

Creon Levit on the DarkHorse Podcast
92 snips Sep 18, 2023
Creon Levit, a scientist with over 30 years of experience at NASA Ames Research Center and currently the chief technologist at Planet Labs, discusses the challenges of rocket engineering, gravity and atmospheric losses, analyzing COVID and the censorship industrial complex, capture and incentives in NASA and the pharmaceutical industry, interference and manipulation on YouTube, contrarianism and society's response to COVID-19, the consequences of refusing a vaccination mandate, apologies throughout history, the internet's impact on society, and the importance of training LLMs on long-term well-being metrics.
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Introduction
00:00 • 2min
The Challenges of Rocket Engineering
01:37 • 5min
Gravity, Atmospheric Losses, and the Anthropic Principle
07:02 • 5min
Rocketry and Space Exploration on Different-Sized Planets
11:35 • 4min
Discussing the Significance of Analyzing COVID and the Censorship Industrial Complex
15:30 • 2min
Mission Failure Investigations at NASA
17:33 • 4min
Capture and Incentives in NASA and the Pharmaceutical Industry
21:37 • 4min
Exploring the Disconnect Between Decision-Making and the Public's Best Interest
25:19 • 3min
Indifference and Suffering in Certain Contexts
28:07 • 19min
Interference and Manipulation on YouTube
47:27 • 14min
Contrarianism and Society's Response to COVID-19
01:01:39 • 19min
The Consequences of Refusing a Vaccination Mandate
01:20:29 • 6min
Apologies Throughout History
01:26:11 • 2min
Closing the Gap and Exploring Other Topics
01:27:43 • 18min
The Internet's Impact on Society
01:45:37 • 20min
The Importance of Training LLMs on Long-Term Well-Being Metrics
02:06:04 • 17min