"Upstream" with Erik Torenberg

99 Episodes

1. E36: Beff Jezos on doxxing, e/acc, and why crypto will save AI

   Published: 12/8/2023
2. E35: Samo Burja on Sam Altman, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and George Soros

   Published: 12/1/2023
3. E34: Byrne Hobart on Sam Altman, Meta vs Google, and Effective Altruism

   Published: 11/24/2023
4. E33: The Untold History of Nuclear Energy with Packy McCormick and Julia DeWahl

   Published: 11/17/2023
5. E32: Balaji on SBF and the Israel-Hamas War

   Published: 11/10/2023
6. E31: Sam Lessin on Why We’re Heading into a New Era of Venture

   Published: 11/3/2023
7. E30: Aaron Ginn on the Moral Idea Maze, the GPU Revolution, and US-China Relations

   Published: 10/27/2023
8. E29: Sense-Making, a Top 1% Information Diet, and Generation Warfare with Michael Guimarin

   Published: 10/20/2023
9. E28: Richard Hanania Returns | Trump, the Sexual Revolution, and Immigration

   Published: 10/6/2023
10. E27: Robin Hanson on Elites, Experts, and the Truths We Resist

    Published: 9/29/2023
11. E26: Ben Horowitz on AI, the Future of Venture Capital, and Wartime VCs

    Published: 9/22/2023
12. E25: Jon Askonas on 2nd Order Effects of AI, the Media Ecology of Reality, and Conservatism

    Published: 9/15/2023
13. E24: Balaji Srinivasan on Social Tribalism, Cloud Cartography, Internet Values

    Published: 9/8/2023
14. E23: Emad Mostaque and Sam Lessin Debate Whether AI is a Good Investment for VC

    Published: 9/1/2023
15. E22: Vivek Ramaswamy on his Presidential Run, Intellectually Oppressive Culture, Otherism

    Published: 8/25/2023
16. E21: Sam Hammond on AI, e/acc, and Institutional Disruption

    Published: 8/18/2023
17. E20: Martin Shkreli on Public Vilification, Lessons from Prison, and Getting Back in the Arena

    Published: 8/11/2023
18. E19: Economist Bryan Caplan on Non-conformity, Sex, Feminism and Homeschooling

    Published: 8/4/2023
19. E18: Marc Andreessen on AI, Religion, SF, Longevity, and the NPC Meme

    Published: 7/28/2023
20. E17: Noah Smith's Reflections on Biden's First Term, Foreign Policy, and Industrial Policy - Econ 102 with Noah Smith

    Published: 7/21/2023