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Byrne Hobart - FTX, Drugs, Twitter, Taiwan, & Monasticism
Dwarkesh Podcast

Byrne Hobart - FTX, Drugs, Twitter, Taiwan, & Monasticism

Dwarkesh Patel 1h 30m 42 months ago
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Perhaps the most interesting episode so far.
Byrne Hobart writes at thediff.co, analyzing inflections in finance and tech.
He explains:
* What happened at FTX
* How drugs have induced past financial bubbles
* How to be long AI while hedging Taiwan invasion
* Whether Musk’s Twitter takeover will succeed
* Where to find the next Napoleon and LBJ
* & ultimately how society can deal with those who seek domination and recognition
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Timestamps:
() - What the hell happened at FTX?
() - How SBF Faked Being a Genius: 
() - Drugs Explain Financial Bubbles
() - On Founder Physiognomy
() - Indexing Parental Involvement in Raising Talented Kids
() - Where are all the Caro-level Biographers?
() - Where are today's Great Founders? 
() - Micro Writing -> Macro Understanding
() - Elon's Twitter Takeover
() - Does Big Tech & West Have Great People?
() - Philosophical Fanatics and Effective Altruism 
() - What Great Founders Have In Common
() - Thinkers vs. Analyzers
() - Taiwan Invasion bets & AI Timelines
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