E11: America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why Social Justice isn't receding

E11: America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why wokeness isn't receding: "If you can't compete on history, compete on philosophy" We record our interviews with Riverside. Go to https://bit.ly/Riverside_MoZ + use code ZEN for 20%. Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@MomentofZenPodcast. (13:00) Why knowing history makes you a better entrepreneur (20:00) Christianity’s moral innovations (29:00) America as culture exporter (37:00) Consumer culture and social progressivism (50:00) Egalitarianism eats the world (1:04:48) Equality of Opportunity vs Equality of Outcome (1:12:00) Equality of Opportunity IS Equality of Outcome (1:17:00) Wokeness isn't receding More shownotes and reading material released in our Substack: https://momentofzen.substack.com/ Thank you Secureframe for sponsoring (Use "Moment of Zen" for 20% discount) and Graham Bessellieu for production. by "Moment of Zen"

93 min listen

E19: Michelle Tandler on how to fix San Francisco: San Francisco advocate Michelle Tandler (@michelletandler on Twitter) joins Erik and Dan to discuss how Twitter has impacted her life, the state of SF politics, and how she would address the homeless crisis in San Francisco. by "Moment of Zen"

101 min listen

Low vs High Culture, legacy vs new institutions, WWE, & Lex Fridman w/ Aarthi and Sriram: Our friends Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan join us this week as special guests by "Moment of Zen"

90 min listen

E2 w/ Marc Andreessen on Elon, Nietzsche, and America's Thousand Year Empire by "Moment of Zen"

52 min listen

E5 w/ The Realignment on Silicon Valley & DC, Trump vs DeSantis, and the future of media & politics: Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) and Marshall Kosloff (@makosloff) of The Realignment (@therealignment) join Moment of Zen's Dan Romero (@dwr), Antonio Garcia Martinez (@antoniogm) and Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) for a discussion on tech, politics, and media 0:00 intro 2:00 Political and class realignments 14:35 Trump vs DeSantis 24:10 Future of both political parties 27:55 Would Saagar ever get involved in politics? 32:00 Differences between Silicon Valley and DC 35:20 There will never be another Trump 38:30 Media’s impact on politics 54:40 Antonio thinks we stopped recording and goes off 56:00 who the f*** is Chuck Todd? 57:10 How media is evolving Sponsored by Secureframe, produced by Rob Perla by "Moment of Zen"

67 min listen

E3 w/ Amjad Masad on AGI as