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Infinite Loops
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 wisdom, and a bounty of other goodies designed to make you go, "Hmm that's interesting!"
Episodes
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Ethan Mollick — How AI Changes Everything (EP.165)
Ethan Mollick is an Associate Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where he studies and teaches innovation and entrepreneurship…
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Chen Qiufan — AI 2041: 10 Visions of Our Future (EP.164)
Chen Qiufan (AKA Stanley Chan) is an award-winning science fiction writer, screenwriter, creative producer, and columnist. He is the president of the World…
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Todd Goodwin — Hypnosis: Separating Myth From Reality (EP.163)
Todd Goodwin is the founder of Goodwin Hypnosis, a hypnosis center based in North Carolina. He is a Board Certified Fellow of the National Guild of Hypnotists…
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Nat & Martha Sharpe — The Conflict between Agency & Community (EP.163)
Nat & Martha Sharpe have been a creative team for over a decade. Nat was a film school graduate and Martha a storytelling enthusiast. They fell in love while…
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Jason Crawford — The Roots of Progress (EP.162)
Jason Crawford is the founder & president of The Roots of Progress, a nonprofit dedicated to establishing a new philosophy of progress for the 21st century…
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David Pinsof — Everything is Bullshit (EP.161)
David Pinsof is an evolutionary social scientist and a co-creator of the game Cards Against Humanity. He holds a PhD in Psychology from UCLA, where he studied…
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Dylan O'Sullivan — Essayful (EP.160)
Dylan O'Sullivan is a writer and media specialist based in Cork, Ireland. Dylan's work has been published in magazines such as The Spectator and Areo. He is…
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John Sills — The Human Experience (EP.159)
After starting his career on a market stall in Essex, John Sills has spent the last twenty-five years working to make the world a better place for customers…
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Billy Oppenheimer — On Curiosity, Creativity & Conceptual Ancestors (EP.158)
Billy Oppenheimer is a researcher for Ryan Holiday. He is also known for his viral long-form tweets and Six at 6 on Sunday newsletter. Billy is insatiably…
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Jimmy Soni & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Future of Publishing (EP.157)
Friend-of-the-show (and new O'Shaughnessy Ventures team member) Liberty RPF joins Jim and fellow friend-of-the-show Jimmy Soni to discuss the current state of…
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Alex Danco — On Self-Delusion, Sancho Panza, Safe Words & Seinfeld (EP.156)
Alex Danco returns for his seventh (yes, SEVENTH) appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss, as usual, pretty much everything other than the topics we had…
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Gurwinder Bhogal — Certainty is the Death of Thought (EP.155)
Gurwinder Bhogal is a writer and programmer who writes about the myriad ways in which technology and psychology conspire to fool us and how we can withstand…
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Ed Latimore — The Difference Between Being Liked and Being Respected (EP.154)
This week, we're delighted to welcome Ed Latimore back for his second Infinite Loops appearance. Ed is a best-selling author, former professional heavyweight…
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Edward Rooster — I Did My Best. I Gave My All. I Was Here. (EP.153)
Edward Rooster is one of our favourite writers. His themes include the future, mythology, time and history. He has written two books, Box of Stars and Harvest…
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Venkatesh Rao — The Art of Gig (EP.152)
Venkatesh Rao is a writer, consultant, and author. He has been writing about indie consulting for years and has recently published The Art of Gig, Volumes 1 &…
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Ananyo Bhattacharya — John von Neumann: The Man from the Future (EP.151)
Ananyo Bhattacharya is the author of The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann, a brilliant biography of one of the most prolific and…
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Michael Breitenbach — On Crypto, AI & Cynicism (EP.150)
Michael Breitenbach is Senior Vice President within the Chief Investment Office at Bank of America Global Wealth and Investment Management, where he is…
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Visakan Veerasamy - On Creativity, Introspection & Being a Good Reply Guy (EP.149)
Visakan Veerasamy is a prolific thinker, writer & creator. As well as being the author of the books 'Introspect' and 'Friendly Ambitious Nerd', he is known for…
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David Senra & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Scenius (EP.148)
Friends-of-the-show David Senra & Liberty RPF return for a characteristically wide-ranging conversation. Enjoy! Important Links Founders Podcast Founders on…
