Win-Win with Liv Boeree

How fast is the AI race really going? What is the current state of Quantum Computing? What actually *is* the P vs NP problem? - former OpenAI researcher and theoretical computer scientist Scott Aaronson joins Liv and Igor to discuss everything quantum, AI and consciousness. We hear about his experience working on OpenAI's "superalignment team", whether quantum computers might break Bitcoin, the state of University Admissions, and even a proposal for a new religion! Strap in for a fascinating conversation that bridges deep theory with pressing real-world concerns about our technological future. Chapters: 1:30 - Working at OpenAI 4:23 - His Approaches to AI Alignment 6:23 - Watermarking & Detection of AI content 19:15 - P vs. NP 27:11 - The Current State of AI Safety 37:38 - Bad "Just-a-ism" Arguments around LLMs 48:25 - What Sets Human Creativity Apart from AI 55:30 - A Religion for AGI? 1:00:49 - More Moral Philosophy 1:05:24 - The AI Arms Race 1:11:08 - The Government Intervention Dilemma 1:23:28 - The Current State of Quantum Computing 1:36:25 - Will QC destroy Cryptography? 1:48:55 - Politics on College Campuses 2:03:11 - Scott's Childhood & Relationship with Competition 2:23:25 - Rapid-fire Predictions Links: ♾️ Scott's Blog: ⁠https://scottaaronson.blog/⁠ ♾️ Scott's Book: ⁠https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus-Aaronson/dp/0521199565⁠ ♾️ QIC at UTA: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~qic/ Credits Credits: ♾️  Hosted by Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov ♾️  Produced by Liv Boeree ♾️  Post-Production by Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. #WinWinPodcast #QuantumComputing #AISafety #LLM

How do we escape Moloch's trap for good? In this special Burning Man edition of Win-Win, Liv forgoes the usual purple chairs for dusty playa to chat with Kristian Rönn. Kristian is the CEO and co-founder of Normative, a platform for helping industries strive for net zero emissions. With intellectual roots in Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute and his own mission to create positive-sum solutions to climate change, Kristian has just launched a new book - The Darwinian Trap - and in this conversation, Liv and Kristian examine solutions to the short-term thinking and cost externalisation that traditional markets often produce. A conversation full of evolutionary biology, game theory and economics as they examine solutions to the world's deadliest demon. Chapters (01:42)-The Darwinian Trap (03:42)-Why Is Coordination So Hard? (07:19)-Unstable Equilibriums: The Butterfly Effect of Game Theory (13:55)-Natural Selection: Capitalism's Ace In The Hole (20:16)-How Can A Market Model Anything At All? (22:10)-Betting On Our Values (27:29)-What Problems Do Reputational Markets Solve? (32:56)-Centralized Mechanisms for Overcoming The Darwinian Trap (35:16)-The Risks of Over-Centralization (39:46)-The Burning Man Model (43:00)-Mixed Economies (45:53)-Killing The Incentives or Kill The Organism? (50:59)-The Miracle of Evolutionary Success (54:03)-Finding Hope  (56:21)-Spreading Awareness To Defeat Moloch (59:58)-Why Burning Man? Links ♾️ Kristian's New Book ♾️ Kristian's Bio ♾️ Liv's TED talk on Moloch ♾️ Reputational Markets ♾️ Episode Transcript Credits ♾️  Hosted and Produced by Liv Boeree ♾️  Post-Production by Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. #WinWinPodcast #TheDarwinianTrap #Moloch 

Can we still accurately model elections in such chaotic times? Are prediction markets the future of news? Nate Silver thinks so - Nate is a renowned election analyst, author and former professional poker player. He's the founder of FiveThirtyEight, whose statistical models revolutionized election forecasting, earning him national acclaim. His two books "On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything." and "Signal in Noise" are inspirations for today's Win-Win conversation with Liv and Igor. We discuss polling accuracy, the importance of prediction markets like Polymarket, poker thinking, solutions to political polarization, and of course his latest predictions on Trump vs Kamala. We also hear his theory on "The River" and "The Village" communities, defined by their opposing perspectives on risk - and how these contrasting worldviews shape approaches to everything from public health policy to technology. Chapters 00:01:34 - Predicting Elections 00:06:49 - Trump Assassination Attempt 00:11:45 - Prediction Markets 00:21:13 - Nate's New Book on Risk 00:25:53 - Institutional screwups on COVID 00:33:30 - Why are People so Averse to Probabilities? 00:35:27 - Silicon Valley's Blind Spots 00:40:43 - Excessively Risky Behavior 00:44:29 - Regulations 00:48:55 - Finding Common Ground 01:00:18 - Alternative Voting Structures 01:06:50 - Signal vs Noise in the AI age 01:12:15 - Advice for Sharpening Your Models 01:22:25 - Nate's Maxims For A Win-Win Future Links: ♾️ Nate's Blog: https://www.natesilver.net/ ♾️ Nate's Twitter: https://x.com/NateSilver538/ Credits: ♾️ Hosted and Produced by Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov ♾️ Post-Production by Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

In today's digital age, we're inundated with a constant stream of information, making it challenging to navigate and make sense of what's important. And now, in the midst of increasingly-capable AI, the very concept of importance is coming into question. Could open source be the solution to managing our impending sensemaking crisis? In this episode of the Win-Win Podcast, we're joined by Peter Wang, a physicist, computer scientist, and founder of Anaconda, one of the most widely used open source platforms for Python development. Peter leads Anaconda's AI Incubator, which focuses on advancing core Python technologies and developing new frontiers in open-source AI and machine learning, especially in the areas of edge computing, data privacy, and decentralized computing. We dig in with Peter to discuss the history and politics of the open source movement, and the security concerns around open sourcing AI models. And we attempt to understand how open source software can enhance transparency and collaboration between players, and how these technologies can be harnessed to better navigate the complexities of our information-rich environment. Chapters: 00:00:00 - What is Open Source Software 00:10:29 - Peter's History with The Open Source Movement 00:35:06 - Security and State Interests in Open Source 00:37:16 - Open Science and The Commons of Knowledge 00:39:40 - The Central Problem of Coordination 00:43:46 - The Solutions That Markets Solve and The Problems They Create 01:04:40 - Synchronous Attention As A Scarce Resource 01:09:23 - The Liminal Act of Modelling The World 01:19:58 - Virtuality and Colorful Dystopias 01:22:03 - Is Technology Values-Neutral? 01:32:30 - Moloch Invades The Tech Stack 01:35:57 - Psychosecurity and The Dangers of Attention-Renting Software 01:42:00 - Is The Global Community Actually Excelling in Science? 01:43:51 - Our Cosmic Scale and The Instruments To Probe It 01:53:18 - The Stagnation of Physics 01:56:06 - The Civilizational Perspective on AI Safety 02:05:23 - The Benefits of Open Source To Society 02:27:26 - Will AI Accelerate A Global Security Crisis? Credits: ♾️ Hosted and Produced by Liv Boeree ♾️ Edited and Mixed by Ryan Kessler Links: ♾️ Peter's Twitter: ⁠https://x.com/pwang?lang=en⁠ ♾️ Anaconda: ⁠https://www.anaconda.com/⁠ ♾️ Peter's Blog: ⁠https://medium.com/@pwang⁠ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. #WinWinPodcast #Moloch #AI #Python

