The Lunar Society
By Dwarkesh Patel
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The Lunar SocietyFeb 24, 2022
26: Pradyu Prasad - Imperial Japan, the God Emperor, and Militarization in the Modern World
Today I talk to Pradyu Prasad (blogger and podcaster) about the book "Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan" by Herbert P. Bix. We also discuss militarization, industrial capacity, current events, and blogging.
Get the Book: https://www.amazon.com/Hirohito-Making-Modern-Japan-Herbert/dp/0060931302
Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/rsJxlybPByM
Follow Pradyu's Blog: https://brettongoods.substack.com/
Follow Pradyu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/PradyuPrasad
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Timestamps:
(0:00:00) - Intro
(0:01:59) - Hirohito and Introduction to the Book
(0:05:39) - Meiji Restoration and Japan's Rapid Industrialization
(0:11:11) - Industrialization and Traditional Military Norms
(0:14:50) - Alternate Causes for Japanese Atrocities Richard Hanania's Public Choice Theory in Imperial Japan (0:17:03)
(0:21:34) - Hirohito's Relationship with the Military
(0:24:33) - Rant of Japanese Strategy
(0:33:10) - Modern Parallel to Russia/Ukraine
(0:38:22) - Economics of War and Western War Capacity
(0:48:14) - Elements of Effective Occupation
(0:55:53) - Ideological Fervor in WW2 Japan
(0:59:25) - Cynicism on Elites
(1:00:29) - The Legend of Godlike Hirohito
(1:06:47) - Postwar Japanese Economy
(1:13:23) - Blogging and Podcasting
(1:20:31) - Spooky
(1:38:00) - Outro
25: Razib Khan - Genomics, Intelligence, and The Church of Science
Razib Khan is a writer, geneticist, and blogger with an interest in history, genetics, culture, and evolutionary psychology.
Watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/sh04dEtBAoE
Follow Razib on Twitter: https://twitter.com/razibkhan
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
Time Stamps
(0:00:05) Razib's Background
(0:01:34) Dysgenics of Intelligence
(0:04:23) Endogamy and Genetic traits in India
(0:08:58) Similar Examples of Endogamy
(0:14:28) Why So Many Brahmin CEO's
(0:19:55) Razib the Globe Trotter, Geography Expert
(0:25:04) Male/Female Genetic Variance
(0:30:04) Agricultural Man and Our Tiny Brains
(0:34:40) The Church of Science
(0:42:33) Professorship, a family business
(0:44:23) Long History
(0:52:42) Future of Human Computer Interfacing
(0:56:30) Near Future of Gene Editing
(0:59:19) Meta Questions and Closing
24: Jimmy Soni - Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the Paypal Mafia
Jimmy Soni is the author of The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OEcOUgXvz7g
Buy the book: https://amzn.to/30PqMV2
Follow Jimmy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni
Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
Timestamps:
(0:00:00) - Bell Labs vs PayPal
(0:05:12) - Scenius in Ancient Rome and America's Founding
(0:07:02) - Girard at PayPal
(0:15:17) - Thiel almost shorts the Dot com bubble
(0:19:49) - Does Zero to One contradict PayPal's story?
(0:27:57) - Hilarious Russian hacker story
(0:29:06) - Why is Thiel so good at spotting talent?
(0:34:50) - Did PayPal make talent or discover it?
(0:40:40) - Japanese mafia invests in PayPal?!
(0:44:42) - Upcoming TV show on PayPal
(0:48:11) - Musk in ancient Rome
(0:52:12) - Why didn't Musk keep pursuing finance?
(0:56:32) - Why didn't the mafia get back together?
(1:00:06) - Jimmy's writing process
23: Bryan Caplan - Discrimination, Poverty, & Mental Illness
I interview the economist Bryan Caplan about his new book, Labor Econ Versus the World, and many other related topics.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/i70j-ZCPhXg
Buy Bryan's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QF44HHG
Follow me on Twitter for new episodes: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
Check out my blog: https://dwarkeshpatel.com/
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:35 How many workers are useless, and why is labor force participation so low?