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Dwarkesh Patel — Podcasting, Talent & Innovation (EP.147)
Dwarkesh Patel is the host of The Lunar Society podcast, where he interviews scientists, historians, economists, intellectuals, & founders about their ideas…
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David Ha — AI & Evolution: Learning to do More with Less (EP.146)
David Ha is the Head of Strategy at Stability AI, and one of the top minds working in AI today. He previously worked as a research scientist in the Brain team…
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Jesse Michels — American Alchemy (EP.145)
Jesse Michels is an investor at Thiel Capital and the creator and host of 'American Alchemy', a Youtube channel dedicated to highlighting the most heretical…
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Mark Nelson — Nuclear Power: Change the Memes, Change the Future (EP.144)
Mark Nelson is the Managing Director of Radiant Energy Group, a consultancy which advises governments, nonprofits and industry about nuclear energy. He joins…
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Sam McRoberts — The Grand Redesign (EP.143)
Author, CEO of VUDU Marketing and digital nomad Sam McRoberts returns for his second appearance on Infinite Loops. This week, Sam and Jim discuss Sam's latest…
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Cliff Asness — FTX, Hedge Funds and the Value Spread (EP.142)
Cliff Asness is the Founder, Managing Principal and Chief Investment Officer at AQR Capital Management. Prior to co-founding AQR Capital Management, he was a…
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Ben Tossell — Opportunities in AI (EP.141)
Ben Tossell writes Ben's Bites, a daily newsletter on AI that's read by over 15,000 others from Google, a16z, Sequoia, Amazon, Meta and more. He previously…
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O'Shaughnessy Ventures is Here (EP.140)
We've landed. After 3 months of stealth mode, sneak-peeks, and surprise announcements, we have finally hit launch day. In this special episode of Infinite…
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Tom Morgan & Brett Andersen — Intimations of a New World Worldview (EP.139)
Tom Morgan returns for his third appearance on Infinite Loops with Jim, Infinite Loops' own Ed William and special guest Brett Andersen, an evolutionary…
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Brom Rector — Investing in Psychedelics (EP.138)
Brom Rector is the founder of Empath Ventures, a VC fund that in invests in early-stage psychedelics startups. Prior to founding Empath, Brom sent several…
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Johnathan Bi — René Girard and the Philosophy of Innovation (EP.137)
Ahead of the release of the next episode of his lecture series on René Girard, Johnathan Bi returns for his second appearance on the show. He and Jim discuss…
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Rohit Krishnan — Unleashing Curiosity (EP.136)
Rohit is a VC and essayist who writes fascinating, thought-provoking essays on complexity, progress, innovation and technology over at Strange Loop Canon. He…
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Julia Bonafede — A Deep Dive into Deep Reinforcement Learning (EP.135)
Julia is the co-founder of Rosetta Analytics Inc, "an alternative asset manager that is pioneering the use of advanced artificial intelligence to build and…
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Liberty RPF — On Creation and Curation (EP.134)
Creator and curator Liberty RPF returns for his second appearance on Infinite Loops. He and Jim discuss the art of curation, the opportunities and risks of AI…
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Lulu Cheng Meservey — Going Direct: What Founders can learn from K-Pop, Crypto, and the Early Christians (EP.133)
Title: Description: Lulu Cheng Meservey is the Chief Communications Officer and Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Activision Blizzard. She joins…
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Tinkered Thinking: White Mirror (EP.132)
"With enough curiosity, self-confidence is irrelevant." Tinkered Thinking is a writer, artist, author and creator. He is also the worthy winner of our 'White…
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Edward Slingerland: Trying Not to Try (EP.131)
Edward Slingerland is a University Scholar and Professor of Philosophy at the University of British Columbia. He has authored a number of books, including…
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Jeremiah Lowin — Make Original Mistakes (EP.130)
Jeremiah Lowin is the founder & CEO of Prefect, a dataflow automation company. Jeremiah joins Jim for his second appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss…
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Herbert Lui — Creative Doing (EP.129)
Herbert is a writer and editorial director who has been writing online since he was 15. He is the editor of 'The World According to Kanye' and has written for…
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Emad Mostaque — The Future of AI (EP.128)
Emad Mostaque is the founder and CEO of Stability AI, the company behind Stable Diffusion. Emad joins Stability AI's recently announced Executive Chair of the…
