"Moment of Zen"
By Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez
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Every week, Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez and frequent special guests discuss what's happening in technology, business, politics, and beyond.
Moment of Zen is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: turpentine.co
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India-Pakistan Conflict Explained | Samo Burja
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May 17, 2025 |
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The Bureaucracy War: Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar and Senator Mike Lee (UT) - Hill & Valley Forum 2025
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May 10, 2025 |
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Energy, Education, Deregulation with David Friedberg, Shaun Maguire, and Todd Young at the Hill & Valley Forum
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May 06, 2025 |
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US-China AI Race, with Anthropic, ScaleAI, & AI Fund Founders
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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The Myth of Automatic Progress | Samo Burja
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Ross Douthat on Tech's Religious Awakening, AI, and Transhumanism
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Apr 12, 2025 |
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Will India Become a Global Superpower? | Samo Burja
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Who Controls China When Xi Jinping Is Gone? | Samo Burja
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Mar 29, 2025 |
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Cartels vs. State: The Power Struggle in Mexico w/ Samo Burja
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Mar 22, 2025 |
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Inflation, Elon's Competence, and Changes Democrats Need to Make w/ Noah Smith
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Mar 15, 2025 |
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Free Speech in Europe & the Future of Western Civilization | Samo Burja
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Mar 08, 2025 |
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Victor Davis Hanson Predicts the Future: Trump, China, Russia, & Europe in 2030
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Mapping the New Right w/ Jon Askonas
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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Delian Asparouhov and Nadia Asparouhova on Building a Relationship, Family, and Legacy
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Feb 15, 2025 |
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Samo Burja on the Technology That Can Create New Superpowers
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Feb 08, 2025 |
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Curtis Yarvin is now in the Overton Window w/ Samo Burja
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Feb 02, 2025 |
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Trump's Inauguration, Tech's Shifting Politics, and US GDP Growth Wall
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Scott Sumner and Noah Smith Debate the China Question
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Jan 18, 2025 |
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Understanding Trump: From Immigration to Elon w/ Maxwell Meyer and Indian Bronson
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Jan 11, 2025 |
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Bronson vs Everyone: H-1B Wars, Elon, and Trump
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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NEW: Marc Andreessen on Trump, the vibe shift, and what’s after wokeness
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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E110: Samo Burja on Elon Musk, X and Political Influence [Crosspost, Live Players]
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Dec 22, 2024 |
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Samo Burja on the Future of the Middle East
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Dec 14, 2024 |
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Debating Immigration Policy w/ Indian Bronson
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Dec 08, 2024 |
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The Future of the Left and Advice for Progressive Billionaires
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Nov 30, 2024 |
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Can Populism Beat the Administrative State? | Samo Burja
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Nov 23, 2024 |
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Samo Burja and Rudyard Lynch | The Left's Identity Crisis and the Future of Democracy
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Nov 16, 2024 |
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Will Shadow President Elon Save Us? | Noah Smith
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Nov 09, 2024 |
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Election 101, Trump vs Kamala Check-In
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Elite Human Capital, Trump vs Kamala, and Richard Hanania's Intellectual Evolution
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Oct 27, 2024 |
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Can Classical Liberalism Survive Wokeness? w/ Tim Urban
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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AI, Gambling, and Healthcare: A High-Stakes Game of 'Do Your Own Research
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Oct 13, 2024 |
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The Possibility of Human Extinction w/ Samo Burja
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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Long Ripples in History with Samo Burja and Rudyard Lynch
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Sep 28, 2024 |
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Cycles of Civilization with Samo Burja and Rudyard Lynch
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Sep 15, 2024 |
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei Talks AI, National Security, and Radical Abundance
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Sep 07, 2024 |
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Is AI our next nuclear threat? With Joshua Steinman and Nathan Labenz
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Aug 31, 2024 |
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Samo Burja's Advice for the next US president
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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The Future of Crypto with Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Trump, AI, and US-China Relations with Samuel Hammond and Nathan Labenz
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Biden/Trump's legacy with Noah Smith
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Jul 27, 2024 |
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Brand New Balaji: Trump/Biden, Jan 6
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Jul 20, 2024 |
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China's Energy Strategy, Taiwan, and US-China Relations with Samo Burja
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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2024 Election Strategy, Education Depolarization, and UBI with Noah Smith
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Jul 06, 2024 |
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Trump/Biden Predictions with Richard Hanania
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Jun 22, 2024 |
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What's Happening in France with Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
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Jun 15, 2024 |
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Balaji Srinivasan on the Fiat Crisis, China, Russia, and Conspiracy Practices
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Jun 08, 2024 |
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David Sacks on his Intellectual and Political journey
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Jun 01, 2024 |
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Joe Lonsdale on How to Solve America’s Problems
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May 25, 2024 |
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Crypto and Gaming with Carlos Pereira
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May 20, 2024 |
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Jonathan Haidt on The Social Media Theory of Everything
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May 11, 2024 |
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The Future of Media, Institutions, and Risk
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May 05, 2024 |
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Should We Accelerate or Decelerate Tech Progress?
