Meditations and Learnings

Meditations and Learnings

Podcast Recommendations - 19/06/22

People I (Mostly) Admire - #79: Solar Geoengineering Would Be Radical. It Might Also Be Necessary Why would somebody ever think David Keith was anything other than serious about tackling climate change? If people disagree, at least acknowledge he genuinely believes geoengineering needs to play a role.

Planet Money - The Gecko Effect Geiko stumbled upon the effectiveness of a mascot, and shortly every insurance company followed.

Conversations with Tyler - Marc Andreesen: Learning to Love the Humanities I’m not sure why Peter McCormack dislikes Marc and believes his Web3 push is cynical.

Honestly - The Case for American Seriousness Katherine Boyle, a venture capitalist, gave the graduation speech.

Freakonomics Radio - #507: 103 Pieces of Advice That May or May Not Work Kevin Kelly’s realistic optimism was infectious.

The Fifth Column - #362: Trump is Deranged, Bed Stuy Replacement Theory I could listen to Kmele opine about the racial regression for hours.

Cautionary Tales - The French Knight’s Guide to Corporate Culture The French knights charged ahead out of a misguided sense of honour despite its tactical insanity.

People I (Mostly) Admire - #80: Get Your Share of the Pie I’ve added Barry Nalebuff’s book to my Amazon basket.