What are the key ingredients of successful long-term relationships? How can couples better navigate conflict? What about jealousy? In this very personal Win-Win episode, professional poker couple Liv and Igor discuss what they've learned from the ten years of dating each other. Prepare yourself for plenty of strategy, anecdotes and smack talk! Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:29 - Secret Ingredient? 00:04:26 - Dumbbell Theory 00:07:59 - The Power of Banter & Radical Honesty 00:11:22 - Dealing with Emotional Volatility 00:15:27 - Role of Forgiveness & Competitive Dynamics 00:18:23 - Igor Spirals about LLMs 00:19:41 - Quick Hacks for Reducing Arguments 00:21:23 - Dealing with Unbalanced Power Dynamics 00:25:57 - Handling Jealousy 00:30:57 - Soulmates and Stopping Algorithms 00:33:20 - Interviewer Switcheroo 00:33:40 - Stubbornness & the need to change your partner 00:37:38 - Effect of Money 00:41:18 - Balancing Time Together and Apart 00:42:24 - New Ten Year Prediction 00:48:29 - Outro Links ♾️ The Passion Trap - https://www.amazon.com/Passion-Trap-R... ♾️ Igor's Twitter - https://twitter.com/igorkurganov?lang=en ♾️ Igor discusses AI with Magatte Wade - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9k2Y... Credits ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov ♾️ Edit and Audio Mix by Liv Boeree and Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. #relationships #datingadvice

Is complexity the new frontier of physics? How should we approach metaphysical uncertainty? What makes a great Physicist? These are just some of the questions covered in this Win-Win episode with the incredible Sean Carroll. Sean is a theoretical physicist and philosopher who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and philosophy of science. Chapters 00:01:59 - New Discoveries of the Webb Telescope 00:11:05 - Complexity The New Frontier in Physics 00:16:42 - How Physicists See The World 00:20:14 - Observing Trends in Complexity 00:26:21 - How To Approach Metaphysical (Un)certainty 00:30:41 - Quantum Measurement Problem 00:33:49 - Many Worlds vs Copenhagen Interpretation 00:40:35 - Emergence 00:44:40 - Information under Classical and Quantum Mechanics 00:50:20 - Democracy As A Physical System 00:56:35 - Decision Theory In Many Worlds 01:02:03 - Competition in Academia 01:07:20 - Academic Publishing 01:12:57 - The Problem with Superintelligence 01:23:59 - Computing and Theories of Mind 01:31:26 - Poetic Naturalism 01:41:58 - What Makes A Great Physicist? 01:44:29 - Are There Any Breakthroughs Left? 01:52:08 - Credences of Hypotheses Links ♾️ Sean's Website https://www.preposterousuniverse.com/ ♾️ The Bigger Picture https://www.amazon.co.uk/Big-Picture-... ♾️ Sean's Youtube    / @seancarroll   Credits ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Edited and Mixed by Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

Nihilism has become all too popular, and this man is on a mission to fix that! David is a philosopher and technologist focussed on understanding and healing what he calls the "Nihilism Crisis" - the crisis of meaning the world is currently suffering from, especially as it transitions into the AI age. If you're interested in AI alignment, game theory, incentive design, Moloch and competition, this is very much a conversation for you. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:05 - Defeating Moloch 00:08:02 - The Meaning Crisis 00:14:39 - The Third Attractor 00:15:29 - Post-Nihilism 00:19:17 - The Four Abandonments 00:30:13 - Complexity Destruction & Extremism 00:36:40 - Radical Alignment & Body-First Living 00:44:30 - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 00:48:04 - Accelerationists & Self Abandonment 00:50:43 - Competition & Status Games 00:52:28 - AI & Why Silicon Valley's Vibe Seems Off 00:58:14 - Sam Altman as a High Priest? 00:59:02 - Summarizing Everything so Far 01:01:33 - Mythic Archetypes 01:07:50 - Liv's Favourite Axioms 01:11:35 - Neurodivergence 01:16:17 - Culture Wars 01:26:26 - Creating the Third Attractor State Links: ♾️ David's video: Moloch is Losing! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiCUbJAwmgk ♾️ Slate Star Codex https://slatestarcodex.com/ ♾️ John Vervaeke - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis https://johnvervaeke.com/series/awakening-from-the-meaning-crisis/ ♾️ Daniel Schmactenberger - Finding the Third Attractor State https://consilienceproject.org/media/daniel-schmachtenberger-in-search-of-the-third-attractor-part-1/ ♾️ “Good Enough” Parenting study https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190508134511.htm ♾️ The Status Game - Will Storr https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58642436-the-status-game ♾️ An Immanent Metaphysics https://www.amazon.com/Immanent-Metaphysics-Forrest-Landry/dp/B0CPSJ647N ♾️ Roger Walsh - Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes https://drrogerwalsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LMH-Summary-for-California-Psychologist-2018-12-20.pdf ♾️ Self Determination Theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theory ♾️ Patricia Churchland - Brain Trust https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691180977/braintrust ♾️ William Ury - Power of the Positive No https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/182089/the-power-of-a-positive-no-by-william-ury/ ♾️ The Fourth Turning - William Strauss, Neil Howe https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/174648/the-fourth-turning-by-william-strauss/ Credits: ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt #WinWinPodcast

How literally should we take the US Constitution? What about the bible? Should we experiment with radical honesty with strangers? Those are just some of the questions human guinea pig A.J. Jacobs spends his life trying to answer. An author and journalist, he regularly immerses himself into extreme social experiments to understand the world better (and then usually writes a book about it). And this conversation does not disappoint -- we explore his discoveries on everything from love and relationships, competitive puzzling, US politics, health... one of my favourite conversations so far! Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:06 - Immersions 00:05:47 - Maximizing Health 00:11:14 - Living Biblically 00:19:17 - Living Constitutionally 00:49:50 - Gratitude Experiment 00:53:03 - Extreme Outsourcing 00:55:31 - Relationship Stuff 01:01:13 - Radical Honesty 01:10:43 - Choosing Projects 01:17:43 - Tips for Building Habits 01:22:51 - The Power of Puzzles 01:29:19 - Relationship with Competition Links: ♾️ AJ's Books https://ajjacobs.com/books/ ♾️ The Year of Living Constitutionally https://ajjacobs.com/books/the-year-of-living-constitutionally/ ♾️ Cochrane Report https://www.cochrane.org/ ♾️ Cold Takes Blog https://www.cold-takes.com/ ♾️ The 4 Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/49081/the-4-hour-workweek-expanded-and-updated-by-timothy-ferriss/ ♾️ The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555240/the-scout-mindset-by-julia-galef/ ♾️ Stickk.com https://www.stickk.com/ Credits: ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

