Infinite Loops

Jason Buck - Faith, Failure, and Finance (Ep. 316)

Chelsea Follett - Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule (Ep. 315)

Humanity is currently experiencing unprecedented levels of prosperity, yet widespread anxiety and nostalgia for an idealized past persist due to a fundamental misunderstanding of history. Life in pre-industrial eras was characterized by extreme violence, high child mortality, and pervasive physical discomfort—realities...

Mykhailo Marynenko - AI Tools That Give Creators More Control (Ep. 314)

Danielle Crittenden - Dispatches from Grief (Ep. 313)

Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)

Brian Potter - How to Fix America's Building Problem

Alex Petkas - What Ancient Greece Can Teach Us About AI and the Future (Ep. 310)

Sam Arbesman - Why Future Belongs to Curious People (Ep. 309)

Rational optimism serves as the framework for navigating rapid technological change, emphasizing that while humanity inevitably makes mistakes, iterative "piecemeal engineering" allows for consistent progress. Sam Arbesman, a polymathic researcher, argues that looking backward at forgotten technological paths—such as t...

Johnathan Bi - Why the Best Founders Might Need a Little Delusion (Ep. 308)

Polina Pompliano - What Truly Drives Successful People (Ep. 307)

Adam Mastroianni - Why Creativity Feels Like It's Dying (Ep. 306)

Arkady Kulik - The Psychology of Self-Deception (Ep. 305)

Angus Fletcher - The Biggest Mistake We Made About Intelligence (Ep. 304)

Jonathan Tepper - Growing Up in the Heroin Capital of Europe (Ep. 303)

Jonathan Tepper discusses his memoir, "Shooting Up," which chronicles his childhood experiences as the son of Christian missionaries running a drug rehab center in Madrid's heroin district. Tepper recounts the initial culture shock, his family's interactions with addicts, and the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the comm...

Paul Millerd & Jimmy Soni — The Creative Opportunities of a Boring Life (EP. 302)

Packy McCormick - How Writing Shapes Companies (Ep. 301)

Jean-Marc Daecius - The Last Human Chief of Staff (Ep. 300)

John Wang - The Man Who Built The Queens Night Market (Ep. 299)

Cliff Asness - Surviving the Meme Stock Bubble (Ep. 298)

Cliff Asness, co-founder and chief investment officer of AQR Capital Management, joins Jim O'Shaughnessy on Infinite Loops to discuss quantitative investing, market anomalies, and behavioral finance. Asness reflects on prospect theory, noting how losses affect him more profoundly than gains please him. He recounts aggr...

Tomás Pueyo — Explaining the World Through Geography, History and Data (EP. 297)