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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The Future of Crypto, Social Platforms, and Descending the Tech Ladder with Mike Rainbow
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Bryan Johnson on AI, Religion, and God
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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Crypto, Memes, and Politics with Li Jin
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Curtis Yarvin on How to Build the Next NYT and Advice for Elon
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Dune/Napoleon, Apple/Microsoft, TikTok, Polyamory, and Aella’s Legacy
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Mar 23, 2024 |
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Antonio on Social Media, Journalism, and New Religions with Parker Thompson
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Will the US Have a Civil War with @WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Dan's Intellectual Journey
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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A Deep Dive on Farcaster: Past, Present, and Future
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Chris Dixon on the Future of the Internet, Crypto, and Web3
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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How to Build a Startup Now, Finding PMF, and Navigating the Idea Maze
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Feb 10, 2024 |
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The U.S. vs Europe, Bryan Johnson and Human Longevity
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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What does E/acc stand for?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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2023 Recap, 2024 Predictions, Farcaster/Turpentine updates
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Curtis Yarvin on Rufo, Harvard, FDR, and The Cathedral
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Bill Ackman, Harvard, and What Happens Next?
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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Sam Harris on Populism, Inequality, and Polarization
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Revisited: Moment of Zen's Origins with Marc Andreessen
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Dec 30, 2023 |
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Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana on Liberal Arts Debate and Saving San Francisco
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Trump/Biden, Russia/Ukraine, Israel/Palestine, and US/China
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Dec 24, 2023 |
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Balaji Srinivasan and Nathan Labenz on How AI Will Shape the Future & AI Gods
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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How Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Peter Thiel, and George Soros Reshape Society
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Who Is Beff Jezos? Beff on Being Doxxed, the e/acc movement, and Crypto & AI Crossover
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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Dominic Cummings on Elon, Techies in Politics, and New Elitism
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Dec 02, 2023 |
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OpenAI Debrief, Why Liberals Become Conservatives, and Diversity in Tech
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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The Sam Altman Episode: OpenAI, Sam's Legacy
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Balaji’s Gray Tribe, Fixing SF, and whether to start or buy a city?