Why did Rome fall? What can we learn from past civilization collapses to protect our own? How do we fix our Institutions? In this Win-Win episode I speak to Samo Burja - a leading geopolitical analyst and founder of the intelligence brief Bismarck Analysis. Samo is a prolific writer on nature of power, leadership, bureaucracy and governance. If you're worried about the health of our institutions and sense-making, this is the episode for you. Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:40 - Common Themes of Historical Civilizations 00:05:13 - Loss of Knowledge 00:13:38 - Impact of Demographic Collapse 00:17:06 - Indigenous Knowledge Loss 00:21:13 - Role of Institutions 00:24:01 - The Succession Problem & Knowledge Loss 00:38:34 - Bureaucracy and Goodhart's Law 00:45:52 - Democracy and Monarchy 00:50:44 - Sensemaking & AI 01:07:13 - Building New Civilizational Games 01:23:27 - Great Founder Theory 01:33:34 - What Makes a Great Founder? 01:38:53 - How to Avoid Getting Drunk on Power 01:44:50 - Democratization of Technology & Vulnerable Worlds 01:53:52 - Geopolitical Predictions Links ♾️ Bismarck Brief https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com/ ♾️ Samo's Website https://samoburja.com/ ♾️ Samo's Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@UC4QYBbgLkGaULStiC5yc_1Q Credits ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced by Raymond Wei ♾️ Edit and Audio Mix by Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

Polarization, echo chambers... how do we fix the problem of biased news? That's a problem today's Win-Win guest has dedicated her life to solving. Harleen Kaur is the founder of Ground News, a news aggregator platform that provides overviews of what different media outlets across the political spectrum report, so that consumers can get a clearer and more impartial perspective. We explore the deeper questions of WHY we're so divided in the first place, and what are the most promising ways of healing that divide. An especially important topic as we head into the age of synthetic AI generated media! Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Harleen's Background 00:09:10 - Ground News 00:22:07 - Advertising Model Leading to Polarization 00:31:30 - Positive Effects from Ground News 00:35:22 - Reaching GenZ and Boomers 00:40:15 - Other Solutions To the Media Moloch 00:48:22 - Role of AI to Combat Media Bias 00:52:46 - Jonathan Haidt Solutions for Social Media 01:03:22 - Win-Win News Links: ♾️ Ground News https://ground.news/ Ground News Browser Extension https://ground.news/extension ♾️ Sentiment Mining 500 Years Of History: Is The World Really Darkening? https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2019/05/14/sentiment-mining-500-years-of-history-is-the-world-really-darkening/?sh=1725a43e35ef ♾️ Fairness Doctrine 1949 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness_doctrine ♾️ Paradox of Polarisation Study https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-polarization-paradox-elected-officials-and-voters-have-shifted-in-opposite-directions/ ♾️ Jonathan Haidt - Social Media https://jonathanhaidt.com/social-media/ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Credits: ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt

Is it possible to solve ocean pollution by turning the packaging industry into a closed-loop economy? Wes Carter thinks so. Wes is the Founder of a New Earth Project and President of Atlantic Packaging, on a personal mission to stop the significant pollution the packaging industry causes. In this episode we hear what it would take to close the loop on the economy via new types of biodegradable materials that could replace plastic and other common pollutants. We also discuss which types of recycling work, and which are rubbish. And of course, in true Win-Win Podcast style, we hear about what it would take to change the game so that companies (and their customers) are properly incentivized to account for the true environmental costs of the production and consumption. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:35 - Wes's Story & the Packaging Industry 00:10:07 - Circular Economies 00:24:30 - Potential Solutions 00:31:11 - How to Align Incentives? 00:46:22 - Are Consumers Responsible? 00:51:41 - A New Earth Project 00:58:06 - Psychedelic Experiences 01:08:38 - Carbon Offsets 01:13:30 - Are Shareholders bad for the environment? 01:23:14 - Amazon's Progress 01:27:38 - Advice to Young Entrepreneurs Links: ♾️ A New Earth Project https://anewearthproject.com/ ♾️ Atlantic Packaging https://www.atlanticpkg.com/ ♾️ Breaking Open the Head by Daniel Pinchbeck https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ♾️ A Journey to a New Earth Series https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detai... The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Watch the previous episode with Ocean Cleanup Founder Boyan Slat here: https://youtu.be/QEYbLN-LC5k?si=XaV2j... Credits: ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt

Climate change isn't great, but is our future really that bad? What if there's a way for us to be more sustainable, AND keep our quality of life? That's the topic of today's conversation with with Hannah Ritchie. Hannah is the lead Environmental Scientist at OurWorldinData.org - a leading data science organization that analyses data to find out the true state of our world. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:06 - Redefining Sustainability 00:09:12 - The Perception Gap 00:22:09 - Degrowth Movement 00:26:46 - Jevon's Paradox 00:31:38 - Climate Change Solutions 00:59:42 - Success Stories 01:18:33 - Most Surprising Fact on OWID 01:26:18 - Relationship with Competition 01:31:38 - Win-Win Future Links: ♾️ Not the End of The World by Hannah Ritchie https://www.nottheendoftheworld.co.uk/ ♾️ Our World in Data https://ourworldindata.org/ ♾️ Hannah's TED Talk - Are We the Last Generation or the First Sustainable One? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl3VVrggKz4 ♾️ Hans Rosling - The Best Stats You've Ever Seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w ♾️ Nate Hagen's Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@thegreatsimplification The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Watch the previous episode with Philosopher Nick Bostrom here: https://youtu.be/o28s-mnykdE Credits: ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt #WinWinPodcast #winwin

What would life look like in a fully automated world? How would we derive meaning in a world of superintelligence? Today's Win-Win episode is all about utopias, dystopias and thought experiments, because I'm talking to Professor Nick Bostrom. Nick is one of the world's leading philosophers - he's a leading thinker on the nature of consciousness, AI, catastrophic risks, cosmology… he's also the guy behind the Simulation Hypothesis, the Paperclip Maximizer thought experiment, the seminal AI book Superintelligence... Off into the hypotheti-sphere we go! Chapters 0:00 - Intro 01:42 - Why a book on Utopia? 03:31 - Different types of Utopias 11:40 - How to find purpose in a solved world? 18:31 - Potential Limits to Technology 22:34 - How would Utopians approach Competition? 30:24 - Superintelligence 34:39 - Vulnerable World Hypothesis 39:48 - Thinking in Superpositions 41:24 - Solutions to the Vulnerable World? 46:34 - Aligning Markets to Defensive Tech 48:43 - Digital Minds & Uploading 52:25 - AI Consciousness 55:08 - Outro Links: Nick's Website - https://nickbostrom.com/ Anthropic Bias Paper - https://anthropic-principle.com/ Deep Utopia Book - https://nickbostrom.com/booklink/deep... Superintelligence book - Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies Vulnerable World Hypothesis - https://nickbostrom.com/papers/vulner... Orthogonality Thesis - https://nickbostrom.com/superintellig... Simulation Argument - https://simulation-argument.com/ Digital Minds - https://nickbostrom.com/papers/intere... Future of Humanity Institute - https://www.fhi.ox.ac.uk/ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Credits ♾️  Hosted by Liv Boeree & Igor Kurganov ♾️  Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️  Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt

