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  • AGI 1
    • Mar 6, 2023 Episode 268 - Pascal's Mugging, Doomsday Clocks, and the AGI Debate
  • AI 20
    • Feb 27, 2024 Episode 314 - AI Intensified
    • Jan 4, 2024 Episode 310 - Another Year, Another Local Maximum
    • Dec 10, 2023 Episode 306 - Spotify Shrinks, OpenAI Returns, and Household Robots Emerge
    • Nov 21, 2023 Episode 304 - OpenAI Fails to Align
    • Sep 27, 2023 Episode 297 - Stephan Kinsella: The Fallacy of Intellectual Property
    • Sep 7, 2023 Episode 294 - State Chains and Copyright Claims
    • Aug 17, 2023 Episode 291 - Publishers vs Librarians, Artificial Digital Scarcity, and Revisiting Bertrand
    • Jul 25, 2023 Episode 288 - Is Artificial Intelligence a Threat to Humanity?
    • Jul 11, 2023 Episode 286 - Consciousness Bets, Reverse Turing Tests, and Display Tech
    • May 16, 2023 Episode 278 - Proof of Stake, Map Powers, and Google answer OpenAI
    • Apr 11, 2023 Episode 273 - Stop Making AI Boring
    • Mar 20, 2023 Episode 270 - Exciting and Terrifying - NYT Podcast Trashing, GPT4, and Bank Runs
    • Mar 6, 2023 Episode 268 - Pascal's Mugging, Doomsday Clocks, and the AGI Debate
    • Jan 24, 2023 Episode 262 - Category Theory, Google Responds, and Another Covid Retro
    • Jan 17, 2023 Episode 261 - Generative AI's Grand Entrance
    • Jan 10, 2023 Episode 260 - New Year Predictions: Generative AI, Self Driving Cars, and Web3
    • Jan 2, 2023 Episode 259 - New Years Thoughts
    • Dec 28, 2022 Episode 258 - Sports and AI: Jason Syversen Changing the Game with SportsVisio
    • Dec 5, 2022 Episode 255 - AI's Got Chat: The Rise of chatGPT
    • Sep 5, 2022 Episode 242 - Artificial Art, Reverse Proxies, and Extraterrestrial Dice
  • AI Art 1
    • Sep 28, 2022 Episode 245 - Axioms of Probability
  • AI Bill of Rights 1
    • Oct 11, 2022 Episode 247 - Twitter, Paypal, and Ukraine (Musk's World)
  • AI regulations 3
    • Sep 7, 2023 Episode 294 - State Chains and Copyright Claims
    • Aug 17, 2023 Episode 291 - Publishers vs Librarians, Artificial Digital Scarcity, and Revisiting Bertrand
    • Oct 11, 2022 Episode 247 - Twitter, Paypal, and Ukraine (Musk's World)
  • AI technology 3
    • Dec 10, 2023 Episode 306 - Spotify Shrinks, OpenAI Returns, and Household Robots Emerge
    • Sep 7, 2023 Episode 294 - State Chains and Copyright Claims
    • Mar 13, 2023 Episode 269 - Image Recognition Technology for Health with Susan Conover
  • AIprogram 1
    • Sep 5, 2022 Episode 242 - Artificial Art, Reverse Proxies, and Extraterrestrial Dice
  • AIproject 1
    • Sep 5, 2022 Episode 242 - Artificial Art, Reverse Proxies, and Extraterrestrial Dice
  • Academia 1
    • Oct 24, 2023 Episode 301 - Cultural Contradictions: War, Academia, and Entertainment
  • Alexa 1
    • Nov 29, 2022 Episode 254 - Alexa Disappoints, Tesla Self Drives, and Hurricane Addendum
  • Amazon 4
    • Sep 19, 2023 Episode 296 - Government vs Google and Amazon Anti-Trust
    • Nov 29, 2022 Episode 254 - Alexa Disappoints, Tesla Self Drives, and Hurricane Addendum
    • Jan 3, 2022 Episode 206 - Topics for the New Year
    • Jul 20, 2020 Episode 128 - New Urban Dynamics & Shopping Innovations Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • American civil liberties 1
    • May 22, 2023 Episode 279 - Covid and Civil Liberties
  • Apple 4
    • Jan 3, 2022 Episode 206 - Topics for the New Year
    • Oct 11, 2021 Episode 194 - Steve Jobs
    • Jan 11, 2021 Episode 153 - Decentralizing Before our Eyes
