In this episode, we're joined by Cameron Murray, an Australian economist to discuss corruption, property, and the economics of Australia. 

We cover:  David’s background. 0:05   What’s the right kind of partnership? 2:44   The trade-off between speed of building infrastructure and the negative externalities. 8:44   Inefficiencies in the environmental process. 10:16   Public engagement through digital channels and digital channels. 15:11   Broadband gaps in the Us. 17:54   When will autonomous vehicles replace human drivers? 23:46   Autonomy as a wind problem. 29:19   Policy policy and policy politics. 32:51   What is a virtual power plant?

In this episode, we're joined by Jeremiah Johnson, the creator of the Neoliberal movement. 

In this episode, we're joined by Dartmouth student Jeremy Hadfield to talk about x-risks, Nietzsche, Degrowth, and a whole lot more. 

In this episode, we're joined by Stand Together CTO Mark Johnson. We discuss: Mark’s background, the problem with tech transfers from basic research, the cultural differences between Silicon Valley and San Francisco, how can we encourage a bottom up approach to philanthropy, how to manage well, and a whole lot more. 

In this episode we discuss: When to throw in the towel and when not to, the commonalities between the best and worst founders, the bottleneck to innovation in tech, dealing with pressure to grow bigger funds, venture as an access game and a whole lot more. 

In this episode, we're joined by Eli Dourado to discuss his recent article Heretical thoughts on AI. How LLMs will interact with the culture war, how alignment can make the great stagnation worse, and a whole lot more. 

In this episode, we're joined by previous guest Ben Reinhardt to discuss his newest venture, Speculative Technologies. https://www.spec.tech/library/introducing-speculative-technologies We also discuss the ins and outs of starting a new organization, how to bootstrap legitimacy, the second order effects of technology, large language models, and the future of robotics and its current challenges. 

In this episode, we're joined by On Deck cofounder Julian Weisser to discuss the right framework for finding new ideas, lessons for founders to draw from the past, aligning on values before aligning on ideas, founding pairs that work well, the role of defensibility, the role of no code, distributed ownership vs. concentrated ownership, and a whole lot more. 

In this episode, we're joined by Misha Saul to discuss geographic determinism and inevitability, how Misha thinks about finding alpha. Retrofitted narratives and how they work, the domestication of men.The importance of symbolic ceremonial traditional things. The importance of knowing the jewish tradition, and a whole lot more.