What sacrifices does it take to be a pro tennis player? Is it possible to have a healthy mindset at the highest stakes? Marcus Daniell understands it all - he has played professional tennis for over 20 years, a career that has earned him an Olympic medal and a whole lot of wisdom around the nature of competition. He is also the founder of High Impact Athletes, a movement of professional athletes who donate to highly effective charities. Chapters 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:06:50 - Overlap of Tennis and Poker 00:13:56 - Dynamic Between Pro Tennis Players 00:22:00 - How competitiveness changes with age 00:29:08 - Strategies of Pro Players 00:31:11 - Competition As Young Athlete 00:31:57 - Playing Doubles 00:51:52 - Technology and Tennis 01:00:00 - Evolution of Tennis 01:05:44 - Moloch Traps in Tennis 01:11:10 - Enhanced Olympics 01:19:57 - Tennis Payout Structures 01:28:00 - High Impact Athletes and Philanthropy 01:49:43 - Kindest Things Someone Has Done 01:51:53 - Proudest Moment Links ♾️ High Impact Athletes https://www.highimpactathletes.org/ ♾️ Marcus Daniell Twitter https://twitter.com/marcusdaniell ♾️ Giving What We Can Pledge https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/pledge Credits ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced by Raymond Wei ♾️ Edit and Audio Mix by Ryan Kessler The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

What if we could harness the power of the internet to make kindness go VIRAL? That's the topic of this conversation with Chris Anderson -- Chris has run TED (of the famous TED talks) for the last twenty years, and recently wrote a book called "Infectious Generosity", which seeks to understand the nature of human kindness, and find ways to make it spread in the digital age. A crucial issue in these divisive times! Expect lots of evolutionary psychology, a dissection of why the media is broken, some deep internet history, and how to improve (and win at!) the attention game. Chapters: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:20 - Infectious Generosity 00:13:09 - How the Internet Has Changed 00:30:50 - Role of News Media 00:37:08 - Evolution of Generosity 00:50:04 - Effective Giving 00:53:28 - Intent vs Consequence 01:01:30 - Religion and Generosity 01:08:59 - The Audacious Project 01:22:41 - Giving What You Can Pledge 01:26:54 - Is Chris Competitive? 01:36:35 - Future of TED Links ♾️ Infectious Generosity by Chris Anderson https://www.infectiousgenerosity.org/ ♾️ Thinking Fast and Slow https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1... ♾️ Media Moloch Youtube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRz54... ♾️ The Mystery Experiment - a Study of Generosity https://bigthink.com/the-present/gene... ♾️ Against Empathy by Paul Bloom https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2... ♾️ Atheism 2.0 by Alain de Botton TED Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Oe6H... ♾️ The Audacious Project https://www.audaciousproject.org/ ♾️ Project Vesta https://www.vesta.earth/ ♾️ Liv's TED talk - The Dark Side of Competition in AI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_vN... ♾️ The Giving Pledge - http://givingwhatwecan.org/winwin Credits ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

The rate of AI progress is accelerating, so how can we minimize the risks of this incredible technology, while maximizing the rewards? Today I am speaking to leading AI researcher Dan Hendrycks — Dan is the founder of Center for AI Safety, and lead advisor to Elon Musk's X.AI. He was also the architect behind the "Mitigating Risks" letter that was signed by Demis Hassabis, Sam Altman, Bill Gates, Yoshua Bengio and many others. In this conversation we discuss everything from immediate issues like deepfakes, to upcoming risks like malicious use, centralisation of power, regulatory capture and more. In other words, how do we ensure AI ends up a win/win for humanity instead of a lose/lose. Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:14 - Are current laws sufficient? 00:09:41 - Types of AI Risk 00:23:30 - Arms Races 00:39:10 - What happens inside an AI? 00:46:39 - Rogue AI 00:52:22 - Sentient AI 01:07:36 - Risks from Centralization 01:14:45 - Open Source 01:23:02 - AI speeding up systemic risks 01:29:54 - Synthetic Data & Simulations 01:36:52 - What Dan is excited about in AI Links ♾️ An Overview of Catastrophic Risk Paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.12001.pdf ♾️ Center for AI Safety https://www.safe.ai/ai-risk ♾️ Representation Engineering https://www.ai-transparency.org/ ♾️ Liv's Ted talk on AI & Moloch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX_vN1QYgmE ♾️ Norbert Wiener https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Wiener ♾️ Reinforcement Learning Textbook https://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~cs188/sp20/assets/files/SuttonBartoIPRLBook2ndEd.pdf ♾️ Richard Posner - Economics Engine https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/legal-econanalysis/ ♾️ More Than a Toy: Random Matrix Models Predict How Real-World Neural Representations Generalize https://arxiv.org/abs/2203.06176 The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Watch the previous episode with Boyan Slat of the Ocean Cleanup here: https://youtu.be/QEYbLN-LC5k Credits ♾️  Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️  Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️  Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt

Most people want to give their children the best start in life, but what if that "best start" could be determined *before* birth? That's what today's guest Noor Siddiqui believes -- her Mom progressively lost her vision due to a degenerative retinal condition, which made her determined to find a way to prevent her own children from the same fate. A computer scientist by training, Noor has since founded Orchid, the world's first full-genome sequencing platform for embryos conceived through IVF, that enables parents to screen and select the embryo with the highest probability of good health. So as you can imagine, this opens up a lot of fascinating questions, both technical and ethical, and as someone with prospective parenthood on my mind, this was a great opportunity to pick her brains about where the future of reproductive technology is going, and the ethical dilemmas it poses. Chapters: 00:02:14 - What is genetic testing? 00:09:30 - How IVF works 00:13:38 - How much genetic testing costs 00:19:33 - Genetic Testing and the Disabled Community 00:26:59 - The Naturalism Debate 00:32:29 - Genetic Trade Offs 00:39:30 - Effects on the Gene Pool 00:42:58 - Genetic Control & Eugenics 00:48:45 - Fertility Crisis 01:05:14 - Artificial Wombs 01:21:13 - Vision for the Future Links: Orchid - https://www.orchidhealth.com/ Noor's Twitter - https://twitter.com/noor_siddiqui_ IVF - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vitro_fertilisation Discussion of Cost-tradeoffs - https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2023/07/ivf-screening-costs0.html CreditsHosted by Liv BoereeProduced & Edited by Raymond Wei Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt The Win-Win Podcast:Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

