Moats in AI, Real and Regulatory with Brian Chau
Description
We discuss qualitative and quantitative moats, midwits, altruism, egalitarianism, regulation, obstructionism and more.
Blogs
Content:
(00:00 ) Brian's background
(03:20 ) On writing
(07:05 ) AI doomers: steel man and critique
(14:05 ) Job displacement
(19:20 ) Signaling jobs
(28:20 ) Future economics of art
(31:10 ) Qualitative v. quantitative moats (Google doc leak)
(37:00 ) Midwits and conformity selection
(40:00 ) How to fix Midwits phenomenon (Civil service reforms)
(42:00 ) Why the free market selects against the free market
(46:00 ) Problems with regulators (FDA and co.)
(52:00 ) The root of Altruism
(55:00 ) Origin of envy
(55:25 ) Conspiracy theories and egalitarianism
(1:00:00 ) Egalitarian murders
(1:06:45 ) Polarization and obstructionism
(1:09:05 ) Obstructionism and regulation
(1:10:25 ) Issue polarization, affective polarization, and partisanship
(1:12:00 ) Education system and the Freddie deBoer case





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