    • Jun 3, 2019 Episode 69 - Apple Unbundles iTunes, Cuba Update, and Content Distribution in the 21st century
  • Audio 3
    • Oct 26, 2020 Episode 142 - The Newest App for Augmented Reality from Foursquare, Marsbot for AirPods
    • Sep 30, 2019 Episode 86 - Audio Augmented Reality and More Metaculus Predictions
    • Dec 24, 2018 Episode 46 - The Audio Internet with Shani Offen
  • Augmented Reality 16
    • Jun 7, 2023 Episode 281 - The Mixed Reality Moment
    • Jan 31, 2022 Episode 210 - Metaverse Hype and Infinite Sets
    • Dec 6, 2021 Episode 202 - Tech Giants at their Saturation Points
    • Nov 1, 2021 Episode 197 - Industry Shifts with Meta, Rumble, and Locals
    • Aug 2, 2021 Episode 183 - The Metaverse and Digits
    • Apr 26, 2021 Episode 168 - Urban Augmented Reality with Iracema Trevisan
    • Dec 7, 2020 Episode 148 - Explaining AI, Decision Science, and Augmented Intelligence with Lisa Palmer
    • Oct 26, 2020 Episode 142 - The Newest App for Augmented Reality from Foursquare, Marsbot for AirPods
    • Dec 2, 2019 Episode 95 - Ideas and Inspiration from Gaming
    • Sep 30, 2019 Episode 86 - Audio Augmented Reality and More Metaculus Predictions
    • Aug 12, 2019 Episode 79 - Creating Virtual Worlds with Timoni West
    • Jun 17, 2019 Episode 71 - Science and The City: From Urban Theory to Mobile Apps with Tassos Noulas
    • May 13, 2019 Episode 66 - Dennis Crowley, Hypertrending at Foursquare
    • Feb 18, 2019 Episode 54 - Five G and the AI-AR-VR Connection
    • Aug 7, 2018 Episode 26 - @chrismessina on Conversational Commerce, Relationship Design, and the Future of Brands
    • Mar 27, 2018 Episode 7 - Dennis Crowley on Inspiration, Innovation, and Future Tech
  • Author 19
    • Jun 12, 2023 Episode 282 - Meganets with David Auerbach
    • Mar 7, 2022 Episode 216 - Corona-Fascism with Alu Axelman
    • Dec 27, 2021 Episode 205 - Developer Hegemony with Erik Dietrich
    • Nov 29, 2021 Episode 201 - Andrew Gelman, Statistical Insights
    • Jun 28, 2021 Episode 178 - How Design Makes the World with Scott Berkun
    • Jun 29, 2020 Episode 125 - Why We Need the Electoral College with Tara Ross
    • Jun 15, 2020 Episode 123 - Everybody Lies with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
    • May 18, 2020 Episode 119 - Advocating for Bayesian Inference with Brian Blais
    • Apr 27, 2020 Episode 116 - Cytometry and Machine Learning with Hefin Rhys
    • Feb 24, 2020 Episode 107 - Bob Murphy: Probability, Economics, and Human Action
    • Jan 13, 2020 Episode 101 - Robots Taking All Our Jobs? Antony Sammeroff’s Rebuttal
    • Dec 16, 2019 Episode 97 - Classic Computer Science Problems with David Kopec
    • Oct 7, 2019 Episode 87 - Deep Learning and AI with Mark Ryan
    • Sep 16, 2019 Episode 84 - Big Questions about the Universe with Anthony Aguirre
    • Jul 15, 2019 Episode 75 - The Market Loves You: Jeffrey Tucker on the nature of Innovation
    • Apr 15, 2019 Episode 62 - Capitalism, Competition, and Wealth: A Conversation with Denise Hearn
    • Feb 25, 2019 Episode 55 - Bitwise: A Life in Code with author David Auerbach
    • Nov 19, 2018 Episode 41 - The Presidents and Communication Technology with David Pietrusza
    • May 8, 2018 Episode 13 - Applied Artificial Intelligence with @thinkmariya
  • Axiomatization 1
    • Jan 30, 2023 Episode 263 - Relative Probability
  • Axioms 2
    • Jan 10, 2023 Episode 260 - New Year Predictions: Generative AI, Self Driving Cars, and Web3
    • Sep 28, 2022 Episode 245 - Axioms of Probability
  • Bayesian 44
    • Aug 8, 2022 Episode 238 - New York Times Finally Against Censorship