Magatte is an entrepreneur on a mission: to unleash the potential of Africa. She's a well known speaker, author and researcher who has written extensively about economic structures in the developing world, and the urgent need to create fairer regulatory environments to give everyone on earth access to the power of markets. She is also the founder of various Senegalese companies including Adina drinks, Tiossan and SkinisSkin, and an advisor to various institutions including the Charter Cities Institute Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:20 - African poverty, and her personal story 00:22:01 - Over-Regulation and Corruption 00:27:42 - What is Ubuntu? 00:32:17 - Kritarchy vs centralized structures 00:37:20 - Why Socialism was bad for Africa 00:42:57 - Flavours of Capitalism 00:49:35 - Thoughts on Foreign Aid 01:02:48 - Special Economic Zones 01:10:21 - What Rules Should a Startup City Have 01:15:50 - Common Law vs Civil Law 01:28:16 - How people can get involved Links ♾️ Her website - https://www.magattewade.com/ ♾️ Heart of a Cheetah Book - https://www.magattewade.com/book ♾️ Givedirectly - https://www.givedirectly.org ♾️ Against Malaria Foundation - https://www.againstmalaria.com/ ♾️ Noah Smith - Futurism is Afro-Futurism - https://www.noahpinion.blog/p/all-futurism-is-afrofuturism ♾️ It's Not About Whiteness It's About Wealth Book https://www.amazon.com › Its-Not-About-Whiteness-... ♾️ Kritarchy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kritarchy ♾️ Conscious capitalism - https://www.consciouscapitalism.org/ ♾️ Startup/Charter cities - https://chartercitiesinstitute.org/ ♾️ Prospera - https://www.prospera.co Credits ♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins. Watch the previous episode with Boyan Slat of the Ocean Cleanup here: https://youtu.be/QEYbLN-LC5k

Today's Win-Win episode is with Boyan Slat. Boyan is the founder and CEO of the Ocean Cleanup, the famous organization that's trying to rid our waterways of plastic for good. I ask him why plastic has become such a problem, the difference between effective and ineffective regulation (ahem Plastic Straw Ban!), the importance of mindset when solving hard problems, and of course, his relationship with competition. Good stuff. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:25 - Origin Story 00:07:52 - How the Ocean Cleanup Works 00:17:20 - Practical vs Ideological Solutions 00:38:01 - Role of Regulation in Fixing Incentives 00:45:14 - Plastic Straw Ban 00:52:30 - Personal plastic usage and Trade-offs 01:00:41 - Is Technology Values Neutral? 01:07:31 - Competition 01:13:10 - How to Solve Big Problems 01:20:45 - Long-term plans

In today's episode, I meet with Tim Dodd a.k.a. the Everyday Astronaut. As a self-described "space-obsessed man-child with a spacesuit. Bringing space down to Earth for everyday people." Tim started out as a photographer, whose interest in space, engineering and filmmaking soon made him one of the most successful and beloved space Youtubers in the world. And now, he's going to the moon! In this conversation we nerd out on his upcoming mission, the economies of space, the pros and cons of competition within the industry, rocketry, SpaceX, NASA and much more. We also hear his insights on what it takes to build a successful youtube channel in today's hyper competitive creator environment. Not one to miss!   Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 0:01:24 From Wedding Photographer to Astronaut 0:04:05 Dear Moon Mission 0:18:04 Why Space Exploration is Important 0:35:19 Competition and Incentives in the Space Industry 0:39:40 Privatization of Space 0:46:36 Monopolies in Space 0:51:29 Militarization of Space 0:53:56 Light Pollution Trade-offs 0:57:43 Artemis Accords 1:07:39 Favorite Rocket Design 1:11:02 Everyday Astronaut and Youtubing 1:22:50 Space in 30 Years 1:33:15 Astro-Awards Links ♾️  Everyday Astronaut https://everydayastronaut.com/ ♾️  Dear Moon Mission https://dearmoon.earth/ ♾️  Yusaka Maezawa Space Videos https://www.youtube.com/@YusakuMaezawaTV ♾️  Artemis by Andy Weir https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34928122-artemis ♾️  Cosmic Perspective https://cosmicperspective.com/ ♾️  Astro-Awards https://everydayastronaut.com/astroawards   Credits ♾️  Hosted by Liv Boeree ♾️  Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei ♾️  Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt   ♾️ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.

In this Win-Win episode, I explore the strange but promising innovation of cultivated meat; meat that is 100% real animal tissue, but instead of growing on an animal's skeleton, it is grown in a bioreactor. I chat with Uma Valeti, CEO and founder of Upside Foods, to why he decided to give up his career as a cardiologist to bring this technology to market. Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro  00:02:07 - Uma's story & Upside Foods 00:04:56 - How cultivated meat is made 00:09:27 - Tasting chicken dumplings 00:11:17 - Health Implications 00:15:09 - Antibiotic Use in Farming 00:18:05 - Economics of production 00:21:54 - Tasting chicken cutlet 00:23:44 - Outro   Links ♾️  Upside Foods  https://upsidefoods.com/ ♾️  Our World In Data - Biomass statistics https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass ♾️  Our World In Data - Food production https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food ♾️  Our World In Data - Land use https://ourworldindata.org/land-use ♾️  Our World In Data - Antibiotic use in farming https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/antibiotic-usage-in-livestock ♾️  Our World In Data - Water use https://ourworldindata.org/water-use-stress   ♾️ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.   Credits Hosted by Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt

In today's episode I chat with one of my favourite thinkers and writers: Jamie Wheal. I got to know Jamie through our mutual interest in, well, the hot mess that our civilization seems to be going through, and I knew he'd make a great guest for Win-Win because he's one of those rare folks who can combine both intellectual rigor and a deep love for physicality and nature. So as well as discussing game theory and the meaning crisis and all that good stuff, we also get into his discoveries studying human "flow states" - he's the co-founder of the Flow Genome Project, as well as the author of the bestselling books Stealing Fire and Recapture the Rapture. If you enjoy this episode, I highly recommend you check out his blog linked below. Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:30 - Childhood Games 00:03:23 - Flow States 00:18:24 - Flow Genome Project 00:23:27 - The Meaning Crisis 00:32:00 - Moloch 00:36:12 - Seeking Win-Win Games 00:48:51 - AI Concerns and Risks 00:53:24 - Protecting oneself from cynicism 01:12:51 - Fostering Community 01:15:16 - Book Recommendations 01:19:40 - The Goal of the Cosmic Game Links ♾️  Jamie Wheal's Substack https://jamiewheal.substack.com/ ♾️  Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal https://www.harpercollins.com/products/stealing-fire-steven-kotlerjamie-wheal?variant=32121993101346 ♾️  Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal https://www.recapturetherapture.com/ ♾️  Flow Genome Project https://www.flowgenomeproject.com/ ♾️  Group Flow https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6312318/ ♾️  Bob Kegan https://www.gse.harvard.edu/directory/faculty/robert-kegan ♾️  Finite and Infinite Games by James Carse https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/189989 ♾️  Problems with Externalities and Capitalism - Substack ♾️  Bittersweet by Susan Cain https://susancain.net/book/bittersweet/ ♾️  Dawn of Everything by David Graeber https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything ♾️  Sand Talk by Tyson Yunkaporta https://www.harpercollins.com/products/sand-talk-tyson-yunkaporta?variant=32280908103714 ♾️  John Lilly Wikipedia Page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Lilly   ♾️ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.   Credits Hosted by Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by Raymond Wei Audio Mix by Keir Schmidt