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Biden vs Trump in Israel, Why Younger People Support Palestine, and Why There is No International Community
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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MoZ gets Nuke Pilled with Packy and Julia
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Antonio's Dispatch From Israel
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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Why this is BLM for Jews, unpacking the conflict, and predictions for Israel, Gaza, and Iran
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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The Hoax of the Century, Hybrid Warfare, Iran, and Israel with Jacob Siegel
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Oct 07, 2023 |
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Elon and the Border Crisis, the Case for Immigration, and the American Dream
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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Ideas from Balaji and Curtis That Changed Our Minds
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Wonks vs Proles, Post Liberalism, and Politics as Religious War with Walter Russell Mead
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Sep 16, 2023 |
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Balaji on How the Tech Tribe Can Save Our Cities - Part 2
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Balaji Srinivasan on the Tribal Lens, America’s Blunder, and His Plan to Save San Francisco
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Bull/Bear Case for Vivek and Erik’s interview with Vivek Ramaswamy
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Sep 02, 2023 |
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Crypto Hour and IQ, the Next Great Culture War Issue
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Aug 26, 2023 |
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Mike Solana on Peter Thiel, the Ideal Presidential Candidate, and Culture War Losers
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Religion, Canceled Thinkers, LARPing Liberalism, and The End of History
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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Alex Kaplan on the LK-99 Superconductor: the Drama, Democratization of Science, and Future Implications
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Noah Smith on YIMBYism, California Land Use, and the Best-Run City
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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News News Yum Yum with Marc Andreessen
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Twitter, Threads, and Remote Work with Eugene Wei
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Jul 18, 2023 |
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Threads vs Twitter, Zuck vs Elon, and Silicon Valley’s Civil War with Mike Solana
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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Affirmative Action, the Administrative State, and The Right's Victory in the Courts
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Brokenism, The Borg, and Bravery with Alana Newhouse
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Katherine Boyle and Mike Solana on Liberal Arts Debate, Tech Culture, and Saving San Francisco
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Jun 17, 2023 |
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[Bonus] Marc Andreessen and Anton Troynikov on Why AI Will Save the World
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Silicon Valley's Civil War with Nadia Asparouhova
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Jun 10, 2023 |
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Apple and Facebook, Crypto and VR, Open vs Closed Ecosystems
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Jun 03, 2023 |
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Mike Solana on Twitter under Elon, Sam Altman's PR strategy, political polarization, and The Culture War's evolution
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May 26, 2023 |
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Liel Leibovitz on Israel and US politics, the Palestinian conflict, and Israel’s future
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May 18, 2023 |
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Twitter’s new CEO, Elon’s strategy vs Sam Altman’s strategy, Liberal depression, crime and prisons
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May 14, 2023 |
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Ben Smith of Semafor on tech-media hostility, and the past, present, and future of media
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May 06, 2023 |
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On Founders, Seriousness, and American Dynamism
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Apr 28, 2023 |
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Michelle Tandler on how to fix San Francisco
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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How to pick markets, why NFTs matter, what "disinformation" is actually about
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Apr 14, 2023 |
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Mike Solana on SF politics, tech & media fights, Tik Tok policy, and AI wars
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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AI open letter debate, "pausers", and what we're all scared of with AI with Anton Troynikov, Flo Crivello, and Nathan Labenz
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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Nic Carter on Balaji's Bet, Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and the Fed's financial crisis
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Balaji Srinivasan on his $1M bet, Financial Crisis 2.0, Digital Devaluation of USD, and What Comes Next
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Mar 21, 2023 |
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How SVB Unraveled and Whether Crypto Can Fix Finance with Byrne Hobart
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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Effective Accelerationism and the AI Safety Debate with Bayeslord, Beff Jezoz, and Nathan Labenz
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why Social Justice isn't receding
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Modern cold wars with China and Russia, the new right, and tech's cultural shift w/ Noah Smith
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Why is ChatGPT so woke, the arc of tech is centralization, and explaining the cathedral w/ Brian Chau
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Low vs High Culture, legacy vs new institutions, WWE, & Lex Fridman w/ Aarthi and Sriram
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Feb 04, 2023 |
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The AI moment, AI vs crypto: a heated debate with Amjad Masad, Flo Crivello, and Nathan Labenz
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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The Realignment on Silicon Valley & DC, Trump vs DeSantis, and the future of media & politics
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Jan 21, 2023 |
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USA vs Europe, Zeihan & Fukuyama, Reforming institutions vs starting new ones, and why we started "Moment of Zen"
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Jan 14, 2023 |
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Amjad Masad on AGI as religion for nerds, history as a series of conspiracies, and religion as a foundation for raising your kids
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Marc Andreessen on Elon, Nietzsche, and America's Thousand Year Empire
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Moment of Zen E1 w/ Marc Andreessen on SBF/FTX, Twitter, and Open AI/Chat GPT
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Dec 27, 2022 |