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Upstream with Erik Torenberg @UCoPTBQlwUm0m7gSbBW9wN6A@youtube.com

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You’ll hear consequential ideas here first, and in the mains


01:23:48
A Deep Dive on René Girard with David Gornoski
58:55
Noah Smith on 2024 Election Strategy, American Civil Service, and Cash Benefits
01:15:56
Bret Weinstein on Evolutionary Biology, Markets, Moral Progress, and More
01:12:42
Richard Hanania on Trump's Genius, Antisemitism, and Election Predictions
01:18:14
Balaji Srinivasan and Glen Weyl on Decentralized Governance, Politics, and History
01:09:46
Mike Solana on Thinking Freely and What Tech Means for Culture
01:03:16
Noah Smith on Wokeness, Right Wing Muckrakers, and Class vs Identity
23:19
AI in the Techno-Economic War with China with Vinod Khosla, Todd Young, and Jacob Helberg
01:09:02
Bryan Caplan on Housing Regulation, Fertility, and Crime
57:03
Jonathan Haidt on Finally Fixing Social Media and Picking All the Cherries
01:02:20
E57: Noah Smith Analyzes Economies: USA, China, Japan, Russia, India, Korea, & More
01:24:59
Brian Chau on Spreading Informed AI Optimism
53:35
Why China's Universities Will Become Harvard with Samo Burja
01:06:07
Naval Ravikant and Balaji Srinivasan on Why History Points to Crypto
01:14:09
Nathan Labenz and Noah Smith on What AI Actually Means for the Economy
01:53:03
David Friedman on Anarcho-Capitalism, Utilitarianism, and Inequality
01:02:15
How We Build More Housing with Brad Hargreaves & Noah Smith
42:36
Alex Blania on Worldcoin, AGI, and Future Predictions
49:40
Igor Kurganov on the Legacy of Effective Altruism
01:04:24
Liron Shapira on the Case for Pausing AI
01:23:02
Rob Henderson on Life in Foster Care, Academia, and Beyond
57:22
Lyn Alden on How Money Works
01:31:26
Bayeslord and Nadia Asparouhova on Effective Accelerationism
57:40
Tyler Cowen on Harvard, the GOAT Economist, and Ending Stagnation
01:00:01
Richard Hanania on Wokeness, Israel-Palestine, and the Mythos of the Modern Right
01:01:38
Erik Torenberg on the Evolution of Media
01:07:58
Steve Hsu on the Future of Everything
01:21:28
Develop Your Personal Investing Strategy with Itay Vinik
02:12:10
Balaji Srinivasan and Nathan Labenz on the Future of AI, AI Gods, and AI Control
51:35
Holiday Special: Request for Startups
01:09:16
Noor Siddiqui on Embryo Screening, the Fertility Crisis, and Parenting
01:30:12
Beff Jezos on doxxing, e/acc, and why crypto will save AI
59:53
Samo Burja on Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and George Soros
59:06
Byrne Hobart on Sam Altman, Meta vs Google, and Effective Altruism
01:04:17
The Untold History of Nuclear Energy with Packy McCormick and Julia DeWahl
01:04:01
Balaji Sets The Record Straight on SBF's Downfall and the Israel-Hamas War
01:09:26
Sam Lessin on Why We’re Heading into a New Era of Venture
57:06
Aaron Ginn on the Moral Idea Maze, China, NVIDIA and GPU Revolution
01:14:46
Sense-Making, a Top 1% Information Diet, and Generation Warfare with Michael Guimarin
01:26:31
Richard Hanania Returns | Trump, the Sexual Revolution, and Immigration
01:26:23
Robin Hanson on Elites, Experts, and the Truths We Resist
46:33
Ben Horowitz of a16z on AI, the Future of Venture Capital, and Wartime VCs
01:02:42
The dominant paradigm of the 21st Century, Explained with Jon Askonas
02:11:47
Balaji on Tribalism, Cloud Cartography, Internet Values [New Content]
59:49
Emad Mostaque and Sam Lessin Debate Whether AI is a Good Investment for VC
57:43
Vivek Ramaswamy on his Presidential Run, Intellectually Oppressive Culture, Otherism
58:56
Sam Hammond on AI, e/acc, and Institutional Disruption
01:24:22
Martin Shkreli Recounts His Rise and Fall in Big Pharma
01:12:47
Economist Bryan Caplan on Non-conformity, Sex, Feminism and Homeschooling
01:24:43
Marc Andreessen on AI, Religion, SF, Fighting and the NPC Meme
50:44
Noah Smith on Econ 102 - Foreign Policy, Industrial Policy, + Reflections on Biden Thus Far
01:18:31
Agnes Callard on Dark Empathy, Being Straussian vs Being Sincere, and Philosophical Progress
02:15:41
Richard Hanania on Vivek Ramaswamy, Affirmative Action, and the Winning Agenda for 2024
01:16:55
Balaji Srinivasan on Fiat Crisis, Russia, and China
47:55
Kevin Kelly on Multiple Futures, AI, and Becoming Better Humans
01:08:58
[Bonus] Palmer Luckey of Anduril Industries on China, DefenseTech, and U.S. Policy
01:00:01
Tim Urban on Liberalism, Heresy, and Equality
01:21:10
Katherine Boyle on Building Companies, Families, and Careers
01:32:10
Sam Harris on populism, polarization, and his beef with the left and the right
01:34:59
[Bonus Episode] Moment of Zen w/ Mike Solana, Erik Torenberg and Dan Romero