    • Jul 25, 2022 Episode 236 - Alzheimer's Research Setback and Facebook News Demoted
    • Jun 6, 2022 Episode 229 - Fun with Bayesian Statistics with Will Kurt
    • Jun 6, 2022 Episode 228 - All Things Bayesian
    • Mar 21, 2022 Episode 218 - Sampling Bias Correction
    • Jan 10, 2022 Episode 207 - Max Returns with Priors
    • Nov 29, 2021 Episode 201 - Andrew Gelman, Statistical Insights
    • Oct 18, 2021 Episode 195 - Why We Sample
    • May 10, 2021 Episode 170 - Bayesian Inference Regulations and Network Algorithms
    • Mar 1, 2021 Episode 160 - Digital Art, Tokens, and Rationalists
    • Nov 30, 2020 Episode 147 - Joining Locals, Media Decline, and Digital Detox
    • Nov 16, 2020 Episode 145 - What Is Probability? A Philosophical Question with Practical Implications
    • Oct 12, 2020 Episode 140 - Why the US Election Polls Are Tricky with Alex Andorra
    • Sep 22, 2020 Episode 137 - Bayesian COVID Tests, Topological Computation & How the Electoral College Votes
    • Aug 3, 2020 Episode 130 - Walking on a Tightrope: How Politics Impacts the the Scientific Community
    • May 18, 2020 Episode 119 - Advocating for Bayesian Inference with Brian Blais
    • May 11, 2020 Episode 118 - Learning vs Memorization, Bitcoin Halvening, and Antibody Tests
    • Apr 20, 2020 Episode 115 - Surprises in the Coronavirus Models
    • Mar 16, 2020 Episode 110 - Pandemic Update! Media Overload, Symptom Distribution, Estimating Fatality Rate
    • Mar 2, 2020 Episode 108 - What is Probability, Bloomberg vs Bernie on Boards, and Password Guessing
    • Feb 24, 2020 Episode 107 - Bob Murphy: Probability, Economics, and Human Action
    • Feb 10, 2020 Episode 105 - Joys of Bayes, Belief Networks, and Aerodynamics with Sophie Carr
    • Jan 20, 2020 Episode 102 - Logical Induction, Building Ordinals, and Compounding Errors
    • Jan 7, 2020 Episode 100 - Milestones, Questions, and Wisdom from the First Hundred Episodes
    • Dec 23, 2019 Episode 98 - Bayesian Stats and Political Trends with Alexandre Andorra
    • Dec 9, 2019 Episode 96 - Climate Protests, Pascal’s Wager, and the Duplicitous Science Press
    • Nov 25, 2019 Episode 94 - Dividing By Zero, Infinite Ratios, and Ice Cream Sales
    • Nov 18, 2019 Episode 93 - Innovation, Consolidation, and Entrenched Industry Doctrines
    • Oct 14, 2019 Episode 88 - Occam's Razor, Hanlon's Razor, and Layers of Conspiracy
    • Aug 26, 2019 Episode 81 - Junk Science, Click Bait, and Meaningless Experiments
    • Aug 5, 2019 Episode 78 - Bayesian Thinking: Flat Earth Priors, The Mises Brothers, and Curb Your Analogy
    • Jul 8, 2019 Episode 74 - Gerrymander USA, The End of Civilization, and Monkey Business
    • May 6, 2019 Episode 65 - The chance of something that has never happened before
    • Feb 4, 2019 Episode 52 - A Look Back at Foursquare, What's Next, and Superuser Shoutout
    • Sep 11, 2018 Episode 31 - The Problem of Causality with @ShirinMojarad
    • Aug 17, 2018 Episode 27 - Big Algorithm, Fat Tails, and Converging Priors
    • Aug 7, 2018 Episode 26 - @chrismessina on Conversational Commerce, Relationship Design, and the Future of Brands
    • Aug 4, 2018 Episode 25 - The Great Twitter Purge of 2018
    • Jul 11, 2018 Episode 22 - Bayes Rulez, Death to P-Hacking
    • Jul 9, 2018 Episode 21 - Probability, Belief, and The Truth
    • May 29, 2018 Episode 16 - Overfitting Toddlers and Underfitting Curmudgeons
    • Mar 6, 2018 Episode 4 - Codebreaking, Bizarro Harry Potter, and the Proper Way to Gerrymander
