Patrick McKenzie, a notable software engineering expert and former Stripe advisor, shares insights from his diverse career. He discusses the resilience of the software job market amidst technological changes and how the ongoing demand for engineers remains strong. Patrick dives into the importance of accurate self-evaluation in predicting market trends and navigating regulatory landscapes, especially in real estate. He also recounts his creative solution for COVID-19 vaccine distribution, showcasing the value of understanding bureaucratic systems in crises.

In this episode, we're joined by Molly Mielke to talk about agency. How to cultivate it, curate it and nurture it.        Images

Malcolm’s background. (0:05)         The problem of population collapse. (2:00)                         Demographics is destiny and gender equality. (8:17)                 How far along are we with artificial wombs? (11:25)                 The stock market is a safe place to store your assets. (16:05)         Fertility rates and their impact on asset prices. (18:56)                 The collapse of fertility in China. (23:26)         Cultural thriving in the future. (26:02)                 Where’s the white pill on this? (31:03)         The collapse of the Roman Empire. (34:03)

Brent’s background. 0:01 Introduction to assessment matters podcast. Brent's bio and big ideas for the future. How is the digitization of land records in the Us? 1:44 In the United States, the 1850 system has been digitized. The challenge of standardizing the process. Lack of standards across state to state. 3:21 Lack of standards across state to state and within states. Value structures using the cost method. What is the state of property rights in cadastral systems? 5:20 The state of cadastral systems across the world. The downsides of having a title insurance. What is the big barrier to land rights? 7:55 Securing land rights in the british colonies. Adoption of technology is key. Mapping the farc in Colombia. 9:52 The farc colombia peace treaty and repatriation of 15 million properties. Fit for purpose mapping. Where are the low hanging fruit? 11:23 The low-hanging fruit of real estate taxes. Taxation and real estate tax. Why people don’t like property taxes? 13:09 Why Brent thinks property taxes are underrated. How Brent originally got into cadastral work. What are you most excited about in the next 20 years? 15:23 Excited about the next 20 years for cadastre. Building a cadastral system in developing countries. Where to learn more about Cadastral. 17:30 Where to learn more about Brent's work and Cadastral. Where to find more information about cadastral

