Podcast Episodes

Adventures in Physics, Trump, and more, with the Information Theory podcast — #75

Season 2

This episode is an interview I did with the new podcast Information Theory. The host of Information Theory is an anonymous technologist trained in ph…

1 year, 6 months ago

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Pascal 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 neut…

1 year, 6 months ago

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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…

1 year, 7 months ago

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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 B…

1 year, 7 months ago

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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 th…

1 year, 8 months ago

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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 Resear…

1 year, 8 months ago

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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 th…

1 year, 9 months ago

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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,…

1 year, 9 months ago

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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 Calte…

1 year, 10 months ago

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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 Futu…

1 year, 10 months ago

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