NEXUS (Part 1): Can Democracy Survive the AI Revolution? (with Yuval Noah Harari)
Yuval Noah Harari published an essay in the New York Times the other day. “Large-scale democracies,” he wrote, “became feasible only after the rise of modern information technologies like the newspape...
16 Sep 202459min
Can We End Poverty by Just Giving People Cash?
Extreme poverty, defined as living on less than $2.15 a day, has long been seen as an intractable problem. But what if the solution is simple? What if you could eradicate extreme poverty by just givin...
12 Sep 20241h 2min
GOING INFINITE: Michael Lewis Wants to Change Your Mind About Sam Bankman-Fried
In March, when Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced founder of FTX, was sentenced to 25 years behind bars for stealing $8 billion from customers, many people saw it as just punishment for a two-faced pose...
5 Sep 20241h 11min
SUPERCONVERGENCE: Biotechnology Is About to Transform the World. Are We Ready?
Sturgeon caviar harvested in a lab. Skyscrapers made out of living materials that grow from the ground up. Computers that run on DNA. These might sound like science fiction fantasies, but our guest to...
29 Aug 202457min
ANXIOUS ACHIEVER: How You Can Turn Anxiety Into a Superpower
What are some words you would use to describe a leader? Bold, driven, steadfast. How about … anxious? You may not equate leadership with anxiety, but Morra Aarons-Mele — a writer, podcaster, and self-...
22 Aug 20241h
ON THE EDGE (Part 2): How to Get Ahead by Thinking Probabilistically
Today, Nate Silver explains why most people should take bigger risks, reveals the big thing everyone misunderstands about Sam Bankman-Fried, and makes the case that there’s anywhere from a 2 to 20 per...
15 Aug 202443min
ON THE EDGE (Part 1): Nate Silver on Politics, Poker, and Risk-Taking
You probably know Nate Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight, as the statistician with an uncanny knack for predicting election results. What you may not know is that Nate has never been comfortable ...
12 Aug 202442min
The Case for Effective Altruism
Effective altruism — the brand of philanthropy where you try to do the most good for the greatest number of people with the resources you have — has gotten a bad rap lately due to its association with...
8 Aug 20241h 12min