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David Senra — Pick The Right Heroes (EP.127)
"To get me stop, they're going to have to pry the microphone out of my cold dead hand". Hot on the heels of his hugely popular appearance on 'Invest Like The…
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Liz Wallenstein + Dr Michael Donnino — The Mind-Body Connection (EP.126)
Dr Michael Donnino is the founder/director of the Psychophysiologic Research Group, and the first person in the country to complete a residency/fellowship…
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Kyla Scanlon — Cultivating Vibes (EP.125)
The brilliant Kyla Scanlon returns for her second appearance on Infinite Loops. As well as being a prolific creator, curator and writer, Kyla is the founder of…
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Trung Phan + Rob Henderson — Talking Television (EP.124)
Is this the greatest crossover event in history? Fresh from their individual appearances on Infinite Loops, Trung Phan and Rob Henderson join forces to discuss…
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Nick Gillespie — The Lou Reed of Libertarianism (EP.123)
Nick Gillespie is the host of the Reason Interview and an editor at large at Reason. Nick is one of the most interesting libertarian thinkers in America, and…
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Will Storr—The Status Game (EP.122)
Will Storr is an award winning journalist and author. His book 'The Status Game' transforms our understanding of human nature by demonstrating how our…
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Vitaliy Katsenelson—Soul In The Game (EP.121)
Vitaliy Katsenelson is the CEO of a value investment firm IMA, author of two books on investing, and a recently published non-investing book named "Soul In The…
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Dennis McKenna—Rebooting Yourself with Psychedelics (EP.120)
Dennis McKenna is the founder of the McKenna Academy and has conducted research in ethnopharmacology for over 40 years. He is a founding board member of the…
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David Perell—Write to Find Yourself (EP.119)
David Perell is prolific writer and online educator, who runs a writing school called "Write of Passage". David also hosts the "The North Star Podcast"…
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Shreyas Doshi—Making of a Great Leader (EP.118)
Shreyas Doshi is a startup advisor who has formerly worked in the product teams of tech firms like Stripe, Twitter, Google, Yahoo. He regularly writes about…
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Alex Danco—Where the Circle Begins, or Ends (EP.117)
Our recurring guest (who rarely recurs these days), Alex Danco, comes back for his sixth appearance on Infinite Loops! Important Links: Twitter…
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Johnathan Bi — Girard, Desire, and Modernity (EP.116)
Johnathan Bi started out getting trained in Mathematics, and then eventually went on to study Philosophy and Computer Science at Columbia. He hosts a lecture…
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Dan McMurtrie — On Markets and Policy (EP.115)
Dan McMurtrie is the Portfolio Manager at Tyro Partners, an asset management firm for institutions and HNWIs; and the General Partner at Anchorless Bangladesh…
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George Mack — Marketing, Mental Models, and Technology (EP.114)
Description: George Mack is a creator who writes about the intersection of mental models, marketing, and technological tools and tactics. His marketing agency…
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Ian Cassel — All Great Things Start Small (EP.113)
Ian Cassel is the founder of MicroCapClub, a community where hundreds of investors have discussions on US and Canadian microcap companies. They also help you…
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Paul Millerd — The Pathless Path (EP.112)
After working at McKinsey and getting an MBA from MIT, Paul Millerd was succeeding well on a path that "made sense". However, things started changing when he…
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David Chilton — The Wealthy Barber (EP.111)
Dave Chilton is a Canadian author, investor, and a venture capitalist who has appeared on television in the Canadian version of Dragons' Den. In 1989, he…
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Meb Faber — Two Quants Walk into a Bar (EP.110)
Meb Faber is co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management, author of multiple books, and host of "The Meb Faber Show" podcast…
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Trung Phan — On Smart Threads and Dumb Memes (EP.109)
Trung T. Phan is a creator in the tech, business, and media space. His Twitter threads are full of knowledge and humor, and he also co-hosts the "Not…
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Jimmy Soni — Make Things, and Be Playful (EP.108)
Jimmy Soni is an author whose work focuses on people who create and build interesting things—whether theories, carousels, or companies. His books include "The…
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Peter Saddington — Love of Learning (EP.107)
Peter Saddington is a man of many talents. He's a software developer, founder, author, VC, and writes "The Agile VC" newsletter which covers Inside Startups…