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Our Seven Trillion Dollar Future: Dave McClure & Aman Verjee Burst the AI Pessimism Bubble
Episode 3006
“Anthropic will be a $3 trillion company, SpaceX $2 trillion, and OpenAI $1 to $1.5 trillion by Q2 of next year.” — Dave McClure
Yesterday, Keith Tea…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Scarlet Summer of Our Luddite Discontent: Opening Up on AI Shame & Anthropic Watermarks
Episode 3005
“I don’t feel any shame at all recruiting an army of AI agents to help me accomplish my goals. But I think society is trying to make me feel shame.” …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Machines Will See You Now: Anmol Madan's Human Roadmap to AI Health Care
Episode 3004
“The machines today are like toddlers learning how to walk. They stumble. They’re not very good. They make mistakes.” — Anmol Madan
One in three Amer…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Roman Road to the Ruin of its Republic: Michelle Berenfeld’s Lessons from Antiquity
Episode 3003
“The Romans did that many, many times — until normal had changed so radically that there was nothing left of the republic to protect.” — Michelle Ber…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Yesterday of the Jackal: Joby Warrick Meets Carlos, the World’s Original Super-Terrorist
Episode 3002
“He’s not a trustworthy witness to his own story. Everything is ten times bigger and better than it really was — except when he was accused of crime…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
The Deadly Americans: Adam Isacson & John Walsh on MAGA's Killing Rampage in Latin America
Episode 3001
“Each one of these is individually a crime scene, and the United States is the responsible actor.” — John Walsh
With America preoccupied (as always) …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Are They Dead Yet? Sam Roberts on the Art of the Obit
Episode 3000
“Obituaries are about life, about the lives that people have lived. Death only figures in one sentence.” — Sam Roberts
This is, remarkably, episode 3…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Is Jurassic Park Playing in Silicon Valley? Renée Jones on the Unicorn Stampede in Startup Finance.
Episode 2999
“By operating in secrecy, they’re able to avoid or evade accountability — and, in many instances, engage in anticompetitive behavior or even fraud.” …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Three Deadly Days in August: James M. Scott on Truman, Hirohito & the Two Bombs That Ended the War
Episode 2998
“There is a big chasm between defeat and surrender. Surrender is inherently a political decision.” — James M. Scott
Exactly eighty-one years ago, on …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Let Them Eat Intelligence: A Silicon Valley Eulogy for the Working Class
Episode 2997
“Intelligence is 100 percent human. AI is a tool created by humans to distill, digest, and distribute intelligence.” — Keith Teare
The working class …
1 month, 3 weeks ago