Infinite Loops

By Jim O'Shaughnessy

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Episodes: 250


 Jun 19, 2022

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 Jan 15, 2022
cool podcast, terrible audio

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In a rapidly changing world, it's too easy to get trapped by the existing models. New problems are met with old solutions, leading to infinite loops of inaction. We're here to change that. By exploring ideas ranging from the Tao Te Ching to cutting-edge advances in AI, we will arm you with the tools & fresh perspectives required to upgrade your HumanOS and thrive in our messy, probabilistic world. Infinite Loops is part of Jim’s new company, O'Shaughnessy Ventures. For in-depth syntheses of our guests' ideas, as well as for additional ideas that make you go Hmm that’s interesting!, subscribe to our Substack at https://infiniteloops.substack.com. Powered by O’Shaughnessy Ventures.

Episode Date
Jay Reno — Making A Point (EP.247)
Dec 19, 2024
Michael Garfield — Play the (Mind) Jazz (EP.246)
Dec 12, 2024
Max Meyer Launched a Print Magazine in 2024. Here’s Why. (EP.245)
Dec 05, 2024
Parmita Mishra — How to Think About Biology (EP.244)
Nov 28, 2024
Luis Seco — On Mathematical Beethovens, Decentralized Education & the Voyage to the Human Brain (EP.243)
Nov 21, 2024
Anthony Pompliano — How to Live an Extraordinary Life (EP.242)
Nov 14, 2024
Sajith Pai — Exploring Indus Valley (Ep.241)
Nov 07, 2024
Scott Aaronson — Quantumania (EP.240)
Oct 31, 2024
Danny Crichton — Player of Games (EP.239)
Oct 24, 2024
Yuk Chi Chan — On Rockets, Dog Years & Robotic Space-Snakes (EP.238)
Oct 17, 2024
Dan Shipper — I, Writer (EP.237)
Oct 10, 2024
Dr. Gena Gorlin — How to Build a Builder (EP.236)
Oct 03, 2024
Nir Eyal — How To Become An Indistractable Force (EP.235)
Sep 26, 2024
Alex Danco — Finding Mystery in the Margin (EP.234)
Sep 19, 2024
Mike Maples, Jr. — How To Become a Pattern-Breaking Founder (EP.233)
Sep 12, 2024
Ben Orlin — Math As Universal Language (EP.232)
Sep 05, 2024
Gurwinder Bhogal's Guide to Modern Survival (EP.231)
Aug 29, 2024
Julia Sonnevend — Charming! (EP.230)
Aug 22, 2024
Bilawal Sidhu — How to Unite Reality With Imagination (EP.229)
Aug 15, 2024
Luca Dellanna — How to Play (and Win) Long Term Games (EP.228)
Aug 08, 2024
Ateet Ahluwalia — The Many Bosses of a Venture Capitalist (EP.227)
Aug 01, 2024
Audrey Wisch — How to Cultivate Curious Kids (EP.226)
Jul 25, 2024
Matthew Ball — Into The Metaverse (EP.225)
Jul 18, 2024
Nat Eliason — Crazy, Crypto, Confidential (EP.224)
Jul 11, 2024
Noor Siddiqui — A Thiel Fellow’s Guide to Having Healthy Babies (EP.223)
Jul 04, 2024
The Fourth Way - Mastering The Self (EP.222)
Jun 27, 2024
Mona Sobhani — A Neuroscientist’s Journey From Materialism to Beyond (EP.221)
Jun 20, 2024
Ellen Fishbein — Make Art, Not Noise (EP. 220)
Jun 13, 2024
John A. Paulos — Avoiding Innumeracy (EP. 219)
Jun 06, 2024
Chris Wilcha — Flipside (EP.218)
May 30, 2024