0:04:49 Is getting out of poverty harder than we think?
0:11:45 Are elites to blame for poverty?
0:15:58 Is human nature to blame for poverty?
0:20:13 Remote work and foreign wages
0:25:45 The future of the education system?
0:30:33 Do employers care about the difficulty of a curriculum?
0:34:15 Why do companies and colleges discriminate against Asians?
0:43:03 Applying Hanania's unitary actor model to mental health
0:51:40 Why are multinationals so effective?
0:54:39 Open borders and cultural norms
0:59:15 Is Tyler Cowen right about automation?
22: Richard Hanania - Foreign Policy, Fertility, and Wokeness
Richard Hanania is the President of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology and the author of Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy: How Generals, Weapons Manufacturers, and Foreign Governments Shape American Foreign Policy.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QyWs-XomCk0
But the book: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09L9Y2W7S
Follow Richard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RichardHanania
Read Richard's Substack: https://richardhanania.substack.com/
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:04:35 Did war prevent sclerosis?
0:06:05 China vs America's grand strategy
0:10:00 Does the president have more power over foreign policy?
0:11:30 How to deter bad actors?
0:15:39 Do some countries have a coherent foreign policy?
0:16:55 Why does self-interest matter in foreign but not domestic policy?
0:21:05 Should we limit money in politics?
0:23:47 Should we credit expertise for nuclear detante and global prosperity?
0:28:45 Have international alliances made us safer?
0:31:57 Why does academic bueracracy work in some fields?
0:36:26 Did academia suck even before diversity?
0:39:34 How do we get expertise in social sciences?
0:42:19 Why are things more liberal?
0:43:55 Why is big tech so liberal?
0:47:53 Authoritarian populism vs libertarianism
0:51:40 Can authoritarian governments increase fertility?
0:54:54 Will increasing fertility be dysgenic?
0:56:43 Will not having kids become cool?
0:59:22 Advice for libertarians?
21: David Deutsch - AI, America, Fun, & Bayes
David Deutsch is the founder of the field of quantum computing and the author The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/EVwjofV5TgU
Read me Contra David on AI: https://dwarkeshpatel.com/universal-explainers/
Buy The Beginning of Infinity: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0143121359/
Follow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidDeutschOxf
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Timestamps:
0:00:00 Will AIs be smarter than humans?
0:06:34 Are intelligence differences immutable / heritable?
0:20:13 IQ correletation of twins seperated at birth
0:27:12 Do animals have bounded creativity?
0:33:32 How powerful can narrow AIs be?
0:36:59 Could you implant thoughts in VR?
0:38:49 Can you simulate the whole universe?
0:41:23 Are some interesting problems insoluble?
0:44:59 Does America fail Popper's Criterion?
0:50:01 Does finite matter mean there's no beginning of infinity?
0:53:16 The Great Stagnation
0:55:34 Changes in epistemic status is Popperianism
0:59:29 Open ended science vs gain of function
1:02:54 Contra Tyler Cowen on cvilizational lifespan
1:07:20 Fun criterion
1:14:16 Does AGI through evolution require suffering?
1:18:01 Would David enter the Experience Machine?
1:20:09 (Against) Advice for young people
20: Samo Burja - Founders, Markets, & Collapse
Samo Burja is the founder of Bismarck Analysis and a Research Fellow at the Long Now Foundation. Samo writes and speaks about history, institutions, and strategy, and he is the creator of the Great Founder Theory of history.
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/q_X13jNOQTk
Samo's Twitter: https://twitter.com/SamoBurja
Subscribe to Bismarck Brief: https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com/
My twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
My blog: https://dwarkeshpatel.com/
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:17 Are individuals causally responsible for history?
0:04:34 Was Napoleon a great founder?
0:08:47 What can great founder theory predict?
0:11:17 How many live players are there?
0:15:40 Is the market full of live players?
0:18:37 How to cozy up to both sides?
0:22:58 How do you become an intellectual?
0:27:34 Aligning incentives for intellectuals
0:30:40 What makes someone a great founder?
0:39:29 Why is the centralized internet inevitable?
