From the New World

Erik Torenberg: Upstream of the Revolution

Apr 10, 2023

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The Cleanest Way of Thinking About Talk Left Act Right

04:52

How to Choose the Narratives That Are Most Empowering

01:41

Politics, Values, and Veneration of Victimhood in Business

01:23

The Importance of Hard Power in Arguments

05:00

Introduction

2min

The Rise of the Mischievous of Creators

3min

AI Policy in DC

2min

The Evolution of Chat and AI

1min

How to Be a Successful Investor and Start a Podcast

3min

Building a Deal Flow Machine That Makes You Money

3min

Building a Podcast Network for VC Investors

2min

The Virtues of Journalism

2min

The False Trade-Off Between Private Power and Public Power

2min

10.

The Power of Equity Podcasts

5min

11.

The Unfair Advantage of Fit Ideas

2min

12.

The Limits of Censorship

2min

13.

The Importance of Hard Power in Arguments

5min

14.

The Importance of Curtis

1min

15.

The Difference Between State Capacity Libertarianism and Populism Nationalism

2min

16.

The Central Question: What Should the Strategy Be?

1min

17.

The Importance of Effective Altruism

2min

18.

The Contempt of Left-Wing Ideology

2min

19.

The Power of Altruism

2min

20.

The Democratic Party's Impermeable to Smart People

2min

21.

The Democratic Party Is a Party That Cannot Be Smart

3min

22.

The Left Wing Establishment and the Right

2min

23.

The Democratic Party vs. The Republican Party

2min

24.

The Importance of Being Truthful

5min

25.

The Differences Between Vivek and Andrew Yang

2min

26.

Vek Wins the Presidency

3min

27.

The Probability of a Bet on Trump

2min

28.

The Left's Plan to Arm Conservatives

2min

29.

How to Get Talented People Into Government

2min

30.

The Free Market Selecting Against the Free Market

3min

31.

Elon Musk's Teal Fellowship for Policy

5min

32.

The Impact of Teal Fellowship on College

3min

33.

The Problem With the Free Market

4min

34.

The Virtual Ethics of Anti-Intelligence

2min

35.

The Importance of Innovation in Entrepreneurship

3min

36.

The Power of Charisma

3min

37.

The Importance of Counter Signaling in Podcasts

2min

38.

The Importance of Attracting a Normy Audience

4min

39.

The Importance of Talent in Machine Learning

2min

40.

The Struggle of Having Choice

5min

41.

How to Be a Successful VC

3min

42.

The Importance of Base Rates in Motivation

2min

43.

The Importance of Talent Allocation

2min

44.

The Importance of Base Rate Misallocation

2min

45.

How Teach for America Convinced Me to Apply

4min

46.

The Denial of Atrocities

2min

47.

The Genetic Encoding of Egalitarianism

2min

48.

The European Union's Less Competent Version of the Chinese Government

2min

49.

The Free Market Selecting Against the Free Market

2min

50.

How Silicon Valley Approached Politics and Its Defense in the Past

3min

51.

The Rise and Fall of Tech Critics

4min

52.

The Threat of Wokei

3min

53.

The Left and the Right

2min

54.

The Cleanest Way of Thinking About Talk Left Act Right

5min

55.

The Importance of Appealing to Customers

1min

56.

The Right Wing's Rationalism

2min

57.

The Left's Tactics for Competing With the Left

2min

58.

The Importance of Recognizing Genetic Differences

2min

59.

Egalitarianism and Status Anxiety

2min

60.

The Genetic Not of Entrepreneurship

3min

61.

The Tension Between Truth and Social Cohesion

2min

62.

How to Choose the Narratives That Are Most Empowering

2min

63.

The Egalitarian Narrative Is a Bias Towards Optimism

1min

64.

The Myth of Group Differences

2min

65.

The Importance of Egalitarianism

2min

66.

The Importance of Rationality in Politics

2min

67.

The Risk Aversion of Right Wing Politicians

2min

68.

The Right Wing's Threats to the Right

2min

69.

The Importance of Social Conservatism

1min

70.

The Curtis Biology Axis

2min

71.

The Right Wing Knows How to Use Power Now

2min

72.

The Disappointment of the New Right

2min

73.

The Importance of Politics in Silicon Valley in 2023

2min

74.

The Uncertainty of Pirate Wire's Culture

3min

75.

The Importance of Meritocracy

2min

76.

The Importance of Diversity in Tech

2min

77.

Elon Musk: A Politically Neutralist

2min

78.

Elon Musk and Richard Hockey at High

2min

79.

The Origins of Egalitarian Societies

1min

80.

The Importance of Gene Editing

3min

81.

Egalitarianism and Meritocracy

2min

82.

Nietzsche's Historical Retelling Is Just Wrong

2min

83.

AI, Crypto, and the Future of Religion

5min

84.

The Negative Taste in My Mouth When I Think of Builders

2min

85.

Crypto as ESG for Libertarians

3min

86.

The ESG Analogy to Crypto

3min

87.

The Future of Cryptocurrency

2min

88.

The Importance of Trust in Cryptocurrency

1min

89.

Advice for Young People in Dating

4min

90.

The Relative Advantage in Dating Markets

2min

91.

The Importance of Relationships

2min

92.

The Importance of More Chaos in Tech

2min

93.

Eric Torremburg on the Future of Tech

3min

Erik Torenberg is the founder of Village Global, Ondeck, and the first employee of Product Hunt. We discuss tech, silicon valley as a media power, public impact, social desirability, egalitarianism, and dating advice for young founders.

Find Eric:

https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg

Mentioned in the episode:

https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/digital/the-flight-93-election/

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