Bridget Phetasy — Comedy is Dead, Long Live Comedy (EP.217)
May 23, 2024
Porter Braswell — Building the Future of Leadership (EP.216)
May 16, 2024
Grant Mitchell — The Potential of AI Drug Repurposing
May 09, 2024
Jimmy Soni — The Courage of Creative Risk (EP.214)
May 02, 2024
Arjun Khemani — The Hunt for Better Problems (EP. 213)
Apr 25, 2024
Eddy Elfenbein — On Crossing Wall Street (EP. 212)
Apr 18, 2024
Anna Gát — We Digress (EP. 211)
Apr 10, 2024
Visakan Veerasamy — Expanding Our Possibility-Space (EP. 210)
Apr 04, 2024
Brendan McCord — AI and the Philosophy of Technology
Mar 28, 2024
Alex Komoroske — Complex Adaptivity All The Way Down (EP. 208)
Mar 21, 2024
Cedric Chin — Accelerating Business Expertise (EP. 207)
Mar 14, 2024
Devon Eriksen — Theft of Fire (EP. 206)
Mar 07, 2024
Jacqueline Novogratz - Manifesto for a Moral Revolution
Feb 29, 2024
Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance and the Extended Mind (EP. 204)
Feb 22, 2024
Rob Henderson — Troubled (EP. 203)
Feb 20, 2024
Alec Stapp — Progress is a Policy Choice (EP. 202)
Feb 15, 2024
Rohit Krishnan — Demystifying AI (EP. 201)
Feb 08, 2024
Jim O’Shaughnessy — Turning the Tables (EP. 200)
Feb 01, 2024
Lisa Wehden and Minn Kim — America is Open For Business (EP.199)
Jan 25, 2024
Alice Albrecht — On Creativity, Connection & Convergence (EP.198)
Jan 18, 2024
Guy Spier — Wealth, Wisdom & Enlightenment (EP.197)
Jan 11, 2024
Jared Dillian — How To Live a Stress-Free Financial Life (EP.196)
Jan 04, 2024
George Mack — The Game of Life (EP.195)
Dec 28, 2023
Eric Jorgenson — on Publishing, Progress & Reinventing the Playbook (EP.194)
Dec 21, 2023
Arkady Kulik — Bridging Science & Entrepreneurship (EP.193)
Dec 14, 2023
Alex Lieberman — On Voice, Unicorns & Intrinsic Motivation (EP.192)
Dec 07, 2023
Venkatesh Rao & Tim Beiko — The Summer of Protocols
Nov 30, 2023
Will Schoder — On Curation, Consumption & Compression (EP.190)
Nov 23, 2023
Ben Westhoff — Fentanyl, Inc. (EP.189)
Nov 16, 2023
Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet (EP.188)
Nov 09, 2023
Katherine Dee — On Attention, Astroturfing and the Nostalgia Trap (EP.187)
Nov 02, 2023
Derek Sivers (Part Two) — Just Do The Thing [BONUS EPISODE] (EP.186)
Oct 26, 2023
Derek Sivers (Part One) — How to Become a Picasso [BONUS EPISODE] (EP.185)
Oct 24, 2023
John Fio — The Wizard & The Warrior (EP.184)
Oct 19, 2023
James Pethokoukis — The Conservative Futurist (EP.183)
Oct 12, 2023
Bojan Tunguz — From Physicist to Grandmaster (EP.182)
Oct 05, 2023
Julie Fredrickson — “Circumstances change. Humanity doesn't. Plan accordingly.” (EP.181)
Sep 28, 2023
Danny Miranda — Attracted to the Light (EP.180)
Sep 21, 2023
Dror Poleg — The Future of Work
Sep 14, 2023
Trung Phan & Rob Henderson — Apocalypse Now (EP.178)
Sep 07, 2023
Frederik Gieschen — On Agility, Agreeableness, Alchemy & the Arena
Aug 31, 2023
Dr. Julie Gurner — Ultra Successful (EP.176)
Aug 24, 2023
Todd Goodwin — “Revelation is not Resolution” (EP.175)
Aug 17, 2023
Luca Dellanna — On Survival, Signals & Success (EP.174)