0:42:21 Samo and I debate odds of civilizational collapse
0:48:17 Is GDP fake?
0:56:52 The world only has 1.5 civilizations
0:59:32 Advice to effective altruists
1:02:30 Advice to young people
19: Discussing Where's My Flying Car w/ Rohit Krishnan
Rohit Krishnan is a venture capitalist who writes about "the strange loops underlying our systems of innovation" at https://www.strangeloopcanon.com.
We discussed J. Storrs. Hall's book Where Is My Flying Car?
Relevant essays from Rohit:
Review of Where Is My Flying Car: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/wheres-my-flying-car
The Small Successes Of Nanotech: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/a-progress-check-the-small-successes
Isolated Narratives of Progress: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/isolated-narratives-of-progress
Meditations On Regulations: https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/p/meditations-on-regulations-quis-custodiet
Rohit's Twitter: https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit
Buy Where Is My Flying Car?: https://www.amazon.com/Where-Flying-Car-Storrs-Hall/dp/1953953182
Timestamps:
00:00 Why don't we have flying cars?
08:09 Should we expect exponential growth?
18:13 Machiavelli Effect and centralization of science funding
27:55 We need more science fiction
32:40 The return of citizen science?
37:40 Have we grown too comfortable for progress?
42:15 Is India the future of innovation?
47:15 Is there an upper-income trap?
50:30 Forecasts for technologies
18: Byrne Hobart - Optionality, Stagnation, and Secret Societies
Byrne Hobart writes The Diff, a newsletter about inflections in finance and technology with 24,000+ subscribers.
The Diff newsletter: https://diff.substack.com/
Byrne's Twitter: https://twitter.com/byrnehobart
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Timestamps:
0:00:00 Byrne's one big idea: stagnation
0:05:50 Has regulation caused stagnation?
0:14:00 FDA retribution
0:15:15 Embryo selection
0:17:32 Patient longtermism
0:21:02 Are there secret societies?
0:26:53 College, optionality, and conformity
0:34:40 Differentiated credentiations underrated?
0:39:15 WIll contientiousness increase in value?
0:44:26 Why aren't rationalists more into finance?
0:48:04 Rationalists are bad at changing the world.
0:52:20 Why read more?
0:57:10 Does knowledge have increasing returns?
1:01:30 How to escape the middle career trap?
1:04:48 Advice for young people
1:08:40 How to learn about a subject?
17: Roger's Bacon - Using Cults to Power Science
Roger's Bacon is a pseudonymous blogger and the creator of the new Seeds of Science journal.
Seeds of Science: https://www.theseedsofscience.org/
Roger's Bacon blog: https://rogersbacon.substack.com/
Roger's Bacon Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogersBacon1
My blog: https://dwarkeshpatel.com/
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
Timestamps
0:00:05 Who is Roger's Bacon?
0:05:03 The need for scientific diversity
0:10:50 Why are our institutions so homogenous?
0:19:35 In defense of cults
0:24:05 Does innovation require isolation?
0:32:16 Diversity of institutions vs individuals
0:36:05 Can we create weird secret societies?
0:42:40 Secret longtermists and pseudonymous thinkers
0:46:50 Science needs religion
0:54:50 How contingent is science
0:59:05 Seeds of Science
1:09:50 Randomness in science
1:14:55 Why committees suck
1:21:05 Resetting institutions and reinventing ideas
1:32:30 Teaching at a STEM high school
1:53:01 Big picture thinking vs technical skills
1:58:55 Finding blindspots
2:01:57 Being realistic about the far future
16: David Friedman - Dating Markets, Legal Systems, Bitcoin, and Automation
David Friedman is a famous anarcho-capitalist economist and legal scholar.
David Friedman's website: http://www.daviddfriedman.com/
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
My blog: https://dwarkeshpatel.com
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Dating market
0:12:15 The future of reputation
0:27:30 How Friedman predicted bitcoin
0:35:35 Prediction markets
0:40:00 Can regulation stop progress globally?
