerry Bowyer

56: Progress, Petroleum, and the Future with Brad Harris

55: Complexity with Sam Arbesman

54: Rethinking Science with Josiah Zayner

53: Inadequate Equilibria with Quinn Lewandowski

52: Neuroscience, FROs and Biology with Adam Marblestone

51: New Science with Alexey Guzey

50: Girard, Postmodernism, and Academia with Geoff Shullenberger

48: Erisology with John Nerst

47: Venture Capital and Education with Danielle Strachman

46: Small Men on the Wrong Side of History with Ed West

45: Hierarchy with Quinn Lewandowski

44: The Great Books with Tommy Collison

43: Governance Futurism with Wolf Tivy