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Episodes

Title Duration Published Consumed
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 2 00:52:52 2021-12-22 20:53
To a Caveman Very Few Things Are Resources 00:02:56 2021-12-13 20:59
Knowledge Makes the Existence of Resources Infinite 00:02:31 2021-12-10 22:32
Groups Never Admit Failure 00:02:08 2021-12-08 19:30
Making Something Social Destroys the Truth of It 00:02:28 2021-12-06 23:39
Free Markets Provide the Best Feedback 00:02:31 2021-12-03 21:36
The Poverty of Compromise 00:02:58 2021-11-29 19:01
Innovation Requires Decentralization and a Frontier 00:02:53 2021-11-24 20:39
Don’t Rely on Credibility Stamps 00:01:44 2021-11-22 20:47
One Einstein Is Worth A Legion Of PhD Drones 00:01:22 2021-11-19 23:27
Ideas Are the New Oil 00:03:03 2021-11-17 19:04
Aliens Would Visit for Knowledge, Not Resources 00:02:21 2021-11-15 21:16
Aliens Might Just Be Too Far Away 00:02:14 2021-11-12 18:49
If You Can’t Program It, You Don’t Understand It 00:00:43 2021-11-10 19:34
The Probability of Human Existence Is Infinitesimally Small 00:01:24 2021-11-08 18:51
Intelligent Species Have Only Risen Once on Planet Earth 00:03:08 2021-11-03 15:00
Where Are the Aliens? 00:01:05 2021-11-01 20:42
It’s Mind Blowing That Our Minds Can’t Be Blown 00:02:34 2021-10-30 20:39
More Compute Power Doesn’t Produce AGI 00:01:38 2021-10-27 21:26
We Are Qualitatively Different From Other Species 00:01:33 2021-10-25 16:34
Humans Are Exceptional 00:02:18 2021-10-22 18:52
Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Memetic Evolution 00:02:25 2021-10-20 18:51
There Can Be No Final Theory of Gravity 00:03:14 2021-10-18 16:55
No Truth Can Be Justified 00:02:15 2021-10-15 16:45
With a Good Theory of Knowledge, You Can Decide What Else Is True 00:01:36 2021-10-08 20:38
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 1 01:06:10 2021-07-02 23:22
Rational Optimism Is the Way Out 00:02:02 2021-05-25 01:03
Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position 00:01:58 2021-05-17 21:48
It’s Easy to Extrapolate How Things Will Get Worse 00:01:36 2021-05-14 19:00
We’re All Equal in Our Infinite Ignorance 00:01:26 2021-05-12 23:17
It’s Rare to Have Competing, Viable, Scientific Theories 00:02:59 2021-05-11 20:22
Science Advances One Funeral at a Time 00:01:18 2021-05-07 21:19
Make Bold Guesses and Weed Out Failures 00:02:12 2021-05-05 18:32
Theories Are Explanations, Not Predictions 00:02:32 2021-05-03 22:03
Science Is an Error-Correcting Mechanism 00:02:04 2021-04-30 18:34
Science Broadens Our Vision of Reality 00:01:32 2021-04-28 20:00
We Explain the Seen in Terms of the Unseen 00:01:27 2021-04-26 20:16
The Multiverse 00:01:42 2021-04-21 20:55
Is Light a Particle or a Wave? 00:03:19 2021-04-19 23:00
Probability Is Subjective 00:02:06 2021-04-16 19:28
We Can’t Prove Most Theorems with Known Physics 00:01:36 2021-04-14 17:44
Every Mathematical Theory Is Held Inside a Physical Substrate 00:01:44 2021-04-12 20:05
Is the Universe Discrete or Continuous? 00:02:08 2021-04-09 21:59
All Knowledge Is Conjectural 00:03:17 2021-04-07 20:00
The Methods of Mathematics Are Fallible 00:02:44 2021-04-05 21:20
There Is No Settled Mathematics 00:02:55 2021-04-02 18:55
There Is No End of Science 00:02:07 2021-03-31 17:17
Good Explanations Are Hard to Vary 00:02:26 2021-03-26 19:58
Good Explanations Are Acts of Creativity 00:02:02 2021-03-24 19:01
Humans Are Unique in Our Ability to Understand Things 00:01:28 2021-03-22 17:50
It’s Impossible to Predict the Future Growth of Knowledge 00:02:17 2021-03-19 19:20
People Are a Force of Nature 00:02:41 2021-03-17 19:45
We’re at the Beginning of an Infinity of Knowledge 00:02:19 2021-03-15 16:25
Happiness 00:27:23 2021-03-12 23:51
Read the Best 100 Books Over and Over Again 00:02:02 2021-03-10 18:43
We Can Have Explanations That Reach the Entire Universe 00:01:55 2021-03-08 21:09
Nullius in Verba 00:02:14 2021-03-05 19:17
This Book Changed the Way I Think 00:01:58 2021-03-03 17:02
Science Is the Engine That Pulls Humanity Forward 00:02:14 2021-03-01 18:02
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2 00:30:32 2020-07-15 18:56
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 1 00:29:50 2020-07-09 21:00
How to Angel Invest, Part 2 00:36:28 2020-06-12 11:00
The Path to Peace Is Truth 00:01:45 2020-03-26 14:29
Groups Search for Consensus, Individuals Search for Truth 00:02:05 2020-03-24 15:49