In this episode I speak with award-winning game designer Frank Lantz about the beauty of games and what we can learn from them. It goes without saying that games are an integral part of life and our personal development, but what is it that draws us to playing? And what role does playing games serve in society at large? Frank has designed a host of amazing games and was the director of NYU's Game Center for 15 years. Together, we dive deep on the philosophical side of games.   For more information on this topic, check out Frank's new book, The Beauty of Games!   Links: ♾️  The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz (book) https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048538/the-beauty-of-games/ ♾️  Universal Paperclips (game) https://www.decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ ♾️  Progress Quest http://progressquest.com/ ♾️  Cow Clicker http://www.cowclicker.com/ ♾️  Kittens Game https://kittensgame.com/web/ ♾️  Wipe Out (game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_(video_game_series) ♾️  David Chapman - Meaningness https://meaningness.com/ ♾️  Meta-Rationality https://metarationality.com/introduction ♾️  Kegan Levels https://azatris.github.io/levels ♾️  Godell Herscher Back https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del,_Escher,_Bach   Credits: ♾️  Hosted by: Liv Boeree ♾️  Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei ♾️  Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

In this Win-Win Podcast Episode, Liv and Igor chat to one of the world's most successful sports bettors: Haralabos "Bob" Voulgaris. Revered for his hyper-analytical, data-driven approach to gambling, Bob soon became known as one of the most prolific NBA bettors in the history of the basketball, a reputation that even got him hired by Marc Cuban to run strategy for the Dallas Mavericks! As well as exploring his various secrets of success (and failures!), we also hear about his most recent undertaking… buying the 3rd division Spanish football team CD Castellon to see if his strategic formula can bring them to the 1st division. Ambitious stuff, and one of the many reasons why Haralabos offers a unique perspective on sports, the often seedy world of gambling, and zero-sum competition itself. Oh and apologies for Igor's mic! I seemingly forgot to plug it in and thus his sound is bad (so we had to cut a lot of his questions). Sorry Igor.  Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:10 Formative Games 00:04:42 Betting on Basketball 00:08:43 Finding Edges 00:18:52 Building Models & Using Data 00:23:46 Floyd Mayweather as a Beard 00:25:27 Ethics in Gambling? 00:30:03 Addiction to Pressure 00:33:44 Dallas Mavericks 00:47:09 Buying CD Castellon 00:57:20 Passion in Sports 01:04:00 Data Diven Approach to Football 01:11:19 AI & Sports 01:18:23 Advice for Younger Self Links ♾️ Haralabos's X (Twitter) https://x.com/haralabob?s=20  ♾️ Ridge Regression https://www.mygreatlearning.com/blog/what-is-ridge-regression/ ♾️ CD Castellon Football Club https://www.cdcastellon.com/ ♾️ Meditations by Marcus Aurelius https://classics.mit.edu/Antoninus/meditations.html ♾️ The Win-Win Podcast: Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.  Credits ♾️ Hosted by: Liv Boeree & Igor Kurganov ♾️ Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

In this week's Win-Win episode, I chat to legendary thinker and speaker Simon Sinek about the nature of competition in business, and in particular, the key ingredient of all enduring companies and leaders: The Infinite Mindset. We also explore the pros and cons of short-term goals, the power of enemies, Moloch Traps, how to be a better speaker, the need for optimism, and so much more.    Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:21 - What is the Infinite Game? 00:06:45 - Misaligned incentives 00:10:23 - Infinite Mindset in business 00:17:23 - Simon's worthy rival 00:21:30 - Good and evil 00:24:24 - Why we need an enemy 00:27:08 - The Moloch trap 00:31:56 - Existential threats 00:38:01 - The priorities of business 00:44:10 - Ethical fading / People before profit 00:50:14 - Finding the businesses to support 00:51:50 - "Find your Why" test 00:56:18 - Public speaking 01:00:54 - Being an optimist 01:02:45 - Winning the infinite game Simon's Biography: Simon is a visionary thinker, who is probably best known for his TED Talk on the concept of WHY, which has been viewed over 60 million times, and his video on millennials in the workplace which has gone on to be seen hundreds of millions of times. He continues to share inspiration through his bestselling books, including global bestseller Start with WHY and New York Times bestsellers Leaders Eat Last and The Infinite Game, as well as his podcast, A Bit of Optimism. In addition, Simon is the founder of The Optimism Company, a leadership learning and development company, and he publishes other inspiring thinkers and doers through his publishing partnership with Penguin Random House called Optimism Press. Links ♾️ The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com/books/the-infinite-game/ ♾️ Finite and Infinite Games by Dr. James Carse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_and_Infinite_Games ♾️ Find Your Why by Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com/books/find-your-why/ ♾️ Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek https://simonsinek.com/books/leaders-eat-last/ ♾️ Milton Freidman NYT OpEd https://www.nytimes.com/1970/09/13/archives/a-friedman-doctrine-the-social-responsibility-of-business-is-to.html ♾️ Ethical Fading https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ztNE1CvnV4 ♾️ Banking Act of 1933 (Glass-Steagall) https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/glass-steagall-act ♾️ Start with Why by Simon Sinek ♾️ Simon's TED Talk: https://simonsinek.com/books/start-with-why/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qp0HIF3SfI4 ♾️ The Art of Presenting Course https://simonsinek.com/product/the-art-of-presenting-with-simon/ ♾️ Simon Sinek podcast w/ Dr James Carse https://simonsinek.com/podcast/episodes/the-infinite-game-with-dr-james-carse/ The Win-Win Podcast Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.    Credits ♾️  Hosted by: Liv Boeree ♾️  Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei ♾️  Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

Hollywood is currently at a standstill due to the joint writer's & actor's strike, in part because of the growing threat from generative AI. In this episode, I talk to one of the industry's greatest talents and thinkers -- Joseph Gordon-Levitt -- about how he believes the industry needs to adapt in the age of synthetic media. We also hear his thoughts on how technology is reinventing our relationship with creativity, human connection, even p*rnography.    Joe's Biography  Joe Gordon-Levitt is an American actor, writer, and director. He has received various accolades, including nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his leading performances in 500 Days of Summer and 50/50. He is also the Founder of Emmy Award winning collaborative production company HitRECORD.   Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:46 - AI paying residuals 00:14:35 - The right amount of competition in society 00:23:43 - Intersection of technology and creativity 00:30:27 - DonJon 00:32:53 - Addictive technology 00:44:50 - Competition in acting 00:00:49 - Competitive nature vs nurture 00:54:22 - HITRECORD & paying contributors 01:02:36 - Aliens 01:04:37 - Staying optimistic   Links ♾️  Joe's Washington Post OpEd - “If artificial intelligence uses your work, it should pay you” https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/26/joseph-gordon-levitt-artificial-intelligence-residuals/ ♾️  Jaron Lanier's TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ-PUXPVlos ♾️  The Invisible Hand https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand ♾️  Center for Human Technology https://www.humanetech.com/ ♾️  Don Jon ♾️  Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinking,_Fast_and_Slow ♾️  Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow ♾️  HITRECORD https://hitrecord.org/ ♾️  The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Age-Illustrated-Primer-Spectra/dp/0553380966 ♾️  Culture Series by Ian Banks https://www.amazon.com/The-Culture-9-book-series/dp/B07WLZZ9WV   Credits ♾️ Hosted by: Liv Boeree ♾️ Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei ♾️ Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