    • Feb 13, 2018 Episode 1 - Bayesian Analysis of the Hawaii Missile Scare
    • Feb 6, 2018 Episode 0 - The great beginning, and how to Update your Beliefs
  • Bernoulli’s Fallacy 1
    • Feb 27, 2023 Episode 267 - Bernoulli's Fallacy with Aubrey Clayton
  • Biden administration 1
    • Oct 11, 2022 Episode 247 - Twitter, Paypal, and Ukraine (Musk's World)
  • Big Data and Privacy 11
    • May 23, 2022 Episode 227 - Deepmind's Gato and Dreams of Human Level Artificial Intelligence
    • May 9, 2022 Episode 225 - The Tsunami Arrives and Architecture Astronauts
    • Feb 7, 2022 Episode 211 - Competition, Consolidation, and Shock
    • Nov 29, 2021 Episode 201 - Andrew Gelman, Statistical Insights
    • Sep 20, 2021 Episode 191 - Tracking Big Trends with Ed McCormack
    • Sep 13, 2021 Episode 190 - Layers in Truth Seeking, Smart Toilets, and Set Theory Counting
    • Jul 19, 2021 Episode 181 - Redacting your Secrets
    • May 31, 2021 Episode 174 - Jeremy Kauffman, CEO of Odysee and LBRY for Decentralized Video
    • May 17, 2021 Episode 171 - Ransomware, Security First, and Crypto-corporations
    • Jun 15, 2020 Episode 123 - Everybody Lies with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
    • Apr 13, 2020 Episode 114 - Biden joins the Podoverse, The Market for Credibility, and Smart Toilets
  • Bitcoin and Crypto 54
    • Apr 21, 2024 Episode 316 - Forty
    • Jan 4, 2024 Episode 310 - Another Year, Another Local Maximum
    • Jul 4, 2022 Episode 233 - Crypto Winter Raging
    • May 9, 2022 Episode 225 - The Tsunami Arrives and Architecture Astronauts
    • May 2, 2022 Episode 224 - Living on Crypto with Joel Valenzuela
    • Mar 3, 2022 Episode 215 - Polina Shevchenko: Growing up in Donetsk
    • Feb 28, 2022 Episode 214 - War in Ukraine, New York Times Bias
    • Feb 14, 2022 Episode 212 - Bitcoin and the Lightning Network with Guy Swann
    • Jan 31, 2022 Episode 210 - Metaverse Hype and Infinite Sets
    • Jan 17, 2022 Episode 208 - Bitcoin and the Fourth Turning with Brandon Quittem
    • Nov 1, 2021 Episode 197 - Industry Shifts with Meta, Rumble, and Locals
    • Sep 20, 2021 Episode 191 - Tracking Big Trends with Ed McCormack
    • Aug 23, 2021 Episode 186 - Cubans embrace Bitcoin amidst Monetary Oppression, and the Last Jew in Afghanistan
    • Aug 9, 2021 Episode 184 - Academic Freedom, Crypto Regs, and Security Devices
    • Jun 21, 2021 Episode 177 - Lessons from Past Predictions on Autonomous Vehicles, Bitcoin, Covid, and Decentralization
    • Jun 7, 2021 Episode 175 - Predictions Panel on Decentralization, Language Models, and Post-COVID
    • May 31, 2021 Episode 174 - Jeremy Kauffman, CEO of Odysee and LBRY for Decentralized Video
    • May 17, 2021 Episode 171 - Ransomware, Security First, and Crypto-corporations
    • Apr 19, 2021 Episode 167 - Blockchain Rising: Wordproof and DeFi
    • Apr 5, 2021 Episode 165 - Peter McCormack of the What Bitcoin Did Podcast
    • Mar 29, 2021 Episode 164 - Anne Griffin on Attracting Employers and AI Product
    • Mar 22, 2021 Episode 163 - Flying Cars, Causality, and Digital Art Storage Concerns
    • Mar 1, 2021 Episode 160 - Digital Art, Tokens, and Rationalists
    • Feb 8, 2021 Episode 157 - Financial Tsunami on the Horizon
    • Jan 18, 2021 Episode 154 - Googlezon
    • Jan 11, 2021 Episode 153 - Decentralizing Before our Eyes
    • Dec 21, 2020 Episode 150 - City Living, Waymo Driving, Protein Folding, and Bitcoin Popping
    • Oct 5, 2020 Episode 139 - Coinbase Goes Apolitical, Libra Languishes, and Deepfakes Rise
    • Jun 1, 2020 Episode 121 - The Tumultuous Week
