Venkatesh Rao & Tim Beiko — The Summer of Protocols
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Tim Beiko, who runs the core protocol meetings for Ethereum, teams up with writer and consultant Venkatesh Rao to discuss their “Summer of Protocols” research program. This initiative brought together 33 researchers with a wide range of expertise to investigate protocols across several domains. Join us for an in-depth exploration of protocols: understanding what they are, their importance, why they can go wrong, and much more! Important Links: Show Notes: Why We Should Care About Protocols Protocols, Narratives & World-Building The Three Preconditions of a Protocol...
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Will Schoder — On Curation, Consumption & Compression (EP.190)
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Will Schoder is a video essayist who explores a diverse range of topics including psychology, meaning, re-enchantment, metamodernism, mortality, and satire. Initially known for his short-form videos, his latest series is a trilogy of fascinating long-form deep dives into the nature, foundations, and secrets of happiness. Will joins the show to share his insights on the evolving significance of curation, the future of the creator economy, how to obtain deep happiness and MUCH more. Important Links: The Happiness Trilogy: ; Jonathan Haidt Show Notes: Short-Form vs...
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Ben Westhoff — Fentanyl, Inc. (EP.189)
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Ben Westhoff is a best-selling investigative journalist focusing on culture, drugs, and poverty. Ben’s book Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic was the culmination of a four-year investigation into the worst drug crisis in American history, an investigation that included Ben making an undercover visit to Chinese drug factories. His latest book, Little Brother: Love, Tragedy, and My Search for Truth tells the story of Ben’s search for his little brother’s killer. Ben is currently working on a...
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Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet (EP.188)
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AI researcher, memelord extraordinaire, and techno-optimist Roon joins the show to discuss coming up with the shape rotator vs. wordcel meme, what an AGI world could become, and why Tenet is Christopher Nolan’s best movie. Important Links: Show Notes: Shape Rotators Vs. Wordcels Why AGI is Possible AI in Science Fiction AGI Future #1: Neuralink Third Impact AGI Future #2: Simulation Theory AGI Future #3: Dumb Matter AGI Future #4: Balrog Awakened AGI Future #5: Ultra Kessler Syndrome AGI Future #6: The Tragedy of Taiwan AGI Future #7: For Dust Thou Art AGI Future #8: CEV Super...
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Katherine Dee — On Attention, Astroturfing and the Nostalgia Trap (EP.187)
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Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist, and internet culture reporter. A contributor to publications such as UnHerd, Tablet, and Blaze Media, she is also the proprietor of the Default Wisdom Substack, where she writes about a wide range of topics, including internet history and culture, digital communities, millennial nostalgia, and online fandom. Katherine joins the show to discuss why you’re never leaving Twitter, how to escape the nostalgia trap, whether it’s possible to heal our attention spans, and MUCH more! Important Links: ; by Katherine Dee ; by Rob Henderson Show Notes: ...
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Derek Sivers (Part Two) — Just Do The Thing [BONUS EPISODE] (EP.186)
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The inimitable Derek Sivers returns for Part Two of our conversation. Important Links: Show Notes: Curiosity Starts With Dissatisfaction Defining Things By Their Opposites Counterbalancing Our Biases How To Reframe Your Problems Still Too Soon To Tell Alternate Pasts & Alternate Futures The Choice You Commit To Is The Best Choice Just Do The Thing What Next? Derek As Emperor Of The World MORE! Books Mentioned: Anything You Want; by Derek Sivers Hell Yeah Or No; by Derek Sivers How To Live; by Derek Sivers Your Music And People;...
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Derek Sivers (Part One) — How to Become a Picasso [BONUS EPISODE] (EP.185)
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Over the years, Derek Sivers has been a musician, circus performer, computer programmer, author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. In the 2000s, he sold his business, CD Baby, for $22 million and gave the proceeds to charity. Derek has optimized his life “for creating and learning” and spends as much of his time as he can (often 12 hours a day, 6 days a week) passionately pursuing his interests. Known for his ability to compress complex ideas into succinct insights, he has written four books and is currently working on his fifth. This conversation was so much fun...
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John Fio — The Wizard & The Warrior (EP.184)
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John Fio is an inventor and entrepreneur who has bootstrapped four products that have collectively generated hundreds of millions of dollars of revenue. He joins the show to discuss why ideas are harder than execution, what he learned from being Justin Bieber’s intern, what most people get wrong about Kanye West, why magic is real, and what the success of Barbie and Taylor Swift can tell us about the future. Enjoy! Important Links: Show Notes: From Bieber’s Intern to Moon Pals Ideas Are Harder Than Execution Kickstarting Gravity Blankets How to Have a Good Idea...
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James Pethokoukis — The Conservative Futurist (EP.183)
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James Pethokoukis is a policy analyst, official CNBC contributor, and Dewitt Wallace Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. He is also the creator and writer of the Faster, Please! newsletter, which is dedicated to “discovering, creating, and inventing a better world through technological innovation, economic growth, and pro-progress culture.” James joins the show to discuss his new book, The Conservative Futurist: How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised. Important Links: Show Notes: What Happened to America? Up Wing vs. Down Wing Thinking AI as a...
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Bojan Tunguz — From Physicist to Grandmaster (EP.182)
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Bojan Tunguz is a senior systems software engineer at NVIDIA, quadruple Kaggle grandmaster, former top 10 Amazon reviewer, and former physicist. He joins the show to discuss the problems that LLMs can’t solve, the speed of AI progress, why he homeschools his kids, how to win Twitter, and more! Important Links: Show Notes: Becoming a Kaggle Grandmaster Hyper-Competitive Learning From Physics to Data Science How Natural Language Processing Has Evolved The Problems That LLMs Can’t Solve The Future of the Centaur Model AI as a Creativity Extender Why Bojan is...
info_outlineIn this episode of Infinite Loops we spoke with Chris Sommers, CEO at Unhedged. We discuss:
- Sailing the world for 4 years without knowing how to sail
- Chris’ experience at Greenlight Capital
- Shorting Lehman’s stock in 2008
- And much more…
Follow Chris on Twitter (https://twitter.com/QuisitiveInvest) and learn more about Unhedged here (https://www.unhedged.com/).