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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

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The landmines buried in the fine print of Chicago’s new casino deal

30 Jan 2025
43m
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The banking crisis, two years later

23 Jan 2025
1h 9m
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Debanking explained

16 Jan 2025
1h 0m
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Retrospective on 2024, with Sammy Cottrell

09 Jan 2025
1h 3m
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Seeing like an outsider, with Yatharth

02 Jan 2025
1h 19m
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The future of pandemic preparedness, with Joshua Morrison

19 Dec 2024
1h 12m
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How we tax property, with Lars Doucet

12 Dec 2024
1h 9m
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Fraud levels are a policy choice

05 Dec 2024
49m
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AI, poker, and mind games, with Max Chiswick

21 Nov 2024
55m
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Boom, busts, and long term progress with Byrne Hobart

14 Nov 2024
1h 42m
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Economic growth historically accelerated from the Neolithic era through the Industrial Revolution, peaking in the mid-20th century before experiencing a relative slowdown. This stagnation is challenged by periods of intense, often irrational, optimism that drive massive investment in foundational infrastructure. While ...

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How money moves, with Erik Torenberg

07 Nov 2024
37m
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From molecule to medicine, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo

31 Oct 2024
1h 27m
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Picking Uncle Sam's pocket, with Jetson Leder-Luis

24 Oct 2024
1h 18m
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How real estate investing works with Moses Kagan

17 Oct 2024
1h 28m
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Telling the tech story

10 Oct 2024
58m
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The hundred-year-old telegram worth $5 million, with Jim McKenzie

03 Oct 2024
1h 52m
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Bits, Bytes, and Burgers with Byrne Hobart

26 Sep 2024
1h 26m
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Decisions Nobody Made, policy edition, with Dave Guarino

19 Sep 2024
1h 22m
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True Crime, banking edition

12 Sep 2024
53m
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That time we accidentally created national healthcare infrastructure, with Dave Kasten

05 Sep 2024
1h 36m
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