Episodes (Page 2)
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Computation and explanation are universal; knowledge grows from problems.
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Good science fiction is hard to vary; ChatGPT isn't a step to AGI.
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Popper's impact on science, creative guesses, and experimental foundations.
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David Deutsch discusses the human race's unique ability for knowledge creation.
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Vitalik discusses Ethereum's community, the DAO hack, and protocol politics.
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Vitalik explains Ethereum as a platform for building any app.
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Episode: The Beginning of Infinity, Part 2
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Episode: To a Caveman Very Few Things Are Resources
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Episode: Knowledge Makes the Existence of Resources Infinite
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Episode: Groups Never Admit Failure
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Episode: Making Something Social Destroys the Truth of It
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Episode: Free Markets Provide the Best Feedback
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Episode: The Poverty of Compromise
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Innovation requires decentralization of power and decision-making rather than centralized control
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Credibility stamps like degrees and titles are increasingly unreliable indicators of competence and knowledge
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Exceptional individual thinkers who pursue original ideas create more value than masses of conventionally credentialed researchers
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In the information age, ideas and intellectual property have become the most valuable resource
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Advanced alien civilizations would seek knowledge and information rather than physical resources
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Episode: Aliens Might Just Be Too Far Away
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Episode: If You Can't Program It, You Don't Understand It