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The Deutsch Files IV
Oct 11, 2024 • 1h 25m
The Deutsch Files III
Feb 17, 2024 • 59m
The Deutsch Files II
Jan 26, 2024 • 1h 14m
The Deutsch Files I
Jan 11, 2024 • 54m
David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 2
Aug 11, 2023 • 34m
David Deutsch: Knowledge Creation and The Human Race, Part 1
Feb 11, 2023 • 43m
Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 2
Apr 14, 2022 • 25m
Vitalik: Ethereum, Part 1
Apr 8, 2022 • 46m
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 2
Dec 22, 2021 • 52m
To a Caveman Very Few Things Are Resources
Dec 13, 2021 • 2m
Knowledge Makes the Existence of Resources Infinite
Dec 10, 2021 • 2m
Groups Never Admit Failure
Dec 8, 2021 • 2m
Making Something Social Destroys the Truth of It
Dec 6, 2021 • 2m
Free Markets Provide the Best Feedback
Dec 3, 2021 • 2m
The Poverty of Compromise
Nov 29, 2021 • 2m
Innovation Requires Decentralization and a Frontier
Nov 24, 2021 • 2m
Don’t Rely on Credibility Stamps
Nov 22, 2021 • 1m
One Einstein Is Worth A Legion Of PhD Drones
Nov 19, 2021 • 1m
Ideas Are the New Oil
Nov 17, 2021 • 3m
Aliens Would Visit for Knowledge, Not Resources
Nov 15, 2021 • 2m
Aliens Might Just Be Too Far Away
Nov 12, 2021 • 2m
If You Can’t Program It, You Don’t Understand It
Nov 10, 2021 • 43s
The Probability of Human Existence Is Infinitesimally Small
Nov 8, 2021 • 1m
Intelligent Species Have Only Risen Once on Planet Earth
Nov 3, 2021 • 3m
Where Are the Aliens?
Nov 1, 2021 • 1m
It’s Mind Blowing That Our Minds Can’t Be Blown
Oct 30, 2021 • 2m
More Compute Power Doesn’t Produce AGI
Oct 27, 2021 • 1m
We Are Qualitatively Different From Other Species
Oct 25, 2021 • 1m
Humans Are Exceptional
Oct 22, 2021 • 2m
Genetic Evolution Was a Prelude to Memetic Evolution
Oct 20, 2021 • 2m
There Can Be No Final Theory of Gravity
Oct 18, 2021 • 3m
No Truth Can Be Justified
Oct 15, 2021 • 2m
The Beginning of Infinity, Part 1
Jul 2, 2021 • 1h 6m
Rational Optimism Is the Way Out
May 24, 2021 • 2m
Pessimism Seems Like an Intellectually Serious Position
May 17, 2021 • 1m
It’s Easy to Extrapolate How Things Will Get Worse
May 14, 2021 • 1m
We’re All Equal in Our Infinite Ignorance
May 12, 2021 • 1m
It’s Rare to Have Competing, Viable, Scientific Theories
May 11, 2021 • 2m
Science Advances One Funeral at a Time
May 7, 2021 • 1m
Make Bold Guesses and Weed Out Failures
May 5, 2021 • 2m
Theories Are Explanations, Not Predictions
May 3, 2021 • 2m
Science Is an Error-Correcting Mechanism
Apr 30, 2021 • 2m
Science Broadens Our Vision of Reality
Apr 28, 2021 • 1m
We Explain the Seen in Terms of the Unseen
Apr 26, 2021 • 1m
The Multiverse
Apr 21, 2021 • 1m
Is Light a Particle or a Wave?
Apr 19, 2021 • 3m
Probability Is Subjective
Apr 16, 2021 • 2m
We Can’t Prove Most Theorems with Known Physics
Apr 14, 2021 • 1m
Every Mathematical Theory Is Held Inside a Physical Substrate
Apr 12, 2021 • 1m
Is the Universe Discrete or Continuous?
Apr 9, 2021 • 2m
All Knowledge Is Conjectural
Apr 7, 2021 • 3m
The Methods of Mathematics Are Fallible
Apr 5, 2021 • 2m
There Is No Settled Mathematics
Apr 2, 2021 • 2m
There Is No End of Science
Mar 31, 2021 • 2m
Good Explanations Are Hard to Vary
Mar 26, 2021 • 2m
Good Explanations Are Acts of Creativity
Mar 24, 2021 • 2m
Humans Are Unique in Our Ability to Understand Things
Mar 22, 2021 • 1m
It’s Impossible to Predict the Future Growth of Knowledge
Mar 19, 2021 • 2m
People Are a Force of Nature
Mar 17, 2021 • 2m
We’re at the Beginning of an Infinity of Knowledge
Mar 15, 2021 • 2m
Happiness
Mar 12, 2021 • 27m
Read the Best 100 Books Over and Over Again
Mar 10, 2021 • 2m
We Can Have Explanations That Reach the Entire Universe
Mar 8, 2021 • 1m
Nullius in Verba
Mar 5, 2021 • 2m
This Book Changed the Way I Think
Mar 3, 2021 • 1m
Science Is the Engine That Pulls Humanity Forward
Mar 1, 2021 • 2m
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 2
Jul 15, 2020 • 30m
Matt Ridley: How Innovation Works, Part 1
Jul 9, 2020 • 29m
How to Angel Invest, Part 2
Jun 12, 2020 • 36m
The Path to Peace Is Truth
Mar 26, 2020 • 1m
Groups Search for Consensus, Individuals Search for Truth
Mar 24, 2020 • 2m
The Closer You Are to the Truth, the More Silent You Become Inside
Mar 10, 2020 • 1m
Happiness Is Peace in Motion
Mar 5, 2020 • 2m
Finding Peace from Mind
Mar 3, 2020 • 2m
Breaking Addiction is Socially Unacceptable
Feb 26, 2020 • 1m
The Modern Struggle Is Fighting Weaponized Addiction
Feb 24, 2020 • 1m
Work the Least for It
Feb 19, 2020 • 1m
Being Unhappy Is Very Inefficient
Feb 17, 2020 • 1m
If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?
