Manifold
By Steve Hsu
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Episodes: 109
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Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Join him for wide-ranging conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
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Glenn Luk: China’s economic evolution, GDP, and high speed rail — #58
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Casey Handmer: Terraform Industries and a carbon-neutral future — #57
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Russell Clark: Japan, China, and USD reserve status — #56
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Stephen Grugett: Predicting the Future with Manifold Markets — #55
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Ray McGovern: CIA, JFK, Deep State, and Ukraine Crisis — #54
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Lecture: Fermi Paradox, AI, Simulation Question — #53
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Utah AG Sean Reyes: “Sound of Freedom” and Human Trafficking — #52
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Military Technology and U.S.-China War in the Pacific — #51
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Louis-Vincent Gave: Understanding China’s Economy, and U.S. Competition — #50
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Charles Miller: Satellite Technology and the Future of Mobile Connectivity — #49
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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China's EV Market Dominance and the Challenges Facing Tesla — #48
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Taylor Ogan, Snow Bull Capital: China's tech frontier, the view from Shenzhen — #47
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Bharat Karnad: India geostrategy, nuclear arsenal, and assassination of Homi Bhabha, the Oppenheimer of India — #46
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Yasheng Huang: China's Examination System and its impact on Politics, Economy, Innovation — #45
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Huawei and the US-China Chip War — #44
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Meritocracy, SAT Scores, and Laundering Prestige at Elite Universities — #43
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Aella: Sex Work, Sex Research, and Data Science — #42
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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AI on your phone? Tim Dettmers on quantization of neural networks — #41
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Paul Huang, the real situation in Taiwan: politics, military, China — #40
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Richard Hanania & Rob Henderson: The Rise of Wokeness and the Influence of Civil Rights Law — #39
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Richard Sander (UCLA Law) on the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling — #38
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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AI Cambrian Explosion: Conversation With Three AI Engineers — #37
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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David Goldman: US-China Competition, AI, Electric Vehicles, and Manufacturing — #36
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May 25, 2023 |
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Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models: Oxford Lecture — #35
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May 11, 2023 |
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Simone Collins: IVF, Embryo Selection, Dating on the Spectrum, and Pronatalism — #34
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Katherine Dee: Culture, Identity, and Isolation in the Digital Age — #33
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Marc Martinez: "Dream Big" and the Golden Age of Bodybuilding — #32
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Gilles Saint-Paul: The Yellow Vests, French Politics, and Hypergamy — #31
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Bing vs. Bard, US-China STEM Competition, and Embryo Screening — #30
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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ChatGPT, LLMs, and AI — #29
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Dominic Cummings: Vote Leave, Brexit, COVID, and No. 10 with Boris — #28
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Sahil Lavingia: Founding Gumroad, The Minimalist Entrepreneur, and our AI LLM future — #27
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Geoffrey Miller: Evolutionary Psychology, Polyamorous Relationships, and Effective Altruism — #26
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Anna Krylov: The Politicization of Science in Academia — #25
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Abdel Abdellaoui: Genetics, Psychiatric Traits, and Educational Attainment — #24
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Richard Sander on SCOTUS Oral Arguments: Affirmative Action and Discrimination against Asian Americans at Harvard and UNC
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Discovering the Multiverse: Quantum Mechanics and Hugh Everett III, with Peter Byrne — #22
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Jeffrey Sachs: Lessons from the COVID Commission, Lab Leak Questions, and Nord Stream — #21
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Rob Henderson: A Journey from Foster Care to the US Military to Elite Academia — #20
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Lyle Goldstein on U.S. Strategic Challenges: Russia, China, Ukraine, and Taiwan — #19
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Harvard Veritas: interview with a recent graduate (anonymous) — #18
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Richard Lowery: The War for American Universities — #17
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Tim Palmer (Oxford): Status and Future of Climate Modeling — #16
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Kishore Mahbubani: A Nuanced View of Asia & China's Rise — #15
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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Greg Clark: Genetics and Social Mobility — #14
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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John Mearsheimer: Great Powers, U.S. Hegemony, and the Rise of China — #13
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Theodore A. Postol: Nuclear Weapons, Missile Technology, and U.S. Diplomacy — #12
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May 19, 2022 |
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Raghuveer Parthasarathy: The Four Physical Principles — #11
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May 05, 2022 |
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Carl Zha: Xinjiang, Ukraine, and U.S.-China relations — #10
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing, Unsolvable Problems, & Artificial Intelligence — #9
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Sebastian Mallaby: Venture capital as an engine of courage — #8
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Vlatko Vedral: Oxford Theoretical Physicist on Quantum Superposition of Living Creatures — #7
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Richard Sander: Affirmative Action, Mismatch Theory, & Academic Freedom — #6
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Shai Carmi: Polygenic risk scores & embryo screening — #5
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Jon Y (Asianometry) on Semiconductor Tech and U.S.-China Competition — #4
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Richard Hanania: Wokeness, Public Choice Theory, & Geostrategy — #3
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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Steve Hsu Q&A: Complex trait prediction in Genomics, and Genomic Prediction / Embryo Selection
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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James Lee on Polygenic Prediction and Embryo Selection — #1
