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Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

We live in a world where our civilization and daily lives depend upon institutions, infrastructure, and technological substrates that are _complicated_ but not _unknowable_. Join Patrick McKenzie (patio11) as he discusses how decisions, technology, culture, and incentives shape our finance, technology, government, and more, with the people who built (and build) those Complex Systems.

Episodes

The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out

How deposit insurance actually works

Home improvement lending with fewer bankers and more computers

Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk and systems engineering

Narrative, mastery, and character bleed in games, with Ricki Heicklen

Bits and bricks: Oliver Habryka on LessWrong, LightHaven, and community infrastructure

Building institutions that bend towards truth, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine

How blogging went legit, with Substack CEO Chris Best

Prestige media, new media, and the US government, with Kelsey Piper

AI alignment, with Emmett Shear

Building software that survives contact with reality, with Will Wilson

Defense, drones, and military procurement, with Bean of Naval Gazing

AI and the great developer speed-up, with Joel Becker of METR

How Banks Actually Work (And Don't Work)

Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser

Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney

How AI reshapes the craft of software engineering, with Yoav Tzfati

Stacking the odds: Cate Hall on agency and outlier success

Think like a trader, with Ricki Heicklen

Achieving results in the physical world, with Adam Jarvis of “Public Service”

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