Scaling Knowledge

Anton Troynikov, Founder @ Chroma, dives into topics like airships, AI, knowledge retrieval, and job displacement caused by AI in this insightful and thought-provoking podcast. Other highlights include discussions on techno optimism, AI native platforms, theorem proving, and frameworks for taking your work seriously.

Author Erik J. Larson discusses the unpredictability of invention, limits of deep learning progress, abduction in hypothesis generation, creativity and serendipity, the myth of self-improving machines, combining deep learning and symbolic approaches in AI knowledge.

Keith Rabois, a tech executive and investor, shares insights on navigating startup operations, building successful teams, and the importance of forging product market fit. He discusses the concept of vertically integrated businesses, the role of CEOs as editors, and the qualities of successful founders. Rabois also explores the significance of investing in good people and contrarian thinking, as well as strategies for effective time management and prioritization. Additionally, he touches on health, personal development, and social connections.

We discuss qualitative and quantitative moats, midwits, altruism, egalitarianism, regulation, obstructionism and more. Twitter Brian (@psychosort) Moritz (@moritzW42) Blogs Brian: From the New World Moritz: Scaling Knowledge Content: (00:00) Brian's background (03:20) On writing (07:05) AI doomers: steel man and critique (14:05) Job displacement (19:20) Signaling jobs (28:20) Future economics of art (31:10) Qualitative v. quantitative moats (Google doc leak) (37:00) Midwits and conformity selection (40:00) How to fix Midwits phenomenon (Civil service reforms) (42:00) Why the free market selects against the free market (46:00) Problems with regulators (FDA and co.) (52:00) The root of Altruism (55:00) Origin of envy (55:25) Conspiracy theories and egalitarianism (1:00:00) Egalitarian murders (1:06:45) Polarization and obstructionism (1:09:05) Obstructionism and regulation (1:10:25) Issue polarization, affective polarization, and partisanship (1:12:00) Education system and the Freddie deBoer case

Part 1: Naval and others on Product Design, Smart Glasses, the AI Industry, 10x Designers, and more. A collection of conversations from ⁠Airchat⁠ Find Scaling Knowledge on ⁠other platforms⁠ Full transcript Content (00:00) Intro (00:58) Amazon Gentrification (02:01) Freedom (04:22) Innovation (05:25) Consensus (07:00) Numeracy Skills (08:19) Mastery and Creativity Intersection (09:20) Fun (10:41) Curiosity (13:48) Nassim Taleb and Deutsch (18:20) Identity and Epistemology (23:20) Evolution of Truth (24:06) Naval on organized religion (26:42) Curiosity (26:42) Zone of Genius (29:53) The great Scientists (33:00) Nature vs. Nurture (40:09) Outro

Part 2: Naval and others on Freedom, Consensus, Zone of Genius, Identity, and the Evolution of Truth [Airchat Part 2] A collection of conversations from Airchat. Find Scaling Knowledge on other platforms. Scaling Knowledge blog. Full transcript here. Content (00:00) Intro (00:56) Simplicity (05:34) Design feeling natural (06:46) Smart Glasses (14:00) AirPods (16:06) Humane (hu.ma.ne) (24:10) Conversational Dunbar number (25:10) AI Industry and platforms (29:04) Disrupting Ebay (34:00) 10x Engineers/Designers (40:59) Outro People Naval Twitter Airchat Brian Twitter AirChat Kumar Twitter AirChat Keith AirChat Tom Twitter AirChat Moritz Twitter AirChat Kyle Barber Patryush Sing Raghav Gulati Petri Kajander Some AirChat Links Conversational Dunbar number product design simplicity (Naval) product design simplicityu (Brian) natural design

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone: https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Illusion-Never-Think-Alone/dp/0399184368 Stevens Bio: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/ssloman Steven on Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=YL5RTcUAAAAJ Follow Moritz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoritzW42

I had fun chatting with my friend Logan Chipkin about various topics and misconceptions related to the growth of knowledge and wealth including:  Austrian Economics and Critical Rationalism Black Box View of Government Economic Creationism Time Imperialists Why Equality is undesirable Moralizing Anarcho Capitalism Austrian Economics Subscribe to Scaling Knowledge: https://scalingknowledge.substack.com Follow Logan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChipkinLogan Follow Moritz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoritzW42

Follow Kenneth on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kenneth0stanley and check out his website! Subscribe to Scaling Knowledge: https://scalingknowledge.substack.com Follow James on Twitter: https://twitter.com/experilearning Follow Moritz on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MoritzW42 0:00 - Intro  1:02 - Why are objectives flawed? What does it mean for the education system?  14:48 - What feedback have you gotten from students/parents/teachers/administrators?  21:37 - How can students implement non-objective driven search book while in school?  31:21 - What is the role of curiosity in non-objective driven search?  39:55 - Is our nose for the interesting innate? Is it fixed ability, or can it improve/get worse over time? Does the education system worsen it?  49:25 - How does novelty search accumulate complexity?  59:36 - Can following your interests just cause you to spin your wheels, not making any significant progress? What is the risk-reward tradeoff in novelty search 1:11:27 - Startups and non-objective search.  1:19:40 - Homeschooling - balancing non-objective driven learning with objective-driven learning.  1:28:11 - Knowledge accumulation in society and open-endedness.  1:35:11 - Creating networks/communities to facilitate open-ended search in education and beyond.  1:48:51 - How to adapt to the mindset of non-objective search and taking risks?  1:55:15 - Would privatization of the education system help? How can we measure whether an open-ended system is making progress?  2:04:37 - Minimum criteria and open-ended systems. Observing rather than measuring open-ended systems.  2:09:16 - Closing comments

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