"Moment of Zen"

127 Episodes

1. [Bonus] Marc Andreessen and Anton Troynikov on Why AI Will Save the World

   Published: 6/15/2023
2. Silicon Valley's Civil War with Nadia Asparouhova

   Published: 6/10/2023
3. Apple and Facebook, Crypto and VR, Open vs Closed Ecosystems

   Published: 6/3/2023
4. Mike Solana on Twitter under Elon, Sam Altman's PR strategy, political polarization, and The Culture War's evolution

   Published: 5/26/2023
5. Liel Leibovitz on Israel and US politics, the Palestinian conflict, and Israel’s future

   Published: 5/18/2023
6. Twitter’s new CEO, Elon’s strategy vs Sam Altman’s strategy, Liberal depression, crime and prisons

   Published: 5/14/2023
7. Ben Smith of Semafor on tech-media hostility, and the past, present, and future of media

   Published: 5/6/2023
8. On Founders, Seriousness, and American Dynamism

   Published: 4/28/2023
9. Michelle Tandler on how to fix San Francisco

   Published: 4/22/2023
10. How to pick markets, why NFTs matter, what "disinformation" is actually about

    Published: 4/14/2023
11. Mike Solana on SF politics, tech & media fights, Tik Tok policy, and AI wars

    Published: 4/7/2023
12. AI open letter debate, "pausers", and what we're all scared of with AI with Anton Troynikov, Flo Crivello, and Nathan Labenz

    Published: 4/1/2023
13. Nic Carter on Balaji's Bet, Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and the Fed's financial crisis

    Published: 3/25/2023
14. Balaji Srinivasan on his $1M bet, Financial Crisis 2.0, Digital Devaluation of USD, and What Comes Next

    Published: 3/21/2023
15. How SVB Unraveled and Whether Crypto Can Fix Finance with Byrne Hobart

    Published: 3/18/2023
16. Effective Accelerationism and the AI Safety Debate with Bayeslord, Beff Jezoz, and Nathan Labenz

    Published: 3/11/2023
17. America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why Social Justice isn't receding

    Published: 3/5/2023
18. Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad

    Published: 2/26/2023
19. Modern cold wars with China and Russia, the new right, and tech's cultural shift w/ Noah Smith

    Published: 2/19/2023
20. Why is ChatGPT so woke, the arc of tech is centralization, and explaining the cathedral w/ Brian Chau

    Published: 2/12/2023