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Michael Gibson - The Thiel Fellowship, Rationalism, and Stagnation

Dec 12, 2022

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Is There a Religious Commitment to Rationalism?

03:02

Is Hollywood Anti Authority?

03:02

Hacker Houses

02:02

The Incentives in Hackathons

01:40

Introduction

4min

The Drop-Off at Hackathons in 2018?

4min

GPT Hacks

2min

The Zero to One Hypothesis in the Hackathon Space

3min

The Incentives in Hackathons

2min

Hacker Houses

2min

Co-Living

2min

Polyamory Is Housing Policy

4min

Is Hedonism Linked to Rationalism?

2min

10.

Is There a Religious Commitment to Rationalism?

3min

11.

The Parable of Dr. John and Fat Tony

3min

12.

Investing in Speculative Assets Is Not a Tax on Stubbornity

4min

13.

The University of Austin Is Creating Another Horse in the Signaling Race

3min

14.

The Rust Belt and Why Is It on Fire?

4min

15.

Cryptocurrency

3min

16.

Social Media Is a Meme Now, Right?

2min

17.

The Paper Belt Isn't Really on Fire

3min

18.

The End of the British Empire Is Not Like the UK Disappears

2min

19.

What Is the IQ Shredder?

3min

20.

I Don't Need Ten Million Dollars a Year, Right?

2min

21.

Birth Control

3min

22.

The Teal Fellowship

3min

23.

What Are the Qualities of an Innovative Individual?

3min

24.

Creativity and Individuals

3min

25.

Is It Hard to Find Creative People to Study?

3min

26.

Is There a Relationship Between Social Beliefs and Innovation?

3min

27.

Cost Benefit Analysis - Is This a Good Opportunity to Invest in or Not?

2min

28.

Lockdowns Are a Cost Benefit Negative

2min

29.

The Resistance to Innovation Is Just Like You Know, We Can't Have Human Challenge Trials

2min

30.

Is There a Correlation Between IQ and Neuroticism?

4min

31.

Is Machine Learning the Ultimate Anti-Memo?

2min

32.

Is There Not More Charisma?

3min

33.

Is There a Lot of Potential?

2min

34.

Is Hollywood Anti Authority?

3min

35.

The Movies Are a Cheap Substitute for Real Life Action

2min

36.

The Substitute Effect Is Good

3min

37.

Is There a Difference Between Enemies and Jealousy?

4min

38.

Envy Is the Only Sin That Is Not Satisfied by by Gross Right?

2min

39.

Are You a Conservative or a Libertarian?

2min

40.

Is There a Model of Dissident Politics Right?

3min

41.

Is There a Difference Between the Average and the Average?

1min

42.

Is There a Correlation Between Political Beliefs and the Ability to Build a Tech Company

2min

43.

You Know What Truth Do You Believe in That No One Else Believes?

1min

44.

Is Sci-Fi an Inspirational Technology?

3min

45.

Science Fiction Now Is Just Fiction by and Large

5min

46.

The Importance of Stories in Machine Learning

2min

47.

How to Tell a Good Story

3min

48.

I Think Sex Differences Are Underrated Um, You Know

2min

49.

Are Women Overlooked?

3min

50.

Is Richard Reeves a Social Progressive?

2min

51.

Is There a Difference Between Humans and Machines?

2min

52.

Is Machines Really Good at Committing to Humans?

2min

53.

Bedside Manner Teaching - Is That Really a Good Idea?

2min

54.

Are You a Pro-Progress Person?

2min

55.

What's Too Much Chaos and Needs More Order?

4min

Michael Gibson is a venture capitalist and author of Paper Belt on Fire.

Paper Belt on Fire:https://www.amazon.com/Paper-Belt-Fire-Fight-Progress/dp/164177245X

Follow Michael on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/william_blake

Bryan Caplan — The Case Against Education:https://www.amazon.ca/Case-against-Education-System-Waste/dp/0691174652

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Timestamps:

0:00 Scenes

22:00 Rationalism

38:00 Conservatism

57:00 Thiel Fellowship

1:49:00 Science Fiction

2:00:00 Order and Chaos

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