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Jan 25, 2022 |
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Warren Hatch on Seeing the Future in the Era of COVID-19 – #50
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse and Impact Philosophy – #49
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Michael Kauffman on Cancer, Drug Development and Market Capitalism – #48
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May 28, 2020 |
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Scott Adams on Trump, and his book Loserthink – #47
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May 21, 2020 |
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James Oakes on What’s Wrong with The 1619 Project – #46
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May 14, 2020 |
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Robert Atkinson on US-China Competition and Industrial Policy – #45
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May 07, 2020 |
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Raman Sundrum: Physics and the Universe – #44
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Vineer Bhansali: Physics, Tail Risk Hedging, and 900% Coronavirus Returns – #43
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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Jaan Tallinn: Coronavirus, Existential Risk, and AI – #42
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Apr 16, 2020 |
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Dan Gable: Legendary NCAA and Olympic Wrestler & Coach – #41
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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Klaus Lackner on Carbon Capture, Climate Change, and Physics – #40
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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COVID-19, Blockchain, and the Global Startup Scene – #39
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Mar 26, 2020 |
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Claude Steele on the Challenges of Multi-Cultural Societies – #38
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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A.J. Robison on the Neural Basis of Sex Differences in Depression – #37
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Mar 12, 2020 |
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Kaja Perina on the Dark Triad: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy – #36
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Adam Dynes on Noisy Retrospection: The Effect of Party Control on Policy Outcomes – #35
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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Yang Wang on Science and Technology in China, Hong Kong Protests, and Coronavirus – #34
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation Technologies – #33
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Feb 13, 2020 |
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Meghan Daum on the New Culture Wars – #32
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Steven Broglio on Concussions, Football and Informed Choice – #31
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Jan 30, 2020 |
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Barbara O’Brien on Race, Reform and Wrongful Conviction Rate Estimates- #30
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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Sebastian Junger: Meaning from War and Technological Isolation in America – #29
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Jan 16, 2020 |
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Zach Hambrick on Psychometrics and the Science of Expertise – #28
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Andrew Hartman: The Culture Wars Then and Now – #27
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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Bruno Maçães: China, Russia and the Future of Eurasia – #26
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Dec 26, 2019 |
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Ted Conover on Immigration, Prisons and 21st Century Homesteading – #25
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Jason Snyder on Neurogenesis – #24
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Timothy Searchinger: Biofuels vs Foods and Major Climate Change Policy Errors – #23
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Jamie Metzl on Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity – #22
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Tyler Cowen on Big Business, Socialism, Free Speech, and Stagnant Productivity Growth – #21
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Betsy McKay on Trends in Heart Disease and How to Avoid It – #20
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Ted Chiang on Free Will, Time Travel, Many Worlds, Genetic Engineering, and Hard Science Fiction – #19
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Rebecca Campbell on Identifying Serial Perpetrators, Rape Investigations and Untested Rape Kits – #18
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Mark Moffett on the Life and Death of Human Societies – #17
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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John Schulman: OpenAI and recent advances in Artificial Intelligence – #16
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Daniel Max on Writing a Literary non-Fiction Classic and Prion Diseases Then and Now – #15
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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Stuart Firestein on Why Ignorance and Failure Lead to Scientific Progress – Episode #14
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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Joe Cesario on Political Bias and Problematic Research Methods in Social Psychology – #13
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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James Cham on Venture Capital, Risk Taking, and the Future Impacts of AI – Episode #12
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Joe Cesario on Police Decision Making and Racial Bias in Deadly Force Decisions – Episode #11
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May 30, 2019 |
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Ron Unz on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, The Unz Review, and the Harvard Admissions Scandal – Episode #10
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May 16, 2019 |
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Philosopher Sam Kerstein on the Morality of Genome Engineering, Inequality, and Star Trek – Episode #9
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May 02, 2019 |
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Sabine Hossenfelder on the Crisis in Particle Physics and Against the Next Big Collider – #8
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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David Skrbina on Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery, and the Future of Our Species – Episode #7
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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John Hawks on Human Evolution, Ancient DNA, and Big Labs Devouring Fossils – Episode #6
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Kaiser Kuo of Sinica on Modern China and US-China relations – Episode #5
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Ted Schultz on Ants, Emergent Behavior, and the Molecular Revolution in Systematics – Episode #4
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Noor Siddiqui, Thiel Fellow, on Stanford and Silicon Valley – Episode #3
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Bobby Kasthuri & Brain Mapping - Episode #2
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Jan 31, 2019 |
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CRISPR Babies — Episode #1
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Introductions — Episode #0
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Jan 24, 2019 |