Podcast Episodes

Dan Collins: Tariffs and the Future of US Manufacturing — #85

Season 2

Dan Collins is Founder of Tyrell Chemical. He studied at Tsinghua University and spent 20 years working for companies like General Motors in China, h…

1 year, 1 month ago

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Seeking Truth From Facts: AI, China, Tariffs, Geopolitics — #84

Season 2

This episode is a co-release with the podcast Seeking Truth From Facts: https://seekingtruthfromfacts.substack.com/

(00:00) - Introduction (01:11) - C…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Incels, Evo Psych, and Modern Literature with ARX-Han — #83

Season 2

Steve speaks with ARX-Han, an anonymous writer, about his book "Incel."

(00:00) - Introduction (02:09) - Discussing the Novel 'Incel' (06:08) - Charac…

1 year, 2 months ago

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Callum Williams: Economics, AI, and Technological Progress — #82

Season 2

Callum Williams is a senior economics writer for The Economist. He was educated at Oxford, Harvard, and Cambridge, and is the author of The Classical…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Misha Laskin, Reflection.ai — From Physics to SuperIntelligence

Season 2

Misha Laskin is CEO of Reflection.ai. He was trained in theoretical physics at Yale and Chicago before becoming an AI scientist. He made important co…

1 year, 3 months ago

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Taylor Ogan, Snow Bull Capital: China's tech frontier, the view from Shenzhen, Part 2

Season 2

Taylor Ogan is Chief Executive Officer of Snow Bull Capital, based in Shenzhen, China. His firm invests in Chinese technology companies, with a focus…

1 year, 4 months ago

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Ken Liu: Art in the Age of AI — #79

Season 2

Ken Liu (born 1976) is an American author of science fiction and fantasy. Liu has won multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards for his novel translations and …

1 year, 4 months ago

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US-PRC Tech War: DeepSeek AI and 6th Generation Fighters — #78

Season 2

(00:00) - Introduction: AI, Miltech, and Balance of Power (00:32) - DeepSeek AI R1 model (02:36) - DeepSeek: top performance, 30x efficient compute (…

1 year, 5 months ago

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Jim Haslam: Covid Origins and Coronavirus Genetic Engineering — #77

Season 2

Relevant links:

Jim Haslam on X: https://x.com/jhas5Jim's Substack: https://jimhaslam.substack.com/Jim's book, "COVID-19: Mystery Solved," on Amazon: …

1 year, 5 months ago

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Joscha Bach: Consciousness and AGI — #76

Season 2

Joscha Bach is a German cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher known for his work on cognitive architectures, artificial intelligence, m…

1 year, 6 months ago

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