Feb 12, 2020 • 2m
Desire Is a Contract You Make to Be Unhappy
Feb 10, 2020 • 1m
Happiness Is a Skill You Can Develop
Feb 3, 2020 • 1m
Happiness Is Not Science or Math
Jan 28, 2020 • 1m
Happiness Without Material Comfort Is Playing on Hard Mode
Jan 28, 2020 • 2m
Live Long Enough and You’ll Become a Philosopher
Jan 25, 2020 • 1m
How to Get Rich: Every Episode
Dec 10, 2019 • 3h 35m
How to Angel Invest, Part 1
Nov 17, 2019 • 39m
Externalities: Calculating the Hidden Costs of Products
Jul 31, 2019 • 1m
Net Present Value: What Future Income Is Worth Today
Jul 29, 2019 • 1m
Consumer Surplus: Getting More Than You Paid For
Jul 25, 2019 • 49s
Price Discrimination: Charge Some People More
Jul 23, 2019 • 1m
Compounding Relationships Make Life Easier
Jul 19, 2019 • 2m
Turn Short-Term Games Into Long-Term Games
Jul 15, 2019 • 2m
Schelling Point: Cooperating Without Communicating
Jul 12, 2019 • 1m
Kelly Criterion: Avoid Ruin
Jul 10, 2019 • 1m
Principal-Agent Problem: Act Like an Owner
Jul 8, 2019 • 6m
Envy Can Be Useful, or It Can Eat You Alive
Jun 28, 2019 • 3m
Being Ethical Is Long-Term Greedy
Jun 26, 2019 • 3m
We Should Eventually Be Working for Ourselves
Jun 24, 2019 • 4m
Accountability Means Letting People Criticize You
Jun 21, 2019 • 3m
How to Get Rich: Every Episode
Jun 2, 2019 • 3h 35m
Productize Yourself
May 24, 2019 • 1m
There Are No Get Rich Quick Schemes
May 23, 2019 • 4m
A Calm Mind, a Fit Body, a House Full of Love
May 21, 2019 • 4m
Reject Most Advice
May 20, 2019 • 2m
Eventually You Will Get What You Deserve
May 19, 2019 • 4m
Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes
May 17, 2019 • 2m
Escape Competition Through Authenticity
May 16, 2019 • 5m
Keep Redefining What You Do
May 13, 2019 • 2m
Be Too Busy to “Do Coffee”
May 8, 2019 • 4m
Work As Hard As You Can
May 6, 2019 • 5m
Set an Aspirational Hourly Rate
May 1, 2019 • 3m
Judgment Is the Decisive Skill
Apr 29, 2019 • 6m
Example: From Laborer to Real Estate Tech
Apr 26, 2019 • 5m
Pick a Business Model With Leverage
Apr 22, 2019 • 5m
Product Leverage Is Egalitarian
Apr 19, 2019 • 5m
Product and Media Are New Leverage
Apr 17, 2019 • 5m
Labor and Capital Are Old Leverage
Apr 15, 2019 • 4m
Take Accountability to Earn Equity
Apr 13, 2019 • 4m
Embrace Accountability to Get Leverage
Apr 11, 2019 • 4m
There's No Actual Skill Called Business
Apr 8, 2019 • 5m
The Foundations Are Math and Logic
Apr 5, 2019 • 3m
Read What You Love Until You Love to Read
Apr 3, 2019 • 4m
Learn to Sell, Learn to Build
Mar 31, 2019 • 5m
Specific Knowledge Is Highly Creative or Technical
Mar 28, 2019 • 5m
Arm Yourself With Specific Knowledge
Mar 25, 2019 • 6m
Partner With Rational Optimists
Mar 22, 2019 • 5m
Pick Partners With Intelligence, Energy and Integrity
Mar 22, 2019 • 4m
Play Long-term Games With Long-term People
Mar 19, 2019 • 6m
The Internet Has Massively Broadened Career Possibilities
Mar 19, 2019 • 4m
Give Society What It Doesn't Know How to Get
Mar 14, 2019 • 2m
Live Below Your Means for Freedom
Mar 11, 2019 • 2m
You Won't Get Rich Renting Out Your Time
Mar 8, 2019 • 4m
Make Luck Your Destiny
Mar 7, 2019 • 4m
Making Money Isn't About Luck
Mar 6, 2019 • 5m
Free Markets Are Intrinsic to Humans
Mar 6, 2019 • 4m
Make Abundance for the World
Mar 5, 2019 • 3m
Seek Wealth, Not Money or Status
Mar 5, 2019 • 6m
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