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Why Rome Actually Fell: Plagues, Slavery, & Ice Age — Kyle Harper
...and how it could have survived
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1:23:27
AGI is Still 30 Years Away — Ege Erdil & Tamay Besiroglu
The economy will literally double every year afterwards
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3:08:28
2027 Intelligence Explosion: Month-by-Month Model — Scott Alexander & Daniel Kokotajlo
Misaligned hive minds, Xi and Trump waking up, and automated Ilyas accelerating AI progress
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3:04:26

March 2025

AMA ft. Sholto & Trenton: New Book, Career Advice Given AGI, How I'd Start From Scratch
"The Scaling Era: An Oral History of AI, 2019-2025" out now on Stripe Press!
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49:33
Joseph Henrich – Why Humans Survived and Smarter Species Didn't
Plus how the Catholic Church accidentally caused the Industrial Revolution
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1:52:59
Notes on China
On scale, construction, youngsters, public opinion, censorship, tech, and AI
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19:31

February 2025

January 2025

Sarah Paine Episode 3: How Mao Conquered China
How did Mao go from military genius to peacetime disaster? How can someone shrewd enough to win a civil war outnumbered 5 to 1 decide "let's kill all…
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1:48:13
Sarah Paine Episode 2: Why Japan Lost (Lecture & Interview)
Continuing our WWII series: the ideas and economics behind Japanese imperialism and the fatal flaw in their military culture that cost them the war
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2:08:12
Sarah Paine Episode 1: The War For India (Lecture & Interview)
First of three new lectures from Professor Paine, followed by my questions. This time: Mao v Khrushchev v Nehru v LBJ
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2:12:58
Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans
Why he thinks AI won't drive explosive economic growth
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59:44

December 2024

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