Aug 10, 2023
Luca Dellanna — On Survival, Signals & Success (EP.174)
Aug 10, 2023
Jack Butcher — Reality is the Boss (EP.173)
Aug 03, 2023
Dan Runcie — The Future of Music (EP.172)
Jul 27, 2023
Dr. William Zeng — Towards a Quantum Future (EP.171)
Jul 20, 2023
Jack Raines — The Authentic Path (EP.170)
Jul 13, 2023
Richard Craib — How to Open Source Finance (EP.169)
Jul 06, 2023
Brian Roemmele - The Wisdom Keeper (EP.168)
Jun 29, 2023
Dr. Pippa Malmgren — Why Leadership Has Gone Wrong (EP.167)
Jun 22, 2023
Ethan Mollick — How AI Changes Everything (EP.165)
Jun 15, 2023
Chen Qiufan — AI 2041: 10 Visions of Our Future (EP.164)
Jun 08, 2023
Todd Goodwin — Hypnosis: Separating Myth From Reality (EP.163)
Jun 01, 2023
Nat & Martha Sharpe — The Conflict between Agency & Community (EP.163)
May 30, 2023
Jason Crawford — The Roots of Progress (EP.162)
May 25, 2023
David Pinsof — Everything is Bullshit (EP.161)
May 18, 2023
Dylan O’Sullivan — Essayful (EP.160)
May 16, 2023
John Sills — The Human Experience (EP.159)
May 11, 2023
Billy Oppenheimer — On Curiosity, Creativity & Conceptual Ancestors (EP.158)
May 04, 2023
Jimmy Soni & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Future of Publishing (EP.157)
Apr 27, 2023
Alex Danco — On Self-Delusion, Sancho Panza, Safe Words & Seinfeld (EP.156)
Apr 20, 2023
Gurwinder Bhogal — Certainty is the Death of Thought (EP.155)
Apr 13, 2023
Ed Latimore — The Difference Between Being Liked and Being Respected (EP.154)
Apr 06, 2023
Edward Rooster — I Did My Best. I Gave My All. I Was Here. (EP.153)
Mar 30, 2023
Venkatesh Rao — The Art of Gig (EP.152)
Mar 23, 2023
Ananyo Bhattacharya — John von Neumann: The Man from the Future (EP.151)
Mar 16, 2023
Michael Breitenbach — On Crypto, AI & Cynicism (EP.150)
Mar 09, 2023
Visakan Veerasamy - On Creativity, Introspection & Being a Good Reply Guy (EP.149)
Mar 02, 2023
David Senra & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Scenius (EP.148)
Feb 23, 2023
Dwarkesh Patel — Podcasting, Talent & Innovation (EP.147)
Feb 16, 2023
David Ha — AI & Evolution: Learning to do More with Less (EP.146)
Feb 09, 2023
Jesse Michels — American Alchemy (EP.145)
Feb 02, 2023
Mark Nelson — Nuclear Power: Change the Memes, Change the Future (EP.144)
Jan 26, 2023
Sam McRoberts — The Grand Redesign (EP.143)
Jan 19, 2023
Cliff Asness — FTX, Hedge Funds and the Value Spread (EP.142)
Jan 12, 2023
Ben Tossell — Opportunities in AI (EP.141)
Jan 05, 2023
O’Shaughnessy Ventures is Here (EP.140)
Jan 01, 2023
Tom Morgan & Brett Andersen — Intimations of a New World Worldview (EP.139)
Dec 29, 2022
Brom Rector — Investing in Psychedelics (EP.138)
Dec 22, 2022
Johnathan Bi — René Girard and the Philosophy of Innovation (EP.137)
Dec 15, 2022
Rohit Krishnan — Unleashing Curiosity (EP.136)
Dec 08, 2022
Julia Bonafede — A Deep Dive into Deep Reinforcement Learning (EP.135)
Dec 01, 2022
Liberty RPF — On Creation and Curation (EP.134)
Nov 24, 2022
Lulu Cheng Meservey — Going Direct: What Founders can learn from K-Pop, Crypto, and the Early Christians (EP.133)