    • Apr 6, 2020 Episode 113 - Quarantined Predictions Panel discusses Telemedicine, Virtual Reality, and Urbanization
    • Mar 30, 2020 Episode 112 - Naomi Brockwell on Coronavirus Coverage, Encryption Laws, and Internet Freedom
    • Feb 17, 2020 Episode 106 - Incredible Map Tech, Venezuela 1% Free, and The 4 Crypto Seasons
    • Feb 3, 2020 Episode 104 - Connected Cars, Coronavirus, and Communication: Privacy under assault in Digital Age
    • Dec 30, 2019 Episode 99 - Tech Trends of the 2010s
    • Oct 21, 2019 Episode 89 - Building Liberland! How to claim Your own Sovereign Territory.
    • Sep 9, 2019 Episode 83 - Bitcoin Energy Alarmists, Musk and Ma in Different AI Universes, and Gab picks a fight
    • Jul 22, 2019 Episode 76 - Bitcoin and Google Invade Politics
    • Jul 15, 2019 Episode 75 - The Market Loves You: Jeffrey Tucker on the nature of Innovation
    • Jun 24, 2019 Episode 72 - Voting Power, Consortiums, and Facebook's Currency
    • Jun 10, 2019 Episode 70 - Centralizers vs Extremists and an Ode to the Podoverse
    • Mar 25, 2019 Episode 59 - Internet in Cuba, Bitcoin in Venezuela
    • Jan 21, 2019 Episode 50 - Gatekeepers Bypassed, Anonymous Tips, and Facebook's Familiar Frustrations
    • Jan 7, 2019 Episode 48 - Chasing the Perfect Voting System with Daniel Kronovet
    • Nov 12, 2018 Episode 40 - Charlie Oliver on Tech 2025, Open and Thought Provoking Conversations about our Near Future
    • Oct 29, 2018 Episode 38 - Predictions Panel on Virtual Services, Rise of the Outer Suburbs, and Zombie Coins
    • Oct 23, 2018 Episode 37 - Naomi Brockwell on Blockchain Tech and Producing for YouTube and TV
    • Sep 18, 2018 Episode 32 - Woohoo no work!
    • Aug 28, 2018 Episode 29 - Bitcoin, Blockchain, and Decentralization with @clydevanel of the New York State Assembly
    • May 29, 2018 Episode 16 - Overfitting Toddlers and Underfitting Curmudgeons
    • May 15, 2018 Episode 14 - Robot Communism Sucks, and AI on line one
    • Apr 24, 2018 Episode 11 - Max Speaks @ The Yale Computer Society
    • Apr 3, 2018 Episode 8 - Bad Ideas, the Power of Suggestion, and Marsbot
    • Mar 20, 2018 Episode 6 - Facebook Data and the Election, Decentralization to the Rescue
    • Mar 13, 2018 Episode 5 - Christian Lundkvist on Ethereum, Bitcoin, and Smart Contracts
  • Brooklyn Tornado 1
    • Nov 14, 2022 Episode 252 - Hurricane Sandy Ten Years On
  • CEO 1
    • Feb 6, 2023 Episode 264 - Talking Tik Tok, Privacy, and Propaganda with Adam Kovacevich
  • CQL Querying Language 1
    • Sep 12, 2022 Episode 243 - Eric Daimler on Conexus and Category Theory
  • Career 8
    • Jun 6, 2022 Episode 229 - Fun with Bayesian Statistics with Will Kurt
    • Dec 27, 2021 Episode 205 - Developer Hegemony with Erik Dietrich
    • Mar 29, 2021 Episode 164 - Anne Griffin on Attracting Employers and AI Product
    • Aug 10, 2020 Episode 131 - Rethinking Management Structures in the Remote Work Era with Jeff Meyerson
    • Jul 29, 2019 Episode 77 - Competitive Foosball
    • Apr 29, 2019 Episode 64 - Pro Tips for Your Resume with Marc Cenedella
    • Apr 22, 2019 Episode 63 - Transfer Learning, Career Cliffs, and Investing for the Future with Bethany Crystal of USV
    • May 22, 2018 Episode 15 - Poke, Chipotle, Green Needle: Data to Headline with @sarahspagnolo
  • Category Theory 2
    • Sep 12, 2022 Episode 243 - Eric Daimler on Conexus and Category Theory
    • Nov 23, 2020 Episode 146 - Math, Language, and Intelligence with Tai-Danae Bradley
  • Causality 9
