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Evolution designed us to die fast; we can change that — Jacob Kimmel
Is the answer already in our genome?
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China is killing the US on energy. Does that mean they’ll win AGI? — Casey Handmer
Plus, how solar fits into the next 10 years
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1:08:21
Artificial meat is harder than artificial intelligence — Lewis Bollard
“Chickens are unbeatable at converting grain into protein”
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July 2025

Sarah Paine — How Imperial Japan defeated Tsarist Russia & Qing China
Plus, the most lopsided naval battle in human history
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1:55:37
Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin became the most powerful dictator in history
The most consequential figure of the 20th century
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2:12:40
Why I don’t think AGI is right around the corner
An audio version of the original blog post
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14:00
On Kotkin's 2 volumes on Stalin - notes and questions
In order to understand Stalin, Kotkin basically wrote a whole world history of the 19th/20th century.
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June 2025

Sarah Paine 6 part July lecture series - free tickets for paid subscribers
6 new lectures from my most popular guest, 4 times over.
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A billion years of evolution in a single afternoon — George Church
The man behind the last few decades of biotech breakthroughs
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1:33:44
Why China's manufacturing economy is dominating — Arthur Kroeber
“China wants it all, and they can have it"
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2:26:43
"China is digging out of a crisis. And America’s luck is wearing thin." — Ken Rogoff
A debt shock is coming for both China and the US.
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1:36:04
Why I don’t think AGI is right around the corner
Continual learning is a huge bottleneck
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