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Every Thursday, join Jim O'Shaughnessy and his favorite people as they arm you with the tools & fresh perspectives required to upgrade your HumanOS and thrive in our messy, probabilistic world. Visit our Substack at newsletter.osv.llc for full transcripts, highlights, weekly doses of timeless wisdo...
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Jeff Bussgang — The Experimentation Machine (EP.285)
Jeff Bussgang — entrepreneur, venture capitalist, Harvard Business School professor, and co-founder of Flybridge Capital — joins Infinite Loops to exp...
Dan Wang — China, US and our Collective Future (EP.284)
Dan Wang, author of "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future," joins me to explore why China builds while America blocks, how lawyers strangle...
Alex Danco — Speeches and Spells for the Kings and Priests (EP.283)
It’s Alex Danco’s landmark 10th appearance on Infinite Loops!
He joins the show to discuss his move from Shopify to a16z (where he'll be buildin...
Sangeet Paul Choudary — AI and our System Reshuffle (EP.282)
Sangeet Paul Choudary, bestselling author of Platform Revolution and Reshuffle, and senior fellow at UC Berkeley, joins the show to challenge the conv...
Michael Dean — The Architecture of Essays (EP. 281)
Michael Dean — architect-turned-writer, O’Shaughnessy Fellow, and creator of Essay Architecture — joins the show to explore the hidden structures bene...
Roon — On Shape Rotators, AGI & Tenet (Infinite Loops CLASSICS)
Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive...
Gurwinder Bhogal's Guide to Modern Survival (Infinite Loops CLASSICS)
Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive...
Joe Hudson — The Art of Accomplishment (EP. 280)
What happens when a self-described "not very good" venture capitalist discovers he has an extraordinary gift for coaching the world's most successful...
Michael Gibson & Danielle Strachman — The 1517 Rebellion (EP.279)
Michael Gibson and Danielle Strachman, co-founders of 1517 Fund, join the show to discuss their rebellion against higher education, why universities s...
Ed Latimore — The Art of Self-Transformation (EP.278)
Ed Latimore: boxer, physicist, and author of Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business makes his third appearance on the show to discuss hard-won wisdom abo...
Sam Arbesman — Science, Complexity and Humanistic Computation (EP.277)
Sam Arbesman, complexity scientist, author of "The Magic of Code," and scientist in residence at Lux Capital, joins me for a wide-ranging exploration...
Nick Maggiulli — Climbing the Wealth Ladder (EP.276)
Nick Maggiulli, data scientist turned financial writer and COO of Ritholtz Wealth Management, joins me to discuss his latest book,The Wealth Ladder, w...
Lawrence Yeo — The Inner Compass (EP.275)
Lawrence Yeo — writer, illustrator and author of “The Inner Compass” — joins the show to discuss the power of intuition in an uncertain world.
W...
Will Storr—The Status Game (Infinite Loops CLASSICS)
Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the archive. Years later,...
Rupert Sheldrake — On Scientism, Morphic Resonance and the Extended Mind (Infinite Loops CLASSICS)
Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief two-week break from new episodes to spotlight a couple of golden oldies from the Infinite Loops archive...
Aaron Stupple & Logan Chipkin — The Sovereign Child: Liberating Kids from the Tyranny of Rules
What if everything we think we know about raising children is not just wrong, but actively harmful? Aaron Stupple and Logan Chipkin, authors of "The S...
Nadia Asparouhova — An Antimemetic Rollercoaster
Nadia Asparouhova, author of "Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading," joins me for a fascinating exploration of why some ideas go viral while...
Miyoba Hamuhuma and Israel Balogun — Grassroots Solutions for Africa’s Impoverished Youth (EP.272)
I’m joined today by two remarkable men I met through the O’Shaughnessy Fellowships and Grants program.
Israel Balogun was homeless and illiterat...
Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell — Speculations in Post-Materialism (EP.271)
Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell, neuropsychiatrist and author of "The ESP Enigma," joins me for a mind-bending exploration of consciousness, savant abilities...
Todd Rose — Are We Living in the Truman Show? (EP.270)
Todd Rose, co-founder and CEO of Populace and author of books including "Collective Illusions" and "The End of Average," joins the show to discuss the...
