121. Rationality, Startups, and the Danger of Belief with Liron Shapira

David speaks with Liron Shapira, an entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder of Relationship Hero, a relationship coaching service with over 100,000 clients. He is also a technologist, rationalist, and serial entrepreneur, known for his sceptical views on crypto and other inflated startups. Currently, he hosts the Doom Debates podcast, which aims to raise mainstream awareness of AGI's imminent risks and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate.

They talked about:

🧠 The bridge between rationality and belief

💼 How entrepreneurs find value in risk

⚠️ The danger of hype-driven startups

🍀 The role of luck in investment success

❌ Why optimism can lead to Web3 failures

🗣️ The Balaji effect on conversations

📜 Full transcript:

theknowledge.io/lironshapira-1/

📹 Watch on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/uP_vQZbDTJo

🗣 Mentioned in the show:

LessWrong | https://www.lesswrong.com/

Eliezer Yudkowsky | https://www.lesswrong.com/users/eliezer_yudkowsky

Sequences | https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/sequences

Snapple | https://www.snapple.com/

Dan Ariely | https://danariely.com/

Predictably Irrational | https://amzn.to/3Nt7qKd

Paul Graham | https://paulgraham.com/

Relationship Hero | https://relationshiphero.com/

Quixey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quixey

Ask.com | https://www.ask.com/

Alibaba.com | https://www.alibaba.com/

The Bloated MVP Test | https://medium.com/bloated-mvp/the-bloated-mvp-test-1f5b0770305f

Robin Hanson | https://theknowledge.io/robinhanson-1/

Fermi Paradox | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox

DoorDash | https://about.doordash.com/en-us/company

Starbucks | https://www.starbucks.com/about-us/

Cryptocurrency | https://theknowledge.io/what-is-cryptocurrency/

Coinbase | https://theknowledge.io/nfts-explained/

SpaceX | https://www.spacex.com/mission/

Stripe, Inc. | https://stripe.com/

Anduril Industries | https://www.anduril.com/mission/

Axie Infinity | https://axieinfinity.com/

Helium | https://www.helium.com/

LoRaWAN | https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/what-is-lorawan/

LongFi Solutions | https://www.longfisolutions.com/

Marc Andreessen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen

Andreessen Horowitz | http://a16z.com/

Chris Dixon | https://a16z.com/author/chris-dixon/

Blackrock | https://www.coindesk.com/tag/blackrock/

Balaji Srinivasan | https://balajis.com/

👤 Connect with Liron:

Twitter: https://x.com/liron

Relationship Hero: https://relationshiphero.com/

Doom Debates Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates

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