Nov 17, 2022
Tinkered Thinking: White Mirror (EP.132)
Nov 10, 2022
Edward Slingerland: Trying Not to Try (EP.131)
Nov 03, 2022
Jeremiah Lowin — Make Original Mistakes (EP.130)
Oct 27, 2022
Herbert Lui — Creative Doing (EP.129)
Oct 20, 2022
Emad Mostaque — The Future of AI (EP.128)
Oct 18, 2022
David Senra — Pick The Right Heroes (EP.127)
Oct 13, 2022
Liz Wallenstein + Dr Michael Donnino — The Mind-Body Connection (EP.126)
Oct 06, 2022
Kyla Scanlon — Cultivating Vibes (EP.125)
Sep 29, 2022
Trung Phan + Rob Henderson — Talking Television (EP.124)
Sep 22, 2022
Nick Gillespie — The Lou Reed of Libertarianism (EP.123)
Sep 15, 2022
Will Storr—The Status Game (EP.122)
Sep 08, 2022
Vitaliy Katsenelson—Soul In The Game (EP.121)
Sep 01, 2022
Dennis McKenna—Rebooting Yourself with Psychedelics (EP.120)
Aug 25, 2022
David Perell—Write to Find Yourself (EP.119)
Aug 18, 2022
Shreyas Doshi—Making of a Great Leader (EP.118)
Aug 11, 2022
Alex Danco—Where the Circle Begins, or Ends (EP.117)
Aug 04, 2022
Johnathan Bi — Girard, Desire, and Modernity (EP.116)
Jul 28, 2022
Dan McMurtrie — On Markets and Policy (EP.115)
Jul 21, 2022
George Mack — Marketing, Mental Models, and Technology (EP.114)
Jul 14, 2022
Ian Cassel — All Great Things Start Small (EP.113)
Jul 07, 2022
Paul Millerd — The Pathless Path (EP.112)
Jun 30, 2022
David Chilton — The Wealthy Barber (EP.111)
Jun 23, 2022
Meb Faber — Two Quants Walk into a Bar (EP.110)
Jun 16, 2022
Trung Phan — On Smart Threads and Dumb Memes (EP.109)
Jun 09, 2022
Jimmy Soni — Make Things, and Be Playful (EP.108)
Jun 02, 2022
Peter Saddington — Love of Learning (EP.107)
May 26, 2022
Ben Hunt — Preserving the Physical Metaverse (EP.106)
May 19, 2022
Brian Feroldi — Spreading Financial Wellness (EP.105)
May 16, 2022
Tracy Alloway — Understanding Financial Crises (EP.104)
May 12, 2022
Nick Maggiulli — Just Keep Buying (EP.103)
May 05, 2022
William Green — Lessons for Life and Investing (EP.102)
Apr 28, 2022
10-K Diver — Finance For Everyone (EP.101)
Apr 21, 2022
Morgan Housel — The Best Story Wins (EP.100)
Apr 14, 2022
Dr. David Rhoiney — “Designed to Fit Out” (EP.99)
Apr 07, 2022
Douglas A. Boneparth — Building the Web 2.0 to 3.0 Bridge (EP.98)
Mar 31, 2022
Steve Begleiter — Private Equity, Poker, and Military History (EP.97)
Mar 24, 2022
Jake Taylor — Getting Better at Decision Making (EP.96)
Mar 17, 2022
Alex Danco — What is Web 3.0 All About? (EP.95)
Mar 10, 2022
Rohit Krishnan — Ideas for the Future (EP.94)
Mar 03, 2022
Sam McRoberts — Screw the Zoo (EP.93)
Feb 24, 2022
Rick Doblin and Amy Emerson — Demystifying Psychedelics (EP.92)
Feb 17, 2022
Lily Francus and Jesse Livermore — Understanding Financial Bubbles (EP.91)
Feb 14, 2022
Zachary Resnick — Bitcoin SV, Music, and Poker (EP.90)
Feb 10, 2022
Dave Nadig — Decoding the Metaverse (EP.89)
Feb 03, 2022
Louisa Nicola — Neuroscience for Your Physical & Financial Health (EP.88)
Jan 27, 2022
Sahil Lavingia — From Web 2.1 to Web 3 (EP.87)