What is it like to be an atheist who suddenly meets God? How can poker make us think more clearly about existential risk? These are just a few of the many fascinating topics this conversation with my good friend Cate Hall covers. Cate is probably best known for her stint as a professional poker player, however she also has worked as a top level corporate lawyer in Washington, and more recently co-founded and ran a biosecurity company that aims to mitigate the threat of biorisks to humanity, like pandemics. Her life hasn't been all smooth sailing though; for a number of years, Cate experienced a severe mental health and drug addiction issues that nearly took her life. I'm so grateful to Cate for this honest and frank conversation about her experiences, and for showing us how to adopt a rational, Win-Win mindset even in the face of dire adversity.   Chapters 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:57 - Practising Law 00:05:09 - Parasitic nature of legal system 00:16:24 - From Law to Poker 00:18:19 - Reading Body Language 00:24:41 - Highs and Lows in Poker 00:28:36 - Women in Poker 00:36:21 - Psychotic Break 00:45:58 - Meeting God 00:53:30 - Psychosis or Spirituality? 01:03:03 - Overcoming Addiction 01:08:24 - Current Beliefs 01:13:07 - Biosecurity 01:21:46 - Democratisation of Information   Links ♾️  Samsara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra ♾️  Pascal Mugging https://nickbostrom.com/papers/pascal.pdf ♾️ Gnosticism and The Demiurge https://gnosticismexplained.org/the-gnostic-demiurge/ ♾️ USAID Deep Vision Program https://www.usaid.gov/news-information/press-releases/oct-5-2021-usaid-announces-new-125-million-project-detect-unknown-viruses-pandemic-potential ♾️ Bodhisattva https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva   Credits: Hosted By: Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

In this fifth episode of the Win-Win Podcast, I sit down with my good friend Isabelle Boemeke to discuss how competition manifests in the worlds of modelling and activism. Isabelle's journey began her small hometown in Brazil, where she was discovered as a model at an early age, and soon found herself moving to Miami aged eighteen to launch a highly successful modelling career. But three years ago, she took a complete U-turn to become the world's first nuclear energy influencer. Adopting the alter-ego "Isodope", she began making viral videos that educate about the pros and cons of nuclear energy as a source of abundant clean energy, and as a tool to combat climate change. Her work has led to her being featured in an Oliver Stone documentary, onto the TED stage, and even changed the nuclear energy policy of California. One of the raddest people I know!   Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:18 Games growing up 00:06:34 Modelling 00:15:54 Competition among women 00:21:33 Body Image Pressures 00:31:25 Beauty Filters and Social Media 00:37:42 Religion and Evolution 00:48:47 Nuclear Energy and the Creation of Isodope 01:01:17 Saving Diablo Canyon 01:05:31 Activism 01:21:20 Motherhood   Links ♾️ Isodope https://isodope.com/ ♾️ https://www.tiktok.com/@isodope ♾️ https://www.instagram.com/i_sodope/?hl=en ♾️ Isabelle's TED Talk https://www.ted.com/talks/isabelle_boemeke_nuclear_power_is_our_best_hope_to_ditch_fossil_fuels?language=en ♾️ Richard Dawkins - Greatest Show On Earth https://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Show-Earth-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1416594795 ♾️ Our Inner Ape https://www.amazon.com/Our-Inner-Ape-Primatologist-Explains/dp/1594481962 ♾️ Carolyn Porko (planetary scientist) https://twitter.com/carolynporco   CREDITS: Hosted by: Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt 

If you ever downloaded online videos since the year 2000, this man is who you should thank! This week I'm speaking with technologist and philosopher Jordan Hall (formerly Jordan Greenhall). Jordan was a founder of numerous early-internet companies including video codec company DivX. However, I got to know him through his contributions to a community known as “Game B”, which seeks to understand how human civilization can transform itself into a more sustainable, anti-rivalrous, win-win dynamic. Today's conversation is a philosophical and technical dive into the anthropological drivers of competition, complexity, centra and decentralization, and the role of AI in shaping a more Game B future.    JORDAN'S BIOGRAPHY: Jordan is now in his seventeenth year of building disruptive technology companies. First as an early employee crafting strategy and product for MP3.com, then at InterVU (acquired by Akamai) and then finally in 2000 launching and leading the online digital video revolution as founder and CEO of DivX. After somewhat successfully navigating two financial crises and an IPO (and going down in flames at Stage6), he left the helm at DivX to return his attention to the big picture. He tried his hand at capitalism – combining Angel investment at the sharp edge of the Schumpeter wave — with participation in a number of think tanks and institutes; most notably, the Aspen Institute and the Santa Fe Institute where he served on the Board of Trustees for five sweet years. This exposure led him to the conclusion that humanity is in the midst of a world historical transition which will likely kill all of us (see Mad Max) but just might end in a truly amazing future (see Star Trek). Getting there is going to require many things of us – most notably a significant upgrade of our individual and collective capacity for thought and action.   CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:26 Childhood Games & Competition 07:14 Evolutionary Reason for Positive Externalities when Competing 11:45 What is Game B 26:42 Cybernetic control structures and the Culture Wars 32:10 Capitalism and Communism as two sides of the same coin 35:03 Why Game A is self-terminating 53:10 How to move toward a Game B society 58:50 How individuals can move towards Game B 01:03:18 The Hyperconversation and Collective Insight 01:06:10 Creating the next Collective Intelligence 01:10:10 How to protect against bad actors 01:18:35 How to cultivate more of a Game B lifestyle 01:30:35 Mental resilience against doom and negativity 01:38:20 AI as a tool against Moloch 01:42:27 What's next?   RELEVANT LINKS: ♾️  The Game B Wiki ♾️  Jordan Hall's Blog ♾️  The Secrets of Our Success - Joseph Heinrich ♾️  Understanding the Blue Church ♾️  Collective Insight Practices - Bonnitta Roy ♾️  The Medium is the Message - Marshall Mcluhan   CREDITS: ♾️  Hosted by: Liv Boeree ♾️  Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei ♾️  Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

