Episodes
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Ensorcelled by mega scale
Listen to episodeCraig Mod on being adopted and Japan, Alan Alda on communication, Andrej Karpathy on learning and Boards of Canada on the PDP-1.
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What message do I want to leave?
Listen to episodeAcquired on Google's Jeff Dean, Nick Lane on mitochondria, Moneystuff on the AI bubble, Gary Stevenson on the problem with the Western intellectual class and Jane Goodall's final message.
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Efficiency makes the world a worse place
Listen to episodeRoman Mars on efficiency, Ole Peters on reflexivity in economics and Ed Yong on tyranny.
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Wall of sound
Listen to episodeClips from Grant Sanderson, the MMT Podcast, The London Review of Books podcast and some very fast trains.
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The peripheral and the foveal
Listen to episodeComplexity science, economic modelling, assistive AI and luck. Featuring clips from David Krakauer, Steve Keen and Derek Muller.
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The original sin in economics
Listen to episodeA clip from the Money Stuff podcast featuring Gappy Paleologo.
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Search has always been conversational
Listen to episodeMusing on AI-powered search and a fantastic explanation of modern monetary theory.
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Rough consensus
Listen to episodeDecision making via rough consensus and an anecdote about working collaboratively with AI.
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Information becoming causal
Listen to episodeClips from things I've been listening to. Bill Gates on polio eradication and Sara Walker discussing Assembly Theory.
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If it sounds good, it is good
Listen to episodeI have just discovered the Gyu Beats Youtube channel. It has made me very happy.
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Being real points
Listen to episodeClips from audio I have been listening to recently. Narrative, technology.
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First guess, then prove
Listen to episodeClips from audio I have been listening to. Epistemology, Cinema.
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Extremely athletic learning
Listen to episodeSelected audio from things I have listened to recently. Learning, finance, quantum mechanics.