The Joe Walker Podcast

Palmer Luckey — Science (Non)fiction

Apr 25, 2023

01:39:19

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Palmer Luckey

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Importance of Science Fiction in Inspiration

3min

The Last Hot Rod

3min

The Future of Science Fiction

5min

The Causal Mechanism of Stagnation

4min

The Importance of Cultural Explanation

3min

The Importance of Communication in Journalism

2min

How to Be a Contrarian

2min

How to Distinguish Between Situations Where the Mainstream Consensus Is Probably Correct

2min

10.

The Unexplored Potential of Steam Engines

4min

11.

The Value of Science Fiction Writers in Tech Companies

4min

12.

The Future of Virtual Reality

3min

13.

The Path to Optically Transparent Augmented Reality Systems

3min

14.

The Future of VR

3min

15.

The Future of VR

2min

16.

Oculus: A Breakthrough in Optical Systems

5min

17.

How I Convinced Mark Bolas to Hire Me

3min

18.

Lessons Learned Working With John Carmack

2min

19.

The Importance of Tactical Communication

3min

20.

The Importance of Having a Second Company

3min

21.

The Power of Motivation

2min

22.

The Differences Between Atoms and Bits Founders

2min

23.

The US Government's Reverse Engineering of Defense Technology

5min

24.

The United States as the Dominant Superpower

2min

25.

The Future of War

2min

26.

The Risks of AI in the United States

2min

27.

China's Ambition to Invade Taiwan to Deprive the US of GPUs

1min

28.

The Power of AI

3min

29.

The Importance of Stable Equilibrium in the US Military

4min

30.

Silicon Valley: The Pace Dividend of Pairing Back Defense Spending

3min

31.

The Sci-Fi Concept of Uplift

2min

32.

The Role of AI in the Defense Context

2min

33.

The Importance of Product and Engineering Managers in Military Technology

2min

34.

The Worst Thing Australia Is Doing in the US Defense Strategy

3min

Palmer Luckey is an American tech entrepreneur and billionaire. He has founded two companies: Oculus VR (acquired by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014), and Anduril (recently valued at $8.5 billion). He has been described as the real-life Tony Stark.

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