Long-form interviews and conversations with tech, AI, and finance leaders (30min+)
Mark Newton predicts the market will experience a 3-5% pullback by mid-May following its historic V-shaped recovery, before rallying to new summer highs driven by improving technical breadth, resilient earnings, and typical post-conflict market patterns.
This lecture explores JEPA (Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture) as an energy-based framework for world modeling that operates in latent space rather than pixels, with Hazel Nam introducing Causal JEPA—a method using object-centric slot attention and aggressive masking to teach models physical object dynamics and interactions.
Stanford's CS25 introductory lecture traces the evolution from hand-engineered features to Transformer architectures, explaining how self-attention mechanisms enable parallel processing and long-context modeling, while exploring how billion-parameter language models develop emergent reasoning capabilities through next-token prediction on internet-scale data.
This seminar introduces 'missile-scale' robotics (~1kg) as a critical gap between micro and macro robots, demonstrating that mechanical redundancy (morphological intelligence) enables reliable locomotion in unpredictable terrain without sensors by applying Shannon's information theory to legged locomotion, while biological gait-switching strategies can overcome inherent speed limitations.
Doug Casey warns that escalating US-Iran tensions risk nuclear conflict and persistent oil supply shocks, advocating investors abandon overvalued US financial markets for physical commodities and gold as the American empire enters terminal decline.
Shopify CTO Mikhail Parakhin reveals that AI agents have achieved nearly 100% daily adoption among developers, driving a 30% month-over-month surge in PR merges that is breaking traditional CI/CD pipelines, and argues that organizations must shift from parallel token-burning agents to high-latency, critique-loop architectures using expensive pro-level models for code review.
Joe Rogan and Action Bronson discuss the practical uses of woolly mammoth ivory, explore the mysterious origins of Teotihuacan and evidence of ancient seafaring, and reflect on male fashion accessories and 1990s tattoo culture.
Jordan Peterson argues that suffering leads either to resentful corruption and atrocity or to voluntary psychological transformation and rebirth. He advocates identifying with the process of continual renewal rather than static order or chaos, supported by therapeutic relationships built on honest feedback and unconditional positive regard.
Philosopher Will MacAskill argues that the 'character' of current AI systems represents a critical lever for shaping civilization's future, as these models increasingly function as the global workforce, advisors to leaders, and confidants to billions—meaning their design determines everything from democratic stability to human moral reasoning.
Marc Andreessen argues that the internet has recreated and accelerated CNN's "randemonium" model—where media locks onto the single most compelling "current thing"—creating a global village of 8 billion people who experience reality as a continuous series of 2.5-day viral outrage cycles that make political prediction impossible while potentially reducing physical violence.
Under Kash Patel's leadership, the FBI has transformed from an independent law enforcement agency into a politically driven organization focused on immigration enforcement and media optics, with 45 current and former employees describing operational chaos, abrupt reassignments, and a crisis of mission that they fear compromises national security.
Wirecutter cleaning expert Andrea Barnes explains why dish soap is the most versatile and economical cleaner for nearly any household surface, outperforming specialized products while reducing environmental impact through multi-purpose use.