[Bonus Episode] Moment of Zen w/ Mike Solana, Erik Torenberg and Dan Romero

We're excited to introduce Upstream listeners to Moment of Zen, a weekly podcast hosted by Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez, and additional guests. This episode features special guest Mike Solana, Editor in Chief of Pirate Wires (https://www.piratewires.com/) in conversation with Erik and Dan. They cover the recent AI congressional hearings, The Culture War's evolution, Twitter under Elon, and much more. If you’re looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/UPSTREAM

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MoZ's first episode from Dec '22 featured Marc Andreessen and other guests who have appeared on MoZ include: Balaji Srinivasan, Katherine Boyle, Amjad Masad, Nic Carter, Noah Smith, Michelle Tandler, Byrne Hobart, and more.

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LINKS:

Mike Solana's Interview with Grimes (https://www.piratewires.com/p/base-reality-an-interview-with-grimes-6b3)

Dan's sci-fi book recommendation: Delta-v by Daniel Suarez

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Introduction to this episode of Moment of Zen

(00:48) On what Mike Solana would say to Congress about AI

(08:00) Contrasting Zuck, Brian Armstrong, and Sam Altman’s approach to regulation

(14:20) Sponsor: Secureframe

(16:30) AI doomerism is just marketing for big AI

(26:00) Elon’s wins and losses so far as Twitter CEO

(38:00) Taylor Lorenz Mythology

(40:00) Twitter’s regime change // How the tables have turned. Muahahaha.

(44:05) What we’d do if we were Twitter CEO

(50:00) Evolution of polarization

(58:00) Silver lining of polarization

(1:07:00) Distinguishing Elon’s antics from his philosophy

(1:14:00) Trump feels more familiar in 2023 vs. 2016

(1:18:00) The right is adopting woke tactics

(1:24:00) Social media and depression follow up

(1:28:00) Is half of Gen Z non-straight?

(1:32:00) Ellen Pao

(1:34:30) Is Pirate Wires conservative media? (No)

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@eriktorenberg (Erik)

@dwr (Dan)

@antoniogm (Antonio)

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