"Upstream" with Erik Torenberg

E141: The Bronze Age Collapse and History's Selective Memory

E140: Why Industrial Revolutions Stall

E139: America’s Tech Strategy w/ Qasar Younis, Sen. Jack Reed, and Josh Wolfe

The intersection of dual-use technology, national security, and global competitiveness defines the current landscape for AI and autonomous systems. Developing cutting-edge technology requires a nuanced approach to intellectual property, particularly when facing adversaries like China that operate without traditional IP...

E138: Palantir CEO Alex Karp & Rep. Ritchie Torres on Innovation & The West | Hill and Valley Forum 2024

E137: AI Safety vs Speed: Helen Toner Discusses OpenAI Board Experience, Regulatory Approaches, and Military AI [The Cognitive Revolution]

E136: Trump V2: Tariffs, American Dynamism, Higher Ed | Byrne Hobart

E135: The Problem With Reserve Currencies and Switching to Crypto w/ Lyn Alden [From the Archives]

134: Atheism’s Decline, Consciousness, and The New Right w/ Ross Douthat

E133: China’s Energy Problem w/ Samo Burja

E132: AI Managers, US vs China Analysis, and AI Art w/ Byrne Hobart

E131: Abundance Agenda, The New Right, and 2008 Retrospective w/ Noah Smith

E130: Elon Musk’s Network Effects and Checking in on Chinese AI w/ Byrne Hobart

E129: Dark Triad, Romantic Partner Selection, and Dating Advice w/ Rob Henderson

US-Europe Relations, How Japan Can Strengthen The Yen, and Predicting AI’s Growth Effects w/ Noah Smith

E127: The Tech Right and How The Left Can Fix Itself w/ Jon Askonas

E126: Data Center Economics and AI Energy Requirements w/ Patrick McKenzie and Azeem Azhar

E125: Palantir’s Politics, Elon’s Approach to DOGE, and AI’s Effects on Writing w/ Byrne Hobart

E124: How to Have A Philosophical Marriage w/ Agnes Callard and Arnold Brooks

E123: Trump & The Game of Populism w/ Samo Burja

E122: Victor Davis Hanson on What Trump Thinks of Zelensky and Predicting Geopolitics