Rohit Krishnan is a VC and essayist who writes the ‘Strange Loop Canon’ newsletter in which he tries to understand the ever increasing complexity of our world. You can follow Rohit on Twitter at https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit and subscribe to his newsletter at https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/ Show Notes: Douglas Hofstadter’s Strange Loop Memory as an unreliable narrator Are we seeing a decline in eccentricity? The Great Reshuffle We need more Thiel-style patrons Why do big companies suck at innovation? Importance of failure Reducing the cost of failure Universal Basic Income/Dividend Maximizing EV vs. Maximizing hit rate Are governments inefficient? Fragility of jobs World in 2050 Books Recommended: Gödel, Escher, Bach; by Douglas Hofstadter I Am a Strange Loop; by Douglas Hofstadter The Misbehavior of Markets; by Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson