Neal Stephenson is a sci-fi writer (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and new book Termination Shock), former Chief Futurist at Magic Leap and first employee of Blue Origin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:34) – WWII and human nature
(17:20) – Search engine morality
(21:58) – Space exploration
(38:59) – Aliens and UFOs
(47:21) – SpaceX and Blue Origin
(54:43) – Social media
(59:11) – Climate change
(1:11:00) – Consequences of big ideas
(1:15:42) – Virtual reality
(1:38:50) – Artificial intelligence
(1:53:49) – Cryptocurrency
(2:06:26) – Writing, storytelling, and books
(2:29:05) – Martial arts
(2:38:23) – Final thoughts
#176 – Robert Breedlove: Philosophy of Bitcoin from First Principles
#175 – Yannis Pappas: History and Comedy
#174 – Tyler Cowen: Economic Growth and the Fight Against Conformity and Mediocrity
#173 – Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates
#172 – Ryan Schiller: Librex and the Free Exchange of Ideas on College Campuses
#171 – Anthony Pompliano: Bitcoin
#170 – Ronald Sullivan: The Ideal of Justice in the Face of Controversy and Evil
#169 – Ryan Hall: Solving Martial Arts from First Principles
#168 – Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
#167 – Saagar Enjeti: Politics, History, and Power
#166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media
#165 – Josh Barnett: Philosophy of Violence, Power, and the Martial Arts
#164 – Andrew Huberman: Sleep, Dreams, Creativity & the Limits of the Human Mind
#163 – Eric Weinstein: Difficult Conversations, Freedom of Speech, and Physics
#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness
#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship
#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave
#159 – Richard Craib: WallStreetBets, Numerai, and the Future of Stock Trading
#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds
#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion
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