Nuclear war is arguably the ultimate lose-lose game. But how plausible is it in this day and age, and what have we learned from living the last ~70 years under the nuclear shadow? Is there a way to permanently escape it? This is the topic of today's conversation with Carl Robichaud, one of the world's leading experts on nuclear security. We dig into everything from the current Russia/Ukraine conflict, the game theory of escalation and deterrence, to successful coordination mechanisms and de-escalation strategies that seem to have kept nuclear war at bay. We also explore how lessons from nuclear policy could apply to risks from novel technologies like AI and synthetic bioweapons.  In other words: how do we escape the nuclear Moloch Trap?    CARL'S BIOGRAPHY: Carl has worked for twenty five years as a researcher and advisor on international arms control, security policy, and nonproliferation at organisations including the Carnegie Corporation of New York, The Century Foundation and the Global Security Institute.  He currently leads Longview Philanthropy's programme on nuclear weapons and existential risk.  If you are interested in learning more, or directly supporting the Nuclear Weapons Policy Fund which provides targeted support to top projects in the field, you can find further info here: ♾️  https://www.longview.org/nuclear/   CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 02:20 Russia/Ukraine conflict, China & current risk landscape 09:14 Cuban Missile Crisis 14:30 List of other close calls 16:55 How might AI-generated fake media affect nuclear security? 22:08 The Game Theory of Nuclear War 25:50 Difference between fission and fusion bombs 29:40 Nash Equilibria and Mutually Assured Destruction 33:06 Stability-Instability Paradox 34:19 What's the bull argument for nuclear weapons? 37:45 New technologies/weapons that could break MAD 44:40 How to factor-in human irrationality? 51:11 Moloch and the Security Dilemma 53:35 Arms control, treaties and breaking out of the Moloch trap 56:30 Treaties, Nuclear Test Bans, non-proliferation agreements 01:02:08 IAEA, verification and enforcement 01:09:23 What kind of people were successful at forming treaties? 01:11:05 New coordination mechanisms? 01:14:14 Trustless verification, Zero Knowledge Protocol 01:21:58 Lessons from nuclear that apply to AI and bioweapons 01:27:00 AI Pause Letter 01:30:01 The need for a third Attractor 01:34:50 What can ordinary citizens do about nuclear risk? 01:41:40 Philanthropic opportunities   POST-RECORDING CORRECTIONS: The 2023 IAEA regular budget is $396 million, not $300 million as Carl stated. For the police department budget comparison, global IAEA safeguards now roughly equal the annual budget of the Cincinnati police department, not Washington DC's police budget, because DC's budget has grown so much in comparison. Carl said the most common US warhead type was 300 kilotons. This is roughly 20 times more powerful than the Hiroshima bomb and about 150 times smaller than the Tsar Bomba. US subs carry both 90-kiloton W76-1 or 455-kiloton W88 missiles. Trump admin deployed a new "low yield" W76-2 which is 5-7 kt, or one third to half a Hiroshima yield; these weapons may be seen as "more usable". The largest US bomb in the arsenal is the B-63 gravity bomb at 1.2 MT (or 1200 kt).   RELEVANT LINKS Wikipedia - Nuclear Close Calls Command and Control by Eric Schlosser War Games (movie) Middlebury Institute for International Studies Center for Strategic and International Studies Federation of American Scientists International Atomic Energy Agency Zero-Knowledge Protocol The US National Academy of Sciences Nuclear Threat Initiative Ploughshares Fund Council on Strategic Risks   CREDITS: Hosted by: Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

Welcome to the second episode of the Win-Win podcast! In this episode, I sit down with the incredible Bill Perkins to discuss the ups and downs of trading and Wall Street, crazy prop betting, power dynamics, poker, and how to optimize your life and money for maximum fun and fulfillment. Here's a bit more about Bill… Bill Perkins is Founder and Head Trader for Skylar Capital. He has more than two decades of experience in the energy trading industry. Bill is also the founder and president of Small Ventures USA, LP, a private equity and venture capital firm based in Houston, Texas, and founded in 1997. He is also the President and Founder of SkyFi, a democratizing satellite technology, data and access company removing barriers to capturing satellite images. He released his first book in 2020 titled “Die with Zero” which gives strategic advice on how to live your best life no matter your income.   CHAPTERS: 00:00 Introduction 01:36 Formative Games 06:23 Societal Programming 13:26 Power Dynamics between Men and Women 20:45 Texas Culture vs New York Competitive Culture 32:37 Market Trading 45:31 Market Manipulation and Meme Stocks 51:30 Bank Bailouts 59.33 Poker 01:10:41 Balancing Life and Competitiveness 01:16:49 Victim Stories & Accountability 01:29:56 Prop Bets & Mental Blocks 01:41:35 Die With Zero 01:54:29 Living Win-Win   RELEVANT LINKS: Die with Zero by Bill Perkins  Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin Choice Emotional Intelligence Class   CREDITS: Hosted by: Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

In this first Win-Win episode, I am speaking with Molly Bloom - a friend whose life is so interesting, they literally made an Oscar nominated movie about it!   Molly is an inspirational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of Molly's Game. She is best known for her memoir, Molly's Game, which was adapted into an award-winning film of the same name by Aaron Sorkin. Bloom's memoir chronicles her journey from Olympic level-skier, to college student, to LA waitress, to building and operating the largest and most notorious private poker game in the world, catering to the who's who of Hollywood playing for hundreds of millions of dollars. But after some years, she runs into the wrong side of the NYC mob, and then the law, turning her life utterly upside down.   In this episode we explore the unique lessons she learned about human behavior and competition itself from her extraordinary experiences. OUTLINE: 00:00 Introduction 01:22 Competition as a Child 04:20 Skiing Career 23:01 Moving to LA, introduction to poker 26:45 Liv's poke r origin story 29:08 Why poker? 31:10 Being confronted by her boss 34:52 What makes a good game? 36:30 Masculinity and Femininity 40:20 Emotional contagion & player selection 49:30 Psychopaths 1:04:50 Overcoming Shame 1:09:31 Meditation 1:23:23 Power of Gamification 1:33:32 Advice for Young Molly --- The film Molly's Game, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, stars Jessica Chastain (as Molly), Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d'Arcy James, and Chris O'Dowd. Bloom has appeared on numerous shows and in media outlets such as Ellen, Vice, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Vulture, and has been asked to speak at Fortune's Most Powerful Women, for companies like Blackrock Financial, SiriusXM Radio, and delivered the 2018 commencement speech at Colorado State University.   RELEVANT LINKS: Molly's Game (the book) Molly's Game (the movie) Brene Brown - Daring Greatly Brene Brown - Atlas of the Heart Gerald Fishkin “Shame is ghost machine of mind” The Science of Shame and Its Treatment. The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer Vipassana Meditation   CREDITS: Hosted by: Liv Boeree Produced & Edited by: Raymond Wei Audio Mix by: Keir Schmidt

Hey everyone, Liv Boeree here! You might know me from poker, science shows, or my Youtube channel where I dress up as scary game-theory monsters. Either way, I'm super happy to say I'm finally starting my own podcast! It's going to be called the Win-Win Podcast, and it's really an exploration of competition and all the ways it manifests, for better or worse, in our modern day society. In this show, I'm going to be speaking with fellow gamers, scientists, entrepreneurs, artists, thinkers, and anyone else who I think has a unique relationship with competition. In this trailer, you can check out a preview of my conversation with the first guest, Molly Bloom - a great friend who has literally had a movie made about her life running illegal poker tables in LA and New York. The show will be available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or anywhere else you listen to shows so be sure to subscribe as the first episode will be released soon!   IG: @livboeree TW: @Liv_Boeree Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@LivBoeree/