Brave New World -- hosted by Vasant Dhar
By Data Governance Network
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Episodes: 101
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Brave New World is a look into the transformation of humanity by machines in the post-COVID era. It examines a wide range of topics around how technology and "virtualization" of our lives is impacting work, health, faith, emotional well being, government, democracy, and freedom. It is hosted by AI-pioneer Vasant Dhar.
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Ep 107: Rule Breaker Investing — David Gardner on Staying the Course
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Ep 106: Luca Turin On Decoding Smell
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Ep 105: Nicholas Christakis on The Impacts of Machines on Human Groups
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May 14, 2026 |
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Ep 104: Leslie Kay on Smell, Memory and the Brain
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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EP 103: Léon Bottou on Fiction Machines and the Limits of AI Alignment
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Ep 103: Jayant Sinha on AI Governance In A Fragmented World
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Ep 102 - Alex 'Sandy' Pentland on Humanizing Technology
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Ep 101: Deepak Chopra On Consciousness and Reality
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Ep 100: David Ko, From Panic to Purpose
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Ep 99: Vasant Dhar on Thinking With Machines, Hosted by Joel Roberts
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Ep 98: There's no I in AI, Ben Shneiderman on The Evolution and State of Artificial Intelligence
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Ep 97: Alex Wiltschko on Digitizing Scent
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Ep 96: Deogratias Niyizonkiza, Healing a Nation, One Village at a Time
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Ep 95: Peter Ward On The Evolution Of Life
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May 08, 2025 |
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Ep 94: Anil Seth On The Science of Consciousness
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Ep 93: Uma Valeti on Cultivating Meat
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Ep 92: Angela Hawken on Changing Government
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Ep 91: Michael Levin on the New Frontiers of Biological Intelligence
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Ep 90: Sandeep Robert Datta on Smell and the Brain
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Ep 89: Missy Cummings on Making AI Safe
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Ep 88: Raghu Sundaram on Building a Great University
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Ep 87: Andrew McAfee on the Geek Mindset
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Ep 86: Natalie Foster on the Guarantee
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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Ep 85: Seth Shostak on Extraterrestrial Life
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Ep 84: Vlad Barbalat on Immigration, Insurance and America
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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Ep 83: Shashi Verma on Transport in the 21st Century
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep 82: Josh Tucker on the Complex Truth About Social Media
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Ep 81: Alex Wiltschko on the Sense of Smell
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Ep 80: Kevin Mitchell Makes a Case for Free Will
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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Ep 79: Arthur Spirling on How AI Can Change Politics
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Ep 78: David Halpern on Nudging
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Ep 77: Pippa Ehrlich on the Mysteries of the Sea
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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Ep 76: Peter Ward on Life on Earth
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Ep 75: Mohit Satyanand on Investing and India
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Ep 74: Peter Singer on Animal Liberation
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Ep 73: Paul Sheard Demystifies Money
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Ep 72: Ajay Shah on the Dangers of Digital Public Infrastructure
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Ep 71: David Sontag on AI in Healthcare
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Ep 70: Rajesh Jain, Disrupter
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Ep 69: Chandrika Tandon on Music and Impact
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Ep 68: Gary Smith is an AI Skeptic
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Ep 67: Ellie Pavlick on the Cutting Edge of AI
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Ep 66: Jameel Jaffer on Free Speech in the Social Media Age
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Ep 65: Rick Smolan on a Life in Photography
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Ep 64: Amit Varma on the Creator Economy
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Jun 16, 2023 |
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Ep 63: Piyush Gupta on How AI Will Transform Business
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Ep 62: Dmitry Rinberg on the Mysteries of Smell
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May 18, 2023 |
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Ep 61: Marty Fridson on How Tech Changed Wall Street
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May 04, 2023 |
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Ep 60: Raphaël Millière Looks Under the Hood of AI
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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Ep 59: Paulo Kaiser on Assimilating ChatGPT
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Ep 58: Sam Bowman on ChatGPT & Controlling AI
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Ep 57: Rich Bonneau on the Exciting Frontiers of Computational Biology
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Ep 56: Tom Davenport on Artificial Intelligence in Business
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Ep 55: Paul Barrett on Regulating Social Media
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Ep 54: Dana Carroll on the Science and Ethics of Gene Editing
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Ep 53: Paul Shapiro on Growing Meat Without Animals
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Ep 52: Neeti Bhalla Johnson on Risk in Our Modern World
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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Ep 51: Emeran Mayer on the Brain in Our Gut
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Ep 50: Pramod Varma on India's Digital Empowerment
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Ep 49: Anshu Gupta on Using Waste For Good
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Ep 48: Hanna Halaburda and Yannis Bakos on Bitcoin, Blockchain and DeFi
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Ep 47: Shelley Stewart on Black Economic Mobility
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Ep 46: Soumitra Datta on Measuring Innovation
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Ep 45: Joseph Aoun on Becoming Robot-Proof
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Ep 44: Maneka Gandhi on Animal Rights
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Ep 43: Bernard Haykel on Islam and the West
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Ep 42: Antoinette Schoar on Decentralized Finance & Crypto
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Ep 41: David Chalmers on the Nature of Reality
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Ep 40: Ben Hunt on the Power of Narrative
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Ep 39: Marie Bergstrom on Online Dating and Intimacy
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May 26, 2022 |
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Ep 38: Joel Peterson on the Art and Science of Winemaking
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May 12, 2022 |
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Ep 37: Caitlin Zaloom on the Explosion of Student Debt
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Ep 36: Jeff Teper on the Post-Covid Workplace
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Ep 35: Anthony Zador on How our Brains Work
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Ep 34: Chris Bail on How to Fight Polarization
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Ep 33: Aswath Damodaran on Investing
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Ep 32: Helena Rosenblatt on Liberalism's Long Journey
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Ep 31: Philip Tetlock on the Art of Forecasting
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Ep 30: David Yermack on The Crypto Revolution
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Ep 29: Albert Wenger on the World After Capital
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Ep 28: Adam Alter on Beating Our Addictions
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Ep 27: Andrew Yang on the New Politics America Needs
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Ep 26: Anna Lembke on Beating Dopamine
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Ep 25: John McWhorter on the Religion of Wokeism
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Ep 24: Solon Barocas on Removing Bias From Machines
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Ep 23: Terry Odean on How to Think about Investing
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Ep 22: Dina Srinivasan on the Dangers of Big Tech
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Ep 21: Daniel Kahneman on How Noise Hampers Judgement
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Ep 20: Stuart Russell on The Existential Risk of AI
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Ep 19: James Robinson on What Makes a Successful State
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Ep 18: Erik Brynjolfsson on the Second Machine Age
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Ep 17: Peter Railton on Moral Intuitions
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Ep 16: Samuel Moyn on Humane War
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Ep 15: Nandan Nilekani on an Egalitarian Internet
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Ep 14: Bias, Lies, and Democracy
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Ep 13: Can a Machine Have Human Values?
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May 27, 2021 |
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Ep 12: Are We Becoming a New Species?
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May 13, 2021 |
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Ep 11: The Future of Liberal Education
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Ep 10: Understanding QE in the New World
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Ep 9: Waiting for Doctor AI
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Apr 01, 2021 |