0:45:50 Lack of diversity in modern legal systems
0:54:20 Friedman's theory of property rights
1:01:50 Charles Murray's scheme to fight regulations
1:06:25 Property rights of the poor
1:09:07 Automation
1:16:00 Economics of medieval reenactment
1:19:00 Advice for futurist young people
15: Sarah Fitz-Claridge - Taking Children Seriously
Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a writer, coach and speaker with a fallibilist world view. She started the journal that became Taking Children Seriously in the early 1990s after being surprised by the heated audience reactions she was getting when talking about children. She has spoken all over the world about her educational philosophy, and you can find transcripts of some of her talks on her website.
Sarah's Website: https://www.fitz-claridge.com/
Sarah's Twitter: https://twitter.com/FitzClaridge
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:23 Taking Children Seriously
05:46 Are children rational?
08:08 Coercion 14:56 Education
26:01 Authority, discipline, and passion
30:41 The psychological harm to children
33:29 Dealing with toddlers
40:08 Are we too optimistic about uncoerced children?
47:38 Why is everyone wrong about children?
53:48 Child labor
56:43 Age of consent
14: Michael Huemer - Anarchy, Capitalism, and Progress
Michael Huemer is a professor of philosophy at the University of Colorado. He is the author of more than sixty academic articles in epistemology, ethics, metaethics, metaphysics, and political philosophy, as well as eight amazing books.
In this podcast, we had a wide ranging discussion about his book The Problem of Political Authority. His newest book is an amazingly clear and fun introductory philosophy textbook titled Knowledge, Reality, and Value.
Watch this podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--xKsIgv7tE
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Buy Knowledge, Reality, and Value: https://www.amazon.com/Knowledge-Reality-Value-Mostly-Philosophy/dp/B091F5QTDS
Buy The Problem of Political Authority: https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Political-Authority-Examination-Coerce/dp/1137281650
Read his awesome blog: http://fakenous.net/
Timestamps:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:07 The Problem of Political Authority
0:03:25 Common sense ethics
0:09:39 Stockholm syndrome and the charisma of power
0:18:14 Moral progress
0:26:55 Growth of libertarian ideas
0:33:37 Does anarchy increase violence?
0:44:37 Transitioning to anarchy
0:47:20 Is Huemer attacking our society?!
0:51:40 Huemer's writing process
0:53:18 Is it okay to work for the government
0:56:39 Burkean argument against anarchy
1:02:07 The case for tyranny
1:11:58 Underrated/overrated
1:25:55 Huemer production functionl
1:30:41 Favorite books
1:33:04 Advice for young people
13: Uncle Bob - The Long Reach of Code
Robert Martin (aka Uncle Bob) is a programming pioneer and bestselling author or Clean Code. We discuss the prospect of automating programming, spotting and developing coding talent, occupational licensing, quotas, and the elusive sense of style.
Listen to his fascinating talk on the future of programming: https://youtu.be/ecIWPzGEbFc
Read his blog about programming: http://blog.cleancoder.com/
Buy his books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/ent...
0:00 Automating programming
8:40 Educating programmers (expertise, talent, university)
21:45 Spotting talent
26:10 Teaching kids
29:31 Prose and music sense in coding
32:22 Occupational licensing for programmers
35:49 Why is tech political
39:28 Quotas
42:29 Advice to 20 yr old
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12: Scott Aaronson - Quantum Computing, Complexity, and Creativity
Scott Aaronson is Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center.
He was also my professor for a class of quantum computing.
He's the author of one of the most interesting blogs on the internet: https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/
Buy his book on Quantum Computing since Democritus: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Comput...
Follow me on Twitter to get updates on future episodes and guests: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:33 Journey through high school and college
12:37 Early work
19:15 Why quantum computing took so long
33:30 Contributions from outside academia
38:18 Busy beaver function
53:50 New quantum algorithms
1:03:30 Clusters
1:06:23 Complexity and economics
1:13:26 Creativity
1:24:07 Advice to young people
11: Scott Young - Ultralearning
I had a blast chatting with Scott Young about aggressive self-directed learning. Scott is the author of Ultralearning and famous for the MIT Challenge, where he taught himself MIT's 4 year Computer Science curriculum in 1 year. Scott has some of the best advice out there about learning hard things. It has helped yours truly prepare to interview experts and dig into interesting subjects.
