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Back to SearchPascal Lottaz: Neutrality, Geopolitics, and International Conflict — #74
Season 2
Pascal Lottaz is Associate Professor at Kyoto University’s Faculty of Law & Hakubi
Center. His research area is Neutrality Studies - the study of neutrality as a concept in international relations, so…
Published on 9 months ago
Letter from Shanghai: Reflections on China in 2024 — #73
Season 2
(00:00) - Overview: 3 weeks in China (02:33) - The China knowledge problem: Grappling with Reality (06:54) - Physics seminars in Shanghai and Beijing (15:54) - Chinese academia, challenges in scienti…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Letter from Beijing, with Han Feizi — #72
Season 2
Han Feizi is the pseudonym of a columnist for Asia Times, who covers the Chinese economy, technology, and US-China competition. The author lives in Beijing, and has an extensive background in finance…
Published on 10 months ago
Seeking Truth From Facts: Israel and Iran, Missile Defense, China Economic Development
Season 2
This is a crossover episode with the Seeking Truth From Facts podcast.
(00:00) - Iranian missile attack vs Israel and missile defense (13:10) - Is there potential for a 1973-style oil crisis? (21:41…
Published on 10 months, 2 weeks ago
Samo Burja: Intellectuals, Culture. and the Technosphere — #70
Season 2
Samo Burja founded Bismarck Analysis, a consulting firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society. He is a Senior Research Fellow in Political Science at the Foresight In…
Published on 11 months ago
Deus Ex Machina: A Man, Machines, and God
Season 2
This is a crossover episode in which https://x.com/loubohan interviews me for his podcast Deus Ex Machina.
I was obviously in an exuberant mood for this interview - it's one of my favorites!
Deus Ex Ma…
Published on 11 months, 2 weeks ago
Seeking Truth From Facts: Alf & Steve Hsu — #68
Season 2
This is a crossover episode in which Alf of the Seeking Truth from Facts podcast interviews Steve Hsu about the Chinese economy and political system, and US-China competition.
Seeking Truth From Facts…
Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago
Letter from Reykjavik: Genomics, Chess, Hyperscaling genAI, and Quantum Black Holes — #67
Season 2
This is a short episode recorded at the end of a trip to Caltech (LA), Frankfurt, and Reykjavik.
Black hole information and replica wormholes at Caltech (talk slides):
https://stevehsu.substack.com/p/b…
Published on 1 year ago
Robin Hanson: Prediction Markets, the Future of Civilization, and Polymathy — #66
Season 2
Robin Hanson is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He has worked in a variety of fields, including Physics, AI, Economics, and Futurism.
Follow him at https://x.com/robinhanson
"When …
Published on 1 year ago
China Today: Myths and Realities — #65
Season 2
Steve discusses China myths and realities with Victor, a tech founder who ran a company in Beijing for 7 years. Among the topics covered: economic growth, real estate bubble, technology innovation, h…
Published on 1 year, 1 month ago