    • Nov 29, 2021 Episode 201 - Andrew Gelman, Statistical Insights
    • Mar 22, 2021 Episode 163 - Flying Cars, Causality, and Digital Art Storage Concerns
    • May 25, 2020 Episode 120 - The Reopening: Confounders, Colliders, and Simpson’s Paradox
    • Mar 9, 2020 Episode 109 - Experimental Design with Adam Kapelner
    • Dec 9, 2019 Episode 96 - Climate Protests, Pascal’s Wager, and the Duplicitous Science Press
    • Aug 26, 2019 Episode 81 - Junk Science, Click Bait, and Meaningless Experiments
    • May 20, 2019 Episode 67 - Social Credit Scores and Re-education Camps in China
    • Mar 11, 2019 Episode 57 - Data Science, Analogies, and Nearest Neighbors
    • Sep 11, 2018 Episode 31 - The Problem of Causality with @ShirinMojarad
  • Cellular Automata 1
    • Apr 25, 2024 Episode 317 - Cellular Automata and Artificial Life
  • Chamber of Progress 1
    • Feb 6, 2023 Episode 264 - Talking Tik Tok, Privacy, and Propaganda with Adam Kovacevich
  • Columbia Conferences 1
    • Apr 24, 2023 Episode 275 - Connecticut Chronicles, Columbia Conferences & Questioning Bots
  • Comedy 5
    • Dec 18, 2023 Episode 308 - Generations, Awakenings, and Gen X Comedy
    • Jan 10, 2022 Episode 207 - Max Returns with Priors
    • Aug 17, 2020 Episode 132 - Podcasting, Politics & Porch Tours: Catching Up with Rob Bernstein
    • Dec 31, 2018 Episode 47 - Max on Stage with the Year in Review
    • Jun 5, 2018 Episode 17 - Comedy and Big Data Mixed Up with @robbiethefire
  • Conexus 1
    • Sep 12, 2022 Episode 243 - Eric Daimler on Conexus and Category Theory
  • Connecticut 1
    • Apr 24, 2023 Episode 275 - Connecticut Chronicles, Columbia Conferences & Questioning Bots
  • Constitution 6
    • Jan 4, 2024 Episode 310 - Another Year, Another Local Maximum
    • Dec 14, 2023 Episode 307 - The Constitution and Shifting Language
    • Sep 12, 2023 Episode 295 - Rewriting the Constitution: Did the Founders Screw up the Senate
    • Jul 3, 2023 Episode 285 - Max Changes the Constitution Part III
    • Jun 27, 2023 Episode 284 - Max Changes the Constitution Part II
    • Jun 20, 2023 Episode 283 - Max Changes the Constitution, Part I
  • Contemporary Civilization 1
    • Apr 3, 2023 Episode 272 - Data Science History with Chris Wiggins and Matthew Jones
  • Content Moderation and Censorship 51
    • Aug 8, 2022 Episode 238 - New York Times Finally Against Censorship
    • Jul 25, 2022 Episode 236 - Alzheimer's Research Setback and Facebook News Demoted
    • May 17, 2022 Episode 226 - Podcasting 2.0 with Adam Curry
    • Apr 25, 2022 Episode 223 - Elon's Twitter Takeover
    • Apr 4, 2022 Episode 220 - Twitter's Musk Factor, Chat Bot Intelligence, and Pizza
    • Feb 7, 2022 Episode 211 - Competition, Consolidation, and Shock
    • Jan 25, 2022 Episode 209 - Wiped Off the Face of the Internet
    • Jan 3, 2022 Episode 206 - Topics for the New Year
    • Dec 20, 2021 Episode 204 - Free Speech, Moderation, and Censorship with Johnny Nelson
    • Dec 6, 2021 Episode 202 - Tech Giants at their Saturation Points
    • Nov 1, 2021 Episode 197 - Industry Shifts with Meta, Rumble, and Locals
    • Oct 26, 2021 Episode 196 - Viking Tree Rings and the Prospects of a Trump Social
    • Sep 20, 2021 Episode 191 - Tracking Big Trends with Ed McCormack
    • Sep 13, 2021 Episode 190 - Layers in Truth Seeking, Smart Toilets, and Set Theory Counting
    • Aug 9, 2021 Episode 184 - Academic Freedom, Crypto Regs, and Security Devices
    • Jun 21, 2021 Episode 177 - Lessons from Past Predictions on Autonomous Vehicles, Bitcoin, Covid, and Decentralization