Please share if you enjoy!
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Scott's website: https://www.scotthyoung.com/Buy
Ultralearning: https://www.amazon.com/Ultralearning-Master-Outsmart-Competition-Accelerate/dp/006285268X/
00:00 Intro
01:00 Einstein
13:20 Age
18:00 Transfer
24:40 Compounding
34:00 Depth vs context
40:50 MIT challenge
1:00:50 Focus
1:10:00 Role models
1:20:30 Progress studies
1:24:25 Early work and ambition
1:28:18 Advice for 20 yr old
1:35:00 Raising a genius baby?
10: Charles Murray - Human Accomplishment and the Future of Liberty
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/yYtyKmPZBto
I ask Charles Murray about Human Accomplishment, By The People, and The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead.
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Read Human Accomplishment: https://www.amazon.com/Human-Accomplishment-Pursuit-Excellence-Sciences/dp/0060929642
Read The Curmudgeon's Guide: https://www.amazon.com/Curmudgeons-Guide-Getting-Ahead-Behavior-ebook/dp/B00GL3PZ0K/
Read By the People: https://www.amazon.com/People-Rebuilding-Liberty-Without-Permission/dp/0385346530
0:00 Intro
1:00 Writing Human Accomplishment
6:30 The Lotka curve, age, and miracle years
10:38 Habits of the greats (hard work)
15:22 Focus and explore in your 20s
19:57 Living in Thailand
23:02 Peace, wealth, and golden ages
26:02 East, west, and religion
30:38 Christianity and the Enlightenment
34:44 Institutional sclerosis
37:43 Antonine Rome, decadence, and declining accomplishment
42:13 Crisis in social science
45:40 Can secular humanism win?
55:00 Future of Christianity
1:03:30 Liberty and accomplishment
1:06:08 By the People
1:11:17 American exceptionalism
1:14:49 Pessimism about reform
1:18:43 Can libertarianism be resuscitated?
1:25:18 Trump's deregulation and judicial nominations
1:28:11 Beating the federal government
1:32:05 Why don't big companies have a litigation fund?
1:34:05 Getting around the Halo effect
1:36:07 What happened to the Madison fund?
1:37:00 Future of liberty
1:41:00 Public sector unions
1:43:43 Andrew Yang and UBI
1:44:36 Groundhog Day
1:47:05 Getting noticed as a young person
1:50:48 Passage from Human Accomplishment
9: Alex Tabarrok - Prizes, Prices, and Public Goods
I ask Alex Tabarrok about the Grand Innovation Prize, the Baumol effect, and Dominant Assurance Contracts.
Alex Tabarrok is a professor of economics at George Mason University and with Tyler Cowen a founder of the online education platform http://MRU.org.
Follow me on Twitter for my podcast and blog: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
Follow Alex Tabarrok: https://twitter.com/ATabarrok
Alex Tabarrok's and Tyler Cowen's excellent blog: https://marginalrevolution.com/
00:00 Intro
00:34 Grand Innovation Prize
08:45 Prizes vs grants
14:10 Baumol effect
27:50 On Bryan Caplan's case against education
31:35 Scaling education online
48:50 Declining research productivity
52:15 Dominant Assurance Contracts
58:40 Future of governance
1:04:05 On Robin Hanson's Futarchy
1:06:02 Beating Adam Smith
1:08:35 Our Warfare-Welfare State
1:19:30 The Great Stagnation vs The Innovation Renaissance
1:21:40 Advice to 20 year old
8: Caleb Watney - America's Innovation Engine
Caleb Watney is the director of innovation policy at the Progressive Policy Institute.
