Podcast

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…

Jan 30 •

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

Jan 23 •

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

Jan 16 •

2:12:58

Tyler Cowen - the #1 bottleneck to AI progress is humans

Why he thinks AI won't drive explosive economic growth

Jan 9 •

59:44

Adam Brown – How Future Civilizations Could Change The Laws of Physics

Watch now (164 mins) | Adam Brown is a founder and lead of BlueShift which is cracking maths and reasoning at Google DeepMind and a theoretical…

Dec 26, 2024 •

2:43:37

Gwern Branwen - How an Anonymous Researcher Predicted AI's Trajectory

Legacy & Anonymity in the Age of AGI

Nov 13, 2024 •

1:36:43

Dylan Patel & Jon (Asianometry) – How the Semiconductor Industry Actually Works

A bonanza on the semiconductor industry and hardware scaling to AGI by the end of the decade.

Oct 2, 2024 •

2:09:57

Daniel Yergin – Oil Explains the Entire 20th Century

the rise of America, WW1, WW2, secular stagnation, the Middle East, Ukraine, how Xi and Putin think, and basically anything else that's happened since…

Sep 18, 2024 •

1:27:36

David Reich - How One Small Tribe Conquered the World 70,000 Years Ago

Neanderthal Extinction, Evolution of Intelligence, & Yamnaya Genocide

Aug 29, 2024 •

1:56:05

Joe Carlsmith - Otherness and control in the age of AGI

Also AI motivations, Stalin, techno-capital, and much, much more

Aug 22, 2024 •

2:30:35

Patrick McKenzie - How a Discord Server Saved Thousands of Lives

Plus unconstitutional censorship, money laundering, Factorio, and a friendly debate about crypto

Jul 24, 2024 •

2:01:33

Tony Blair - Life of a PM, The Deep State, Lee Kuan Yew, & AI's 1914 Moment

What makes a good leader?

Jun 26, 2024 •

52:51

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