Riva Tez

A philosopher, curious thinker, intellect, investor and one of my favourite people on the internet, studied Philosophy at UCL before digging deeper into technology and engineering, and has a background in AI startups and working with Jim Keller at Intel.

Top 3 podcasts with Riva Tez

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Jul 4, 2024 • 1h 17min

#32 – Riva Tez: Anarchy, Beauty, and Longevity

Philosopher and venture capitalist Riva Tez delves into anarchy in crypto, Ayn Rand's world, child philosophy classes, AI safety, and longevity movements. Reflects on childhood impact and emphasizes seizing hidden opportunities and embracing online anonymity.

Jan 1, 2024 • 1h 10min

Riva Tez on Genius, Mania and The Impact of Cancel Culture

The podcast features Riva Tez discussing her early entrepreneurial ventures, the connection between mania and genius, cancel culture, and her early involvement in crypto. The conversation explores the impact of family influence, unconventional thinking, and the challenges of gender dynamics in the tech industry.

Apr 13, 2022 • 1h 13min

Riva Tez on Epistemological Freedom: Feyerabend, Science Funding, and How to Do Whatever You Want

Riva Tez wants to fund epistemological anarchy in science. Former VC, Former Director at Intel, former store owner, Riva does whatever she wants.We talked about how Riva built a unique career doing whatever she wants, what she's learned from the philosopher of science Paul Feyerabend, why the brain might be an antenna, why she moved away from Transhumanism, why Rationalism is cringe, how she thinks Urbit will win, and how she's planning to introduce epistemological anarchism to contemporary science funding.✦ Riva is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/rivatez✦ Riva's writings: hardtowrite.comOther Life✦ Subscribe to the Other Life newsletter at OtherLife.co✦ We're building a new country at Imperceptible.Country