(00:00) - Overview: 3 weeks in China (02:33) - The China knowledge problem: Grappling with Reality (06:54) - Physics seminars in Shanghai... more

Han Feizi is the pseudonym of a columnist for Asia Times, who covers the Chinese economy, technology, and US-China competition.... more

This is a crossover episode with the Seeking Truth From Facts podcast. (00:00) - Iranian missile attack vs Israel and missile... more

Samo Burja founded Bismarck Analysis, a consulting firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society. He is a... more

This is a crossover episode in which https://x.com/loubohan interviews me for his podcast Deus Ex Machina.I was obviously in an... more

This is a crossover episode in which Alf of the Seeking Truth from Facts podcast interviews Steve Hsu about the... more

This is a short episode recorded at the end of a trip to Caltech (LA), Frankfurt, and Reykjavik.Black hole information... more

Robin Hanson is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He has worked in a variety of fields, including... more

Steve discusses China myths and realities with Victor, a tech founder who ran a company in Beijing for 7 years.... more

Earlier episode, Harvard Veritas:https://www.manifold1.com/episodes/harvard-veritas-interview-with-a-recent-graduate-anonymous-18Chapter markers:(00:00) - Introduction and Guest Welcome (02:12) - Campus Protests and Media Perception (06:29) - Student Political Views... more

Steve talks about AI in light of his recent travels to SF, Singapore, Manila, Berkeley, and Silicon Valley.Chapters:(00:00) - Overview:... more

Philippe Lemoine is a PhD candidate at Cornell University in philosophy and a widely-read public intellectual. We discuss philosophy, the... more

Dr John Seo is co-founder and a managing director at Fermat Capital Management, LLC. He has over 30 years’ experience... more

Molson Hart is the CEO of Viahart, an educational toy company. He has deep experience selling products manufactured in China,... more

Jaan Tallinn is a billionaire computer programmer and investor. He was a co-founder of Skype, and has invested in companies... more

Glenn Luk has worked as an investment banker, private equity investor, and startup founder. He has closely analyzed aspects of... more

Casey Handmer (PhD, Caltech, general relativity) is the founder of Terraform Industries. He is one of the most capable and... more

Russell Clark is a hedge fund investor who has lived and worked in both Japan and China. He writes the... more

Stephen Grugett is the co-founder of Manifold Markets, the world's largest prediction market platform where people bet on politics, tech,... more

Raymond McGovern is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst, serving from 1963 to 1990. His CIA career began under... more

Steve discusses DNA and the origin of life on Earth, the Fermi Paradox (is there alien life?), AI and its... more

Sean Reyes is Utah’s Attorney General and a producer for the movie “Sound of Freedom.” Steve and Sean discuss his... more

TP Huang returns for the third time to discuss the US-China strategic competition in terms of military technology.Previous episodes with... more

Louis-Vincent Gave of Gavekal discusses China's economic growth, its focus on education, and the global implications of its economic and... more

Charles Miller is co-founder and CEO of Lynk. He is a serial space entrepreneur with 30 years of experience in... more

TP Huang is a computer scientist and analyst of global technology development. He posts often on X: https://twitter.com/tphuang.0:00 Introduction2:21 How... more

Taylor Ogan is Chief Executive Officer of Snow Bull Capital, based in Shenzhen, China.Follow him on X @TaylorOgan.Steve and Taylor... more

Bharat Karnad is an Emeritus Professor in National Security Studies at the Center for Policy Research in Delhi. He was... more

Yasheng Huang is the Epoch Foundation Professor of Global Economics and Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management. His... more

TP Huang is a computer scientist and analyst of global technology development. He posts often on X: https://twitter.com/tphuang.Steve and TP... more

Steve discusses 10 key graphs related to meritocracy and university admissions. Predictive power of SATs and other factors in elite... more

Aella is a sex worker, sex researcher, and data scientist.Aella on X: https://twitter.com/Aella_GirlInterviews with ex-prostitutes on the pimp life (Las... more

Tim Dettmers develops computationally efficient methods for deep learning. He is a leader in quantization: coarse graining of large neural... more

Paul Huang is a journalist and research fellow with the Taiwan Public Opinion Foundation. He is currently based in Taipei,... more

Steve Hsu, Richard Hanania, and Rob Henderson were scheduled for a June 2023 panel as part of the University of... more

Richard Sander is Jesse Dukeminier Professor at UCLA Law School. AB Harvard, JD, PhD (Economics) Northwestern.Steve and Richard discuss the... more

In this episode, Steve talks to three AI engineers from his startup SuperFocus.AI.0:00 Introduction1:06 The Google memo and open-source AI 14:41... more

David Paul Goldman is an American economic strategist and author, best known for his series of online essays in the... more

This week's episode is based on a lecture Steve gave to an audience of theoretical physicists at Oxford University. The... more

In collaboration with her husband Malcolm Collins, Simone is an author (The Pragmatist's Guide to Life, Relationships, Sexuality, Governance, and... more

Katherine Dee is a writer, journalist, and internet historian.Steve and Katherine discuss:0:00 Introduction1:15 Katherine’s early life and background21:52 Mass shootings,... more

Marc Martinez is the director of Dream Big, a documentary about Gold's Gym and the golden age of bodybuilding in... more

Gilles Saint-Paul is Professeur à l'Ecole Normale Supérieure. He is a graduate of Ecole Polytechnique in Engineering and received his... more

Steve discusses the competition between Microsoft and Google, the competition between the U.S. and China in STEM, China’s new IVF... more

Steve discusses Large Language Model AIs such as ChatGPT.

Dominic Cummings' time in No. 10 Downing Street as Boris Johnson's Chief Advisor was one of the most interesting and... more

Sahil Lavingia founded Gumroad at the age of 19 and built it into a leading digital commerce platform. He is... more

Geoffrey Miller is an American evolutionary psychologist, author, and a professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico.

Anna I. Krylov is an outspoken advocate of freedom of speech and academic freedom.

Abdel Abdellaoui is a geneticist who has been involved in a wide range of studies on psychiatric genetics, behavioral genetics,... more