  narratives - nathan final Summary Nathan’s background. 0:05 Introduction to the podcast and the guest. Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism. Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism. How he first got interested in the topic. Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02 Nathan talks about marketing and movement. Nathan shares his take on marketing. How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15 Observing various forms of discourse on social media. Cars vs other forms of transportation. The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral. How to win people over. Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42 The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form. Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it. The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left. Dark money and deregulatory talk. Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36 Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it. Twitter is toxic. Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31 Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications. Tiktock is a health sign. The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok. Making a statement for yourself. Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20 Being an anti-group from a young age. The internet is full of people like you. The intellectual dark web and social media. How social media is like the urbanist movement. Emv vs urbanest in their bio. Freddy de boer, critical of vmb. The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55 Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room. Deep blue texas. Defining the differences between left and right. How humans work, and why it matters. How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19 No party is free of guilt. Tribalism is any kind of group thing. AOC is a lightning rod of discourse. AOC and the left-right divide. Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05 The difference between a conservative and a conservative. Practical examples in activism. Single-family zoning and how it is framed. How conservatives react to single- family zoning. How to get people to care. 47:03 Why most people don't care about politics. How to choose the right messaging. Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement. Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate. Advice to the young people. 52:28 Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses. Online friends vs real-life friends. Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world. Follow their passions. Where are your strengths? 56:59 Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid. Not everybody can be joe rogan. The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing. Bismarck analysis newsletter. narratives - nathan final Summary Nathan’s background. 0:05 Introduction to the podcast and the guest. Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism. Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism. How he first got interested in the topic. Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02 Nathan talks about marketing and movement. Nathan shares his take on marketing. How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15 Observing various forms of discourse on social media. Cars vs other forms of transportation. The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral. How to win people over. Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42 The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form. Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it. The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left. Dark money and deregulatory talk. Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36 Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it. Twitter is toxic. Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31 Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications. Tiktock is a health sign. The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok. Making a statement for yourself. Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20 Being an anti-group from a young age. The internet is full of people like you. The intellectual dark web and social media. How social media is like the urbanist movement. Emv vs urbanest in their bio. Freddy de boer, critical of vmb. The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55 Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room. Deep blue texas. Defining the differences between left and right. How humans work, and why it matters. How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19 No party is free of guilt. Tribalism is any kind of group thing. AOC is a lightning rod of discourse. AOC and the left-right divide. Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05 The difference between a conservative and a conservative. Practical examples in activism. Single-family zoning and how it is framed. How conservatives react to single- family zoning. How to get people to care. 47:03 Why most people don't care about politics. How to choose the right messaging. Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement. Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate. Advice to the young people. 52:28 Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses. Online friends vs real-life friends. Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world. Follow their passions. Where are your strengths? 56:59 Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid. Not everybody can be joe rogan. The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing. Bismarck analysis newsletter. narratives - nathan final Summary Nathan’s background. 0:05 Introduction to the podcast and the guest. Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism. Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism. How he first got interested in the topic. Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02 Nathan talks about marketing and movement. Nathan shares his take on marketing. How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15 Observing various forms of discourse on social media. Cars vs other forms of transportation. The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral. How to win people over. Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42 The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form. Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it. The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left. Dark money and deregulatory talk. Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36 Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it. Twitter is toxic. Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31 Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications. Tiktock is a health sign. The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok. Making a statement for yourself. Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20 Being an anti-group from a young age. The internet is full of people like you. The intellectual dark web and social media. How social media is like the urbanist movement. Emv vs urbanest in their bio. Freddy de boer, critical of vmb. The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55 Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room. Deep blue texas. Defining the differences between left and right. How humans work, and why it matters. How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19 No party is free of guilt. Tribalism is any kind of group thing. AOC is a lightning rod of discourse. AOC and the left-right divide. Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05 The difference between a conservative and a conservative. Practical examples in activism. Single-family zoning and how it is framed. How conservatives react to single- family zoning. How to get people to care. 47:03 Why most people don't care about politics. How to choose the right messaging. Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement. Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate. Advice to the young people. 52:28 Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses. Online friends vs real-life friends. Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world. Follow their passions. Where are your strengths? 56:59 Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid. Not everybody can be joe rogan. The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing. Bismarck analysis newsletter. narratives - nathan final Summary Nathan’s background. 0:05 Introduction to the podcast and the guest. Nathan's bio and his interest in urbanism. Stumbling into the discourse of urbanism. How he first got interested in the topic. Nathan’s marketing background. 4:02 Nathan talks about marketing and movement. Nathan shares his take on marketing. How to best navigate social media discourse? 6:15 Observing various forms of discourse on social media. Cars vs other forms of transportation. The 15 minutes cities conspiracy theory going viral. How to win people over. Nathan’s first instinct when he first heard about this. 11:42 The psychology of conspiracy theories and how they form. Nathan shares his thoughts on current EMP messaging and how to improve it. The challenge of explaining urbanism to the left. Dark money and deregulatory talk. Is there a conspiracy on twitter? 17:36 Skepticism toward power, paranoia and lack of ability to work around it. Twitter is toxic. Lessons learned from twitter. 20:31 Lessons learned from tiktok and how he manages his communications. Tiktock is a health sign. The benefits of being a youtuber on Twitter and tiktok. Making a statement for yourself. Contrarian rebelling on social media. 25:20 Being an anti-group from a young age. The internet is full of people like you. The intellectual dark web and social media. How social media is like the urbanist movement. Emv vs urbanest in their bio. Freddy de boer, critical of vmb. The aesthetics and vibes of a movement. 31:55 Reservations about joining a group, aesthetics, vibes and who's in the room. Deep blue texas. Defining the differences between left and right. How humans work, and why it matters. How do we interpret our political leanings? 36:19 No party is free of guilt. Tribalism is any kind of group thing. AOC is a lightning rod of discourse. AOC and the left-right divide. Practical examples of the problem with framing and framing. 42:05 The difference between a conservative and a conservative. Practical examples in activism. Single-family zoning and how it is framed. How conservatives react to single- family zoning. How to get people to care. 47:03 Why most people don't care about politics. How to choose the right messaging. Reframing politics around culture and policy engagement. Taking a step back regularly to recalibrate. Advice to the young people. 52:28 Ten good-faith, thoughtful arguments vs one or two bad-faith responses. Online friends vs real-life friends. Advice for a budding movement trying to change the world. Follow their passions. Where are your strengths? 56:59 Everyone is passionate about something, even if it's something stupid. Not everybody can be joe rogan. The anti-podcaster meme, and why it's a bad thing. Bismarck analysis newsletter.

Dan Katz - ESG and Asset Management.   Dan’s background. (0:05)                 How well do you rate the performance of the federal government? (4:14)                 What was the impact of the pandemic on the Us? (8:17)                         The problem with Esg and how Esg has changed. (14:53)                 Active vs passive investing. (18:48)                         The shift from active investing to indexing. (25:35)                 The problem with Esg. (29:27)                 The Usa etf and how it works. (34:17)                 The importance of supply chain and geopolitical risk. (38:29)                 Geopolitical risks and opportunities. (43:26)                 Industrial policy and nearshoring. (48:10)

Christopher England received his Ph.D. from Georgetown in 2015. His research and teaching focus on U.S. social movements, economic thought, and communications. He has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Loyola University Maryland, and Stanford University. His forthcoming book, Land and Liberty: Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism, is scheduled to be published by Johns Hopkins University Press in February 2023. Land and Liberty traces the influence of the journalist Henry George, who argued that rising rents were the primary cause of economic inequality. England has been interviewed about his research for the upcoming PBS documentary The Monopolists and for articles in De Correspondent and Reason.  We discuss his book, Land and Liberty. Lars Doucet joins as a cohost for this episode. 

In this episode, I'm joined by Neil Chilson to talk about: Impact of imposed legibility. 4:48   The problem with platform monopolies and network effects. 10:51 Content moderation on social media. 17:02 What challenges will Elon face when taking twitter private? 21:44 The truth about government policy and how individuals can help. 27:19 The power of the wave and the beach analogy. 32:29   Has the federal government gotten worse over time?

In this episode we're joined by UC Boulder philosophy professor Alex Priou, and Russ Green to discuss Technology, Progress and History.

In this episode we're joined by writer Ed West to discuss the decline of the UK, the future of Europe, and where we go from here. This episode was cohosted by Lars Doucet.