Charles Beames — Welcome to the Second Space Race (EP.269)
Aerospace investor and York Space Systems chairman Chuck Beames joins me for a fascinating discussion on the commercial space revolution and the futur...
Natasha Joukovsky — On Recursion, Status Games & Manufactured Nonchalance (EP.268)
Strategy consultant turned writer Natasha Joukovsky joins me to discuss why bourgeois comfort is more conducive to writing than you think, why choice-...
Tiago Forte — Unlocking the Power of the Annual Review (Ep. 267)
I’ve said before that one of the best parts of hosting Infinite Loops is the chance to connect with people who consistently make me think differently...
Nir Eyal — The Psychology of Addictive Products (EP.266)
Author, speaker, founder, investor and behavioral design maestro Nir Eyal joins me for his second appearance on the show.
Today, we dig into Nir...
Nathan Baschez — On AI Writing, Thought Design & Solo Foundership (EP.265)
Nathan Baschez is the cofounder and CEO of Lex, an AI word-processor. He also cofounded Every, was the first employee at Substack AND co-created Produ...
Tommy Potter — Building the CIA for Entrepreneurs (EP.264)
Young, polymathic, and full of energy — Tommy Potter is on a quest to build a “CIA for Entrepreneurs.” He calls it “The Power Hour” — a startup commun...
Alex Danco — On Strollers, Slop & Citizen Kane (EP.263)
Shopify Product Director Alex Danco returns for his NINTH appearance on the show — and he comes in hot. As you’ll hear, I didn’t even get a chance to...
Vizi Andrei — The Way of the Tinkerer (EP.262)
My guest today is my former teammate Vizi Andrei, founder of The Sovereign Artist program and author of Sovereign Artist: Meditations on Lifestyle Des...
Barry Ritholtz — Make Fewer Errors, Make More Money (EP.261)
My friend Barry Ritholtz has spent his career being an astute market observer, investigating behavioral finance and data analytics. He runs Ritholtz W...
Jason Carman — Filmmaking at the Frontier (EP.260)
The relentlessly prolific Jason Carman is making the films our culture needs: optimistic, inspiring and positioned at the frontiers of modern tech and...
Anne-Laure Le Cunff — Experiment Your Way to a Better Life (EP.259)
My guest today is Anne-Laure Le Cunff, founder of Ness Labs and author of Tiny Experiments: How to Live Freely in a Goal-Obsessed World.
On pape...
Gabriel Kennedy — The Life and Thought Crimes of Robert Anton Wilson (EP.258)
If you’ve heard me speak for more than five minutes you’ve probably caught me dropping a Robert Anton Wilson reference (or several). Wilson is one of...
The Art of Retirement — Christine Benz (EP.257)
Christine Benz is the Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning at Morningstar, where she has spent over three decades helping investors na...
Luke Fehily — Ireland's Innovation Playbook (EP.256)
Luke Fehily is the Director of Innovation Policy at Progress Ireland — an independent think tank backed by the likes of the Collison brothers — that’s...
Rudy Havenstein — How to Fix America’s Accountability Crisis (EP.255)
Rudy Havenstein is a writer and satirist known for his sharp critiques of America’s sprawling institutions and the elites who run them.
He joins...
Mark Daniel — How to Find a Kaleidoscopic Alien (EP.254)
Mark Daniel is the co-founder and managing partner of the investment firm Digital, whose portfolio extends across accelerated computing, gaming, crypt...
John Kennedy — The Hidden Crisis in American Education (EP.253)
John Kennedy, a director at the Corsi-Rosenthal Foundation, is tackling an overlooked crisis in American education: air quality.
With the ingen...
Michael Strong — Let’s Get Socratical (EP.252)
Michael Strong has spent decades quietly revolutionizing education by designing innovative schools and programs built around agency, critical thinking...
Sahil Bloom — A Multitude of Wealth (EP.251)
Sahil Bloom, a prolific creator, founder and investor, has mastered the art of translating complex ideas about wealth and success into wisdom that res...
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz — Who Makes the NBA? (EP.250)
Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, a data scientist and bestselling author, is known for his brilliant use of data to upend conventional wisdom - often with hu...