Caleb's Twitter: https://twitter.com/calebwatney
Caleb's new blog: https://www.agglomerations.tech/
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
My blog: https://dwarkesh.substack.com/
00:20 America's innovation engine is slowing
01:02 Remote work/ agglomeration effects
08:45 Chinese vs American innovation
16:23 Reforming institutions
19:00 Tom Cotton's critique of high skilled Immigration
22:26 Eric Weinstein's critique of high skilled Immigration
26:02 Reforming H1-B
30:30 Immigration during recession
32:55 Big tech / AI
38:20 EU regulation
40:07 Biden vs Trump
42:30 Federal R & D
47:20 Climate megaprojects
49:35 Falling fertility rates
52:20 Advice to 20 yr old
7: Robin Hanson - The Long View
Robin Hanson is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the author of The Elephant in the Brain and The Age of Em.
Robin's Twitter: https://twitter.com/robinhanson
Robin's blog: https://www.overcomingbias.com/
Robin's website: http://mason.gmu.edu/~rhanson/home.html
My blog: https://dwarkeshpatel.com/
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
00:05 The long view
15:07 Subconscious vs conscious intelligence
20:28 Meditators
26:50 Signaling, norms, and motives
36:50 Conversation
42:54 2020 election nominees
49:25 Nerds in startups and social science
54:50 Academia and Robin
58:20 Dominance explains paternalism
1:09:32 Remote work
1:21:26 Advice for 20 yr old
1:28:05 Idea futures
1:32:13 Reforming institutions
6: Jason Crawford - The Roots of Progress
Jason Crawford writes at The Roots of Progress about the history of technology and industry and the philosophy of progress.
Jason's website: https://jasoncrawford.org/
The Roots of Progress: https://rootsofprogress.org/
Jason's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
My Website: https://dwarkeshpatel.com
5: Matjaž Leonardis - Science, Identity, and Probability
YouTube link: https://youtu.be/fTfDZO-p5Fo
Matjaž Leonardis has cowritten a paper with David Deutsch about the Popper-Miller Theorem. We talk about that, as well as the dangers of the scientific identify, the nature of scientific progress, and advice for young people who want to be polymaths.
Matjaž's excellent Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatjazLeonardis
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp
My blog: dwarkeshpatel.com
4: Tyler Cowen - The Great Reset
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ayUZreGysTo
Tyler Cowen is Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University and also Director of the Mercatus Center.
0:00 The Great Reset
2:58 Growth and the cyclical view of history
4:00 Time horizons, growth, and sustainability
5:30 Space travel
8:11 WMDs and end of humanity
10:57 Common sense morality
12:20 China and authoritarianism
13:45 Are big businesses complacent?
17:15 Online education vs university
20:45 Aesthetic decline in West Virginia
23:20 Advice for young people
25:18 Mentors
27:15 Identifying talent
29:50 Can adults change?
31:45 Capacity to change men vs women
33:10 Are effeminate societies better?
35:15 Conservatives and progress
36:50 Biggest mistake in history
39:05 Nuke in my lifetime
40:35 Age and learning
42:45 Pessimistic future
43:50 Optimistic future
46:28 Closing
3: Paul Frazee (Creator of BeakerBrowser) - Building the Future of the Web
In this conversation, we discussed how BeakerBrowser is going to affect privacy, misinformation, government censorship, and innovation on the Internet. And he gave some great advice for young people interested in software.
YOUTUBE LINK: youtu.be/dQPky5DgRlI
Paul's Twitter: @pfrazee
Download Beaker: beakerbrowser.com
2: Charlie Jungheim (aka Hermes of Reason) - Reason and Emotion
The YouTuber Charlie Junghiem (aka Hermes of Reason) talks with me about inexplicit and explicit ideas, the link between reason and meditation, our political and emotional responses to COVID, and Black Lives Matter.
Charlie makes really awesome and funny YouTube videos about Popperian and Deutschian philosophy.
Follow him on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDCrUxqE3ThHrmLYsuM9fLQ/featured
and Twitter: https://twitter.com/hermesofreason
1: Bryan Caplan - Nurturing Orphaned Ideas
For the inaugural episode of the podcast, Bryan Caplan talks with me about open borders, the idea trap, UBI, appeasement, China, the education system, and his next two books on poverty and housing regulation.
Bryan Caplan is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a New York Times Bestselling author. He is the author of The Myth of the Rational Voter, Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids, The Case Against Education, and Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration.