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Byrne Hobart - FTX, Drugs, Twitter, Taiwan, & MonasticismListen now (91 min) | what happened at FTX, how drugs explain past financial bubbles, whether Musk Twitter will succeed, and much much more!
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Edward Glaeser - Cities, Terrorism, Housing, & Remote WorkListen now | why Cities are resilient to terrorism, remote work, & pandemics, Silicon Valley may collapse, Opioids show UBI is not a solution to AI, …
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Kenneth T. Jackson - Robert Moses, Hero or Tyrant of New York?Listen now | I had a fascinating discussion about Robert Moses and The Power Broker with Professor Kenneth T. Jackson. He's the pre-eminent historian on…
Brian Potter - Future of Construction, Ugly Modernism, & Environmental Review Listen now | Why construction isn’t getting cheaper and faster, Environmental review makes new construction expensive and delayed, “Ugly” modern…
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Bryan Caplan - Feminists, Billionaires, and DemagoguesListen now | Why the universe hates women, praising billionaires, anarcho-capitalism as the ultimate form of government, and much more!
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Tyler Cowen - Talent, Collapse, & Pessimism of SexListen now | Identifying deceit & ambition, why society will collapse, whether humility, stimulants, & intelligence are overrated, & much more!
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Charles C. Mann - Americas Before Columbus & Scientific WizardryListen now | How Bitcoin is like China’s Silver Trade, Geoengineering, Collapse of Native American Societies, The Unlikely Ending of Slavery, & Much…
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Austin Vernon - Energy Superabundance, Starship Missiles, & Finding AlphaListen now | Advancing software, car manufacturing, efficient markets, and how C02 Electrolysis may fundamentally change the nature and future of energy
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Steve Hsu - Intelligence, Embryo Selection, & The Future of HumanityHow embryo selection can make babies healthier and smarter, the advice Feynman gave him to pick up girls, & the genetics of aging and intelligence
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Will MacAskill - Longtermism, Altruism, History, & TechnologyListen now | Improving the future, risk of extinction & collapse, technological & moral change, problems of academia, who changes history.
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Joseph Carlsmith - Utopia, AI, & Infinite EthicsListen now | Emulating human cognition, anthropic bias, futurism, and blogging
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