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Season 1

March 4, 2024

E68: Dan's Intellectual Journey

This discussion is from Erik's first interview with Dan from the Venture Stories podcast. Dan shares his views on scaling Coinbase, the evolution of crypto, as well as the books and influences that shaped his intellectual journey.

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March 9, 2024

E69: Will the US have a Civil War with @WhatifAltHist's Rudyard Lynch

In this conversation, Erik Torenberg and Dan Romero sit with Rudyard Lynch of @WhatifAltHist to discuss his analysis of potential future global events, such as an American civil war and a revolution in China, considering economic conditions, demographics, and societal …

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March 18, 2024

E70: Antonio on Social Media, Journalism, and New Religions with Par…

In this conversation, Erik Torenberg sits down with Antonio Garcia Martinez, founder of Spindl and author of ‘Chaos Monkeys’, and Parker Thompson, partner at AngelList, to explore the influence of social media on society.

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March 23, 2024

E71: Dune/Napoleon, Apple/Microsoft, TikTok, Polyamory, and Aella’s L…

In this episode, Dan, Erik and Antonio discuss Don Lemon’s interview with Elon Musk, the Dune 2 and Napoleon releases, polyamory, the Apple antitrust case, and fatherly advice. Happy birthday Antonio!

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March 31, 2024

E72: Curtis Yarvin on How to Build the Next NYT and Advice for Elon

Curtis Yarvin returns to Moment of Zen to talk media, regime change, censorship, and the future role of platforms like X and Reddit in reputation capital structures.

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April 7, 2024

E73: Crypto, Memes, and Politics with Li Jin

Li Jin joins Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, and Antonio Garcia Martinez. Li is the co-founder of Variant Fund and a prolific writer. This episode dives deep into crypto, web3, meme coins the attention economy and spiritual parallels.

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April 27, 2024

E76: Should We Accelerate or Decelerate Tech Progress?

Today’s episode is a debate from Bankless on the opposing viewpoints of Effective Accelerationism (E/ACC) and Effective Altruism (EA). Hosted by Ryan Sean Adams and David Hoffman and featuring Haseeb Qureshi and our own Erik Torenberg, the podcast discusses whether …

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May 25, 2024

E80: Joe Lonsdale on How to Solve America’s Problems

Today we are airing Erik's interview with Joe Lonsdale, originally published on Upstream in 2023. Joe Lonsdale is the co-founder of Palantir, managing partner at 8VC, and the founder of The Cicero Institute, a nonpartisan policy organization discusses the root …

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July 20, 2024

E88: Brand New Balaji: Trump/Biden, Jan 6

Balaji Srinivasan sits down with Erik Torenberg to discuss the massive vibe shift in Silicon Valley a week after Trump's near-assassination, tech's emerging role as a counter-elite force, why Biden is president NPC, January 6, and the role of the …

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