Long-form interviews and conversations with tech, AI, and finance leaders (30min+)
Jamie Dimon argues that CEOs must engage in public policy beyond narrow corporate interests to strengthen America, warning that unchecked deficits and geopolitical conflicts like Iran pose severe economic risks while AI investment could fundamentally transform the future of work.
Surgeons and former insurance executives debate whether health insurers prioritize profits over patients, revealing systemic tensions between cost-containment protocols and clinical judgment while exposing massive administrative waste and opacity in American healthcare pricing.
China and Pakistan propose a five-point peace plan for the Iran conflict while China simultaneously launches trade investigations against the US, creating diplomatic tensions just weeks before a planned Trump-Xi summit.
Veteran diplomat Nicholas Burns explains how domestic politics shapes foreign policy effectiveness, warns against the politicization of the nonpartisan civil service, and argues that alliances remain America's greatest strategic multiplier against China—a relationship currently endangered by diplomatic ruptures with traditional partners.
Andy Schectman details unprecedented physical delivery demands draining COMEX inventories, with sovereign entities likely accumulating gold and silver at historic rates while suppressed paper prices misdirect retail investors, creating conditions for a potential systemic liquidity crisis.
Brett Heath predicts a 'soft default' on US debt within 2-3 years as $40 trillion in debt becomes unsustainable, driving central banks to abandon US treasuries for gold as the new global reserve asset.
NVIDIA Research reveals architectural breakthroughs targeting 16,000 tokens/sec inference speeds through radical data movement reduction, while recounting how the 500-person team previously pioneered the company's AI, networking, and ray tracing transformations.
Jordan Peterson examines Jean Piaget's genetic epistemology to demonstrate that human consciousness is fundamentally embodied and action-oriented rather than passively perceptual, while arguing that the modern crisis of meaning stems from science undermining religious structures without replacement, and that the personality trait of conscientiousness—specifically industriousness and orderliness—is the strongest predictor of long-term success.
Macro strategist Jim Welsh maintains his bearish S&P 500 outlook, predicting a further drop to 6,000-6,200 driven by unresolved Middle East escalation and technical downtrend patterns, while advising investors to stay defensive and raise cash ahead of volatile oil and gold price swings.
As the U.S. wages war against Iran without consulting NATO allies, European nations are refusing to join offensive operations due to strategic skepticism and Iraq-era trauma, even as they are economically dragged into the conflict through skyrocketing energy costs and the blocked Strait of Hormuz.
Anduril CEO Trey Stephens and Palantir's Sean Sankar argue that rebuilding America's defense requires moving away from specialized defense contractors toward a dual-use industrial model that leverages Silicon Valley's product-led approach and private capital to close dangerous manufacturing gaps with China.
Dr. Dacher Keltner explains how awe provides measurable health benefits like reduced inflammation and improved vagal tone, while exploring the expansion of emotion science from six basic facial expressions to over twenty distinct states, and the complex relationship between emotional feelings, motor patterns, and language.