Author, builder and friend — Rohit Krishan joins me in a wide ranging conversation about Indian and American culture. We discuss the Get Shit Done mentality of Indian entrepreneurs, predictions for the Indian diaspora, Rohit’s experiences with LLMs, and the surprising ways his children use AI.

For the full transcript of our conversation, click here.

Important Links:

• Rohit’s Substack: Strange Loop Canon
• X / Twitter

Show Notes:

• 00:00 Guest introduction
• 02:36 How Are India and America Similar?
• 09:06 Live Players vs. Dead Players
• 10:34 How American Policy Experiments Echo 18th-century scientists' Wacky Ideas
• 12:03 What Shapes The Indian Mindset?
• 14:13 Hyphenated Identities and Assimilation
• 18:00 The Business Culture of India: Get Shit Done
• 23:39 The Indian Diaspora in 2040…
• 28:20 What Most Surprised Rohit?
• 36:03 Technology Isn’t Magic…Yet
• 41:35 Dealing with LLMs: A Story of ‘Fuck Around and Find Out’
• 43:55 What is Vibe Coding?
• 49:11 Will A.I. Prompting Make Us Sharper?
• 53:08 How Rohit’s Kids Use AI
• 57:17 What Rohit is Hopeful About

Assorted Links:

• Samo Burja: Live versus Dead Players
• Alison Gopnick
• Diana Fleischman
• Douglas Adams