    • Jun 7, 2021 Episode 175 - Predictions Panel on Decentralization, Language Models, and Post-COVID
    • Mar 22, 2021 Episode 163 - Flying Cars, Causality, and Digital Art Storage Concerns
    • Mar 15, 2021 Episode 162 - Assaf Lev: Cofounder and CEO of Locals
    • Mar 8, 2021 Episode 161 - Fighting for Free Speech with Sam Jacobs
    • Jan 25, 2021 Episode 155 - Why Oppose Censorship
    • Jan 18, 2021 Episode 154 - Googlezon
    • Jan 11, 2021 Episode 153 - Decentralizing Before our Eyes
    • Nov 30, 2020 Episode 147 - Joining Locals, Media Decline, and Digital Detox
    • Nov 2, 2020 Episode 143 - One Last Episode Before the US Presidential Election
    • Oct 19, 2020 Episode 141 - How Social Media Censorship Affects Your Election Information Diet
    • Jun 22, 2020 Episode 124 - Socials in the Fact Checking Business
    • Jun 1, 2020 Episode 121 - The Tumultuous Week
    • Mar 30, 2020 Episode 112 - Naomi Brockwell on Coronavirus Coverage, Encryption Laws, and Internet Freedom
    • Mar 23, 2020 Episode 111 - Covid Data Deluge, Zoombombing, and Wager Math
    • Jan 27, 2020 Episode 103 - Dave Rubin on Launching Locals and Taking Power back from Big Tech
    • Dec 30, 2019 Episode 99 - Tech Trends of the 2010s
    • Nov 18, 2019 Episode 93 - Innovation, Consolidation, and Entrenched Industry Doctrines
    • Nov 12, 2019 Episode 92 - Political Game Theory and Self Driving Drama
    • Aug 19, 2019 Episode 80 - Tumblr and Fall: Challenges for the Quirky and Creative Platform
    • Jul 22, 2019 Episode 76 - Bitcoin and Google Invade Politics
    • Jun 10, 2019 Episode 70 - Centralizers vs Extremists and an Ode to the Podoverse
    • May 20, 2019 Episode 67 - Social Credit Scores and Re-education Camps in China
    • May 6, 2019 Episode 65 - The chance of something that has never happened before
    • Apr 8, 2019 Episode 61 - Facebook vs Capitalism
    • Mar 25, 2019 Episode 59 - Internet in Cuba, Bitcoin in Venezuela
    • Mar 4, 2019 Episode 56 - True News, Fake Faces, and Adversarial Algorithms
    • Jan 21, 2019 Episode 50 - Gatekeepers Bypassed, Anonymous Tips, and Facebook's Familiar Frustrations
    • Dec 10, 2018 Episode 44 - Ranking Foursquare Tips with Enrique Cruz
    • Sep 25, 2018 Episode 33 – Ads, Bias, Censorship, Democracy
    • Aug 22, 2018 Episode 28 - Alex Jones, Jack Dorsey, and the Censorious Social Media Reporters
    • Aug 17, 2018 Episode 27 - Big Algorithm, Fat Tails, and Converging Priors
    • Aug 4, 2018 Episode 25 - The Great Twitter Purge of 2018
    • Jul 11, 2018 Episode 22 - Bayes Rulez, Death to P-Hacking
    • Apr 24, 2018 Episode 10 - Zuckerberg Testifies, The Great Moderation War Continues
    • Apr 10, 2018 Episode 9 - Fixing Facebook and Lindy's Law
  • Copyright 4
    • Jan 4, 2024 Episode 310 - Another Year, Another Local Maximum
    • Sep 27, 2023 Episode 297 - Stephan Kinsella: The Fallacy of Intellectual Property
    • Sep 7, 2023 Episode 294 - State Chains and Copyright Claims
    • Aug 22, 2023 Episode 292 - Copyright Clashes, Literary Science, and Rational Distributions
  • Coronavirus 16
    • Mar 7, 2022 Episode 216 - Corona-Fascism with Alu Axelman
    • Jan 25, 2022 Episode 209 - Wiped Off the Face of the Internet
    • Apr 12, 2021 Episode 166 - Lockdown Memory Holes and Rates of Return
    • Sep 22, 2020 Episode 137 - Bayesian COVID Tests, Topological Computation & How the Electoral College Votes
    • Jun 15, 2020 Episode 123 - Everybody Lies with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
    • Jun 8, 2020 Episode 122 - What are we going through?