Jan 20, 2022
Tren Griffin — Welcome to the Tren-verse: Stories on Life and Business (EP.86)
Jan 13, 2022
Frederik Gieschen — Learning and Failing in Public (EP.85)
Jan 06, 2022
Thomas J Bevan — Avoiding the Middle Ground (EP.84)
Dec 30, 2021
Nicholas Gruen — Rethinking Democracy with Juries (EP.83)
Dec 27, 2021
Lisa Feldman Barrett — Why does the brain exist? (EP.82)
Dec 23, 2021
Diane Macedo — The Sleep Fix (EP.81)
Dec 16, 2021
Erik Hoel — Exploring Consciousness (EP.80)
Dec 13, 2021
Jay Sanguinetti — Neuro Technologies to Enhance Cognition (EP.79)
Dec 09, 2021
Jesse Livermore — Future of Money, Education, and Health (EP.78)
Dec 06, 2021
Matt Clifford — The Rise of Modernity (EP.77)
Dec 02, 2021
Ana Lorena Fabrega — Gamification of Learning (EP.76)
Nov 25, 2021
Kyla Scanlon — When Financial Education Meets Entertainment (EP.75)
Nov 18, 2021
Tom Morgan — All you Need is Love? (EP.74)
Nov 11, 2021
Rory Sutherland — Effective Communication: Jesters & Saints (EP.73)
Nov 04, 2021
LibertyRPF — The Great Reshuffle & Decline of Gatekeepers (EP.72)
Oct 28, 2021
Max Arbitrage — Technological Advancements in Healthcare (EP.71)
Oct 21, 2021
Alex Danco — On Social Hierarchies [BONUS EPISODE] (EP.70)
Oct 18, 2021
Robert Plomin — How DNA Makes Us Who We Are (EP.69)
Oct 14, 2021
Tim Urban — Live on Twitter Spaces [BONUS EPISODE]
Oct 11, 2021
Kevin Zatloukal — Machine Learning And Its Applications (EP.68)
Oct 07, 2021
Perth Tolle — Investing in Freedom (EP.67)
Sep 30, 2021
Tobias Carlisle — Philosophy of the Markets (EP.66)
Sep 23, 2021
Adam Robinson & Bill Brewster — Disproving Your Thesis (EP.65)
Sep 16, 2021
Rob Henderson — Evolution of Social Hierarchies (EP.64)
Sep 09, 2021
Packy McCormick — The Great Online Game (EP.63)
Sep 02, 2021
Chris Williamson — Embracing Your Weirdness (EP.62)
Aug 26, 2021
Tom Morgan — Curation in the Age of Information Abundance (EP.61)
Aug 19, 2021
Massimo Marinelli — Premier League Economics & Sports Investing (EP.60)
Aug 12, 2021
Linda Lebrun — The Substack Economy (EP.59)
Aug 05, 2021
Johnny Nelson — Past, Present, and Future of Social Media (EP.58)
Jul 29, 2021
Brian Muraresku — Unravelling History's Best Kept Secret (EP.57)
Jul 22, 2021
Dan Rasmussen — Crises Investing (EP.56)
Jul 15, 2021
Denise Shull — Making Intuition Work For You (EP.55)
Jul 08, 2021
Rory Sutherland — Behavioral Science, Marketing, and Persuasion (EP.54)
Jul 01, 2021
Alex Danco — Everyone's Job is World Building (EP.53)
Jun 24, 2021
Litquidity — Up Close with the Meme King of Wall Street (EP.52)
Jun 17, 2021
Jack Butcher — Productizing Value (EP.51)
Jun 10, 2021
Luke Burgis — What Drives Human Desire? (EP.50)
Jun 03, 2021
Michael S. Falk — A Passionate Advocate For Economic Growth (EP.49)
May 27, 2021
Tren Griffin — Flipping The Script (EP.48)
May 20, 2021
Paul Craven — Behavioral Science & Decision Making (EP.47)
May 13, 2021
Jeremiah Lowin — Embracing Uncertainty (EP.46)
May 06, 2021
Jesse Livermore – What Now? (EP.45)
Apr 29, 2021
Daniel Jeffries – Questioning Everything (EP.44)
