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Byrne Hobart writes The Diff, a newsletter about inflections in finance and technology with 24,000+ subscribers.
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Timestamps:
(0:00:00) - Byrne's one big idea: stagnation
(0:05:50) -Has regulation caused stagnation?
(0:14:00) - FDA retribution
(0:15:15) - Embryo selection
(0:17:32) - Patient longtermism
(0:21:02) - Are there secret societies?
(0:26:53) - College, optionality, and conformity
(0:34:40) - Differentiated credentiations underrated?
(0:39:15) - WIll contientiousness increase in value?
(0:44:26) - Why aren't rationalists more into finance?
(0:48:04) - Rationalists are bad at changing the world.
(0:52:20) - Why read more?
(0:57:10) - Does knowledge have increasing returns?
(1:01:30) - How to escape the middle career trap?
(1:04:48) - Advice for young people
(1:08:40) - How to learn about a subject?
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Byrne Hobart writes The Diff, a newsletter about inflections in finance and technology with 24,000+ subscribers.
Watch on YouTube. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast platform.
Episode website here.
The Diff newsletter: https://diff.substack.com/
Follow Byrne on Twitter.
Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes!
Thanks for reading The Lunar Society! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Timestamps:
(0:00:00) - Byrne's one big idea: stagnation
(0:05:50) -Has regulation caused stagnation?
(0:14:00) - FDA retribution
(0:15:15) - Embryo selection
(0:17:32) - Patient longtermism
(0:21:02) - Are there secret societies?
(0:26:53) - College, optionality, and conformity
(0:34:40) - Differentiated credentiations underrated?
(0:39:15) - WIll contientiousness increase in value?
(0:44:26) - Why aren't rationalists more into finance?
(0:48:04) - Rationalists are bad at changing the world.
(0:52:20) - Why read more?
(0:57:10) - Does knowledge have increasing returns?
(1:01:30) - How to escape the middle career trap?
(1:04:48) - Advice for young people
(1:08:40) - How to learn about a subject?
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