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Episode 2280: Who will win the multi trillion dollar race for AI supremacy in 2025?
Yesterday, we featured a conversation between Andrew and That Was the Week newsletter publisher Keith Teare looking back at the major tech events of…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2279: Why 2024 will be remembered as the year before 2025
So how will future historians think about 2024? In tech terms, 2024 will probably be remembered as the year when AI began to become ubiquitous. Altho…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2278: Max Stier on the Essential Value of the American Federal Government
As Elon Musk continues to plot, with Trumpian glee, against the American Federal government, it is important to remind ourselves of the essential val…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2277: From “Science” to Atrocity - The Seductive History of Eugenics
The supposed “science” of eugenics is one of the most dangerous myths of the modern age. As Erik Peterson, author of The Shortest History of Eugenics…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2276: Byrne Hobart on Booms, Bubbles and the End of Stagnation
There is a counter intuitive school of thought - represented by Tyler Cowen, Peter Thiel and Marc Andreessen - which suggests that America, for all i…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2275: Jeff Jarvis on how the world has changed over the last 20 years
The iconic DLD conference will be holding its twentieth annual event in Munich next month. Founded in January 2005, DLD has hosted many of the world’…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2274: Bethanne Patrick's Favorite Non-Fiction Books of 2024
Yesterday, we ran Bethanne Patrick’s five best novels of 2024. Today, we feature her top non-fiction of the year including new books about reality te…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2273: Bethanne Patrick's Best Five Favorite Novels of 2024
Pity the novelist. In a year which brought us the unbelievable non-fiction of a second Trump victory and the establishment of Luigi Mangione as an Am…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2272: Mark Lilla on why ignorance is bliss
For all the hysteria about misinformation and disinformation, maybe we prefer ignorance. That’s the intriguing thesis of the illustrious Columbia Uni…
1 year, 9 months ago
Episode 2271: Keith Teare on why he's fallen in love with Elon Musk
It’s been coming a while. But now it’s official. Keith Teare has declared his love for Elon Musk. In this week’s THAT WAS THE WEEK newsletter, suitab…
1 year, 9 months ago