Apr 22, 2021
Howard Lindzon – The Larry David of Finance (EP.43)
Apr 15, 2021
Joe Weisenthal - Rapid Fire (EP.42)
Apr 08, 2021
Bill Brewster – Asking Tough Questions (EP.41)
Apr 01, 2021
Josh Wolfe - Inventing The Future (EP.40)
Mar 25, 2021
Alex Danco - Makes A Scene (EP.39)
Mar 18, 2021
Anna Gat – Learning Through Discussion (EP.38)
Mar 11, 2021
Max Arbitrage – Healthcare, Investing & Biology (EP.37)
Mar 04, 2021
Lily Francus – Options, Passive & Speculation (EP.36)
Feb 25, 2021
Polina Marinova – The Profile (EP.35)
Feb 18, 2021
Naufal Sanaullah – Macro, Psychology & Charity (EP.34)
Feb 11, 2021
Tim Urban - Exploring Ourselves (EP.33)
Feb 04, 2021
Jason Zweig – Psychology, History & Writing (EP.32)
Jan 28, 2021
Mayor Francis Suarez – The Miami Elevator Pitch (EP.31)
Jan 21, 2021
Dan Runcie – The Business of Hip-Hop & Music (EP.30)
Jan 14, 2021
Brian Roemmele – The Intelligence Amplifier (EP.29)
Dec 31, 2020
Pete Weishaupt – The Golden Age for Creators (EP.28)
Dec 24, 2020
Alex Danco – Shopify, SPACs & Status (EP.27)
Dec 17, 2020
Tren Griffin- Escaping Gravity (EP.26)
Dec 03, 2020
Josh Brown & Brian Portnoy – “How I Invest My Money” (EP.25)
Nov 19, 2020
Michael Batnick – The Irrelevant Investor (EP.24)
Nov 05, 2020
James Clear – Constructing Habits & Systems (EP.23)
Oct 22, 2020
Annie Duke – How to Decide (EP.22)
Oct 15, 2020
Adam Townsend (Pt. 2) – The Sale (EP.21)
Oct 08, 2020
Brent Beshore – Boring Businesses, COVID-19, and Doing Better (EP.20)
Sep 24, 2020
Ron Howard – The Past, Present and Future of Entertainment (EP.19)
Sep 10, 2020
Phil Pearlman: Westerners Discuss the Tao (“Don't Suck”) (EP.18)
Sep 03, 2020
Tyrone Ross: Giving Back, Empowerment, and Gratitude (EP.17)
Aug 20, 2020
Rory Sutherland: Human Behavior, Innovation, and Alchemy (EP.16)
Jul 23, 2020
Bronwyn Williams: Self Sovereignty, Futurism, and The State (EP.15)
Jul 09, 2020
Anthony Pompliano: Building a Brand, Moats, and Bitcoin (EP.14)
Jul 02, 2020
Adam Townsend: Wall Street, Policy, and Wealth Generation (EP.13)
Jun 25, 2020
Chris Sommers - Adventures at Sea (EP.12)
Jun 18, 2020
Chris Sommers - Adventures at Sea (EP.12)
Jun 18, 2020
Eric Jorgenson: The Almanack of Naval Ravikant (EP.11)
Jun 04, 2020
Ed Latimore: Lessons from Boxing, Sobriety, and Building Mental Fortitude (EP.10)
May 28, 2020
Christie Hamilton: Institutional Investing, Due Diligence During COVID-19, and Advocacy (EP.09)
May 21, 2020
Dan McMurtrie: Pandemic Investing, Venture Capital, and Frontier Markets (EP.08)
May 07, 2020
Chris Arnade: Seeking Respect in Backrow America (EP.07)
May 01, 2020
Morgan Housel – The Psychology of Money (EP.06)
Apr 23, 2020
Michael Green: Evolving Market Structures and COVID-19 (EP.05)
Apr 09, 2020
Liz Hall - An Outsider’s Perspective (EP.04)
Mar 26, 2020
Madelaine D’Angelo - Quantifying the Art Market (EP.03)
Mar 12, 2020
Jim Chanos – Financial Frauds and Manias: Past, Present, Future (EP.02)
Feb 27, 2020
Behind the Curtains: Ramp Capital and Super Mugatu (EP.01)
Nov 25, 2019