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Sep 26, 2023 • 37min

All-In Summit: In conversation with Vinod Khosla

This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles. (0:00) Besties welcome Vinod Khosla to All-In Summit ‘23! (2:28) “Most VCs add negative value” (5:22) AI & OpenAI (10:37) “The need to work will disappear” (14:03) “Capitalism is by permission of democracy” (15:26) Universal basic income (17:04) AI value creation beyond LLMs (21:09) Incumbents don’t innovate (23:52) Fusion (27:07) Autonomous public transit (30:10) Asset bubbles and the state of venture (33:13) Timing the market
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Sep 19, 2023 • 36min

All-In Summit: Bill Gurley presents 2,851 Miles

This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles.
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Sep 19, 2023 • 48min

All-In Summit: Elon Musk on Ukraine, X, the creator economy, China, AI, & more

This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles. (0:00) Besties welcome Elon via Starlink (05:31) Ukraine and Starlink (19:10) green shoots of X (22:24) the creator economy and optimizing the X experience (26:43) the ADL, free speech, and advocating for peace (32:41) China (37:20) AI (44:30) where are we with self-driving?
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Sep 19, 2023 • 42min

All-In Summit: Ray Dalio on the rise and fall of nations and the changing world order

This talk was recorded live at the All-In Summit 2023 at Royce Hall on UCLA's campus in Los Angeles. (0:00) Besties welcome Ray Dalio to AIS! (2:30) Debt, economic policy, war and peace, catastrophic events, and the decline of empires (11:00) China, Plato, autocracies, and the changing world order (17:30) Ray’s assessment of China’s assessment of the “big storm rising” (23:20) “Radical disorder” over the next five years (30:36) Is America a late-stage empire – and is decline inevitable? (33:59) Reform, climate change, education, and the opportunity gap (36:40) “A strong middle,” bipartisanship, and a Manhattan Project-style structural engineering project (38:57) JCal’s call to action: President Dalio in the arena?
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Sep 12, 2023 • 60min

Robert Greene - The Laws of Human Nature Part 4

We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important tool we can possess, without which our other talents can only take us so far. Drawing from the ideas and examples of Pericles, Queen Elizabeth I, Martin Luther King Jr, and many others, Greene teaches us how to detach ourselves from our own emotions and master self-control, how to develop the empathy that leads to insight, how to look behind people's masks, and how to resist conformity to develop your singular sense of purpose. Whether at work, in relationships, or in shaping the world around you, The Laws of Human Nature offers brilliant tactics for success, self-improvement, and self-defence.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 1h 1min

Einstein: His Life and the Universe Part 6

Einstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol and his name a synonym for genius.He was a rebel and nonconformist from boyhood days. His character, creativity and imagination were related, and they drove both his life and his science. In this marvellously clear and accessible narrative, Walter Isaacson explains how his mind worked and the mysteries of the universe that he discovered.Einstein's success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marvelling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a worldview based on respect for free spirits and free individuals. All of which helped make Einstein into a rebel but with a reverence for the harmony of nature, one with just the right blend of imagination and wisdom to transform our understanding of the universe. This new biography, the first since all of Einstein's papers have become available, is the fullest picture yet of one of the key figures of the twentieth century.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 17min

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Part 17

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 60min

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Part 16

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 60min

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Part 15

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
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Sep 12, 2023 • 60min

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Part 14

Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.

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