    • May 25, 2020 Episode 120 - The Reopening: Confounders, Colliders, and Simpson’s Paradox
    • May 11, 2020 Episode 118 - Learning vs Memorization, Bitcoin Halvening, and Antibody Tests
    • May 4, 2020 Episode 117 - A.I. Hype and the Expert Problem with Christian Hubbs
    • Apr 20, 2020 Episode 115 - Surprises in the Coronavirus Models
    • Apr 6, 2020 Episode 113 - Quarantined Predictions Panel discusses Telemedicine, Virtual Reality, and Urbanization
    • Mar 30, 2020 Episode 112 - Naomi Brockwell on Coronavirus Coverage, Encryption Laws, and Internet Freedom
    • Mar 23, 2020 Episode 111 - Covid Data Deluge, Zoombombing, and Wager Math
    • Mar 16, 2020 Episode 110 - Pandemic Update! Media Overload, Symptom Distribution, Estimating Fatality Rate
    • Feb 17, 2020 Episode 106 - Incredible Map Tech, Venezuela 1% Free, and The 4 Crypto Seasons
    • Feb 3, 2020 Episode 104 - Connected Cars, Coronavirus, and Communication: Privacy under assault in Digital Age
  • Corporate Governance 1
    • Apr 25, 2022 Episode 223 - Elon's Twitter Takeover
  • Covid 2
    • May 22, 2023 Episode 279 - Covid and Civil Liberties
    • Jan 24, 2023 Episode 262 - Category Theory, Google Responds, and Another Covid Retro
  • Culture 1
    • Oct 24, 2023 Episode 301 - Cultural Contradictions: War, Academia, and Entertainment
  • Decentralization 5
    • Aug 15, 2022 Episode 239 - Local Maximum Tech Retreat Panel
    • May 17, 2022 Episode 226 - Podcasting 2.0 with Adam Curry
    • Apr 18, 2022 Episode 222 - Techno-Pessimism in the Stupid Ages
    • Feb 7, 2022 Episode 211 - Competition, Consolidation, and Shock
    • Dec 6, 2021 Episode 202 - Tech Giants at their Saturation Points
  • Deepfake 2
    • May 10, 2021 Episode 170 - Bayesian Inference Regulations and Network Algorithms
    • Oct 5, 2020 Episode 139 - Coinbase Goes Apolitical, Libra Languishes, and Deepfakes Rise
  • Democracy vs Monarchy 1
    • Dec 20, 2022 Episode 257 - Lessons from the Debate with Gene Epstein
  • Dental Tech 1
    • Aug 2, 2023 Episode 289 - Revamping Dental Tech with Melissa LuVisi
  • Design 1
    • Jun 28, 2021 Episode 178 - How Design Makes the World with Scott Berkun
  • Doomsday Clocks 1
    • Mar 6, 2023 Episode 268 - Pascal's Mugging, Doomsday Clocks, and the AGI Debate
  • ESG 1
    • Jul 18, 2023 Episode 287 - The Rise and Fall of ESG with Peter Earle

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