The Closer You Are to the Truth, the More Silent You Become Inside 00:01:15 2020-03-10 16:09
Happiness Is Peace in Motion 00:02:27 2020-03-05 15:13
Finding Peace from Mind 00:02:10 2020-03-03 15:30
Breaking Addiction is Socially Unacceptable 00:01:47 2020-02-26 14:14
The Modern Struggle Is Fighting Weaponized Addiction 00:01:38 2020-02-24 17:44
Work the Least for It 00:01:53 2020-02-19 16:40
Being Unhappy Is Very Inefficient 00:01:47 2020-02-17 18:00
If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy? 00:02:53 2020-02-12 18:00
Desire Is a Contract You Make to Be Unhappy 00:01:09 2020-02-10 18:00
Happiness Is a Skill You Can Develop 00:01:16 2020-02-03 20:36
Happiness Is Not Science or Math 00:01:28 2020-01-28 16:34
Happiness Without Material Comfort Is Playing on Hard Mode 00:02:20 2020-01-28 16:30
Live Long Enough and You’ll Become a Philosopher 00:01:37 2020-01-25 18:00
How to Get Rich: Every Episode 03:35:36 2019-12-10 18:23
How to Angel Invest, Part 1 00:39:21 2019-11-17 21:44
Externalities: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Products 00:01:43 2019-07-31 13:40
Net Present Value: What Future Income Is Worth Today 00:01:02 2019-07-29 18:49
Consumer Surplus: Getting More Than You Paid For 00:00:49 2019-07-25 13:03
Price Discrimination: Charge Some People More 00:01:10 2019-07-23 13:30
Compounding Relationships Make Life Easier 00:02:29 2019-07-19 20:13
Turn Short-Term Games Into Long-Term Games 00:02:42 2019-07-15 17:42
Schelling Point: Cooperating Without Communicating 00:01:39 2019-07-12 14:29
Kelly Criterion: Avoid Ruin 00:01:42 2019-07-10 12:34
Principal-Agent Problem: Act Like an Owner 00:06:42 2019-07-08 20:13
Envy Can Be Useful, or It Can Eat You Alive 00:03:29 2019-06-28 20:23
Being Ethical Is Long-Term Greedy 00:03:26 2019-06-26 21:49
We Should Eventually Be Working for Ourselves 00:04:27 2019-06-24 18:19
Accountability Means Letting People Criticize You 00:03:39 2019-06-21 20:00
How to Get Rich: Every Episode 03:35:36 2019-06-02 21:04
Productize Yourself 00:01:55 2019-05-24 21:06
There Are No Get Rich Quick Schemes 00:04:41 2019-05-23 21:43
A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love 00:04:07 2019-05-21 21:18
Reject Most Advice 00:02:55 2019-05-20 21:56
Eventually You Will Get What You Deserve 00:04:08 2019-05-19 21:26
Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes 00:02:39 2019-05-17 21:01
Escape Competition Through Authenticity 00:05:37 2019-05-16 12:30
Keep Redefining What You Do 00:02:04 2019-05-13 12:46
Be Too Busy to “Do Coffee” 00:04:06 2019-05-08 17:01
Work As Hard As You Can 00:05:09 2019-05-06 11:47
Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate 00:03:48 2019-05-01 18:41
Judgment Is the Decisive Skill 00:06:30 2019-04-29 17:55
Example: From Laborer to Real Estate Tech 00:05:24 2019-04-26 09:55
Pick a Business Model With Leverage 00:05:47 2019-04-22 15:11
Product Leverage Is Egalitarian 00:05:11 2019-04-19 11:40
Product and Media Are New Leverage 00:05:18 2019-04-17 13:05
Labor and Capital Are Old Leverage 00:04:42 2019-04-15 13:06
Take Accountability to Earn Equity 00:04:56 2019-04-13 10:36
Embrace Accountability to Get Leverage 00:04:30 2019-04-11 11:47
There's No Actual Skill Called Business 00:05:33 2019-04-08 17:11
The Foundations Are Math and Logic 00:03:19 2019-04-05 16:34
Read What You Love Until You Love to Read 00:04:48 2019-04-03 13:37
Learn to Sell, Learn to Build 00:05:36 2019-03-31 12:03
Specific Knowledge Is Highly Creative or Technical 00:05:31 2019-03-28 18:10
Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge 00:06:20 2019-03-25 19:35
Partner With Rational Optimists 00:05:25 2019-03-22 14:44
Pick Partners With Intelligence, Energy and Integrity 00:04:44 2019-03-22 14:18
Play Long-term Games With Long-term People 00:06:02 2019-03-19 15:29
The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities 00:04:40 2019-03-19 14:17
Give Society What It Doesn't Know How to Get 00:02:44 2019-03-14 14:01
Live Below Your Means for Freedom 00:02:23 2019-03-11 16:18
You Won't Get Rich Renting Out Your Time 00:04:40 2019-03-08 16:17
Make Luck Your Destiny 00:04:36 2019-03-07 17:00
Making Money Isn't About Luck 00:05:20 2019-03-06 18:33
Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans 00:04:09 2019-03-06 18:07
Make Abundance for the World 00:03:24 2019-03-05 16:00
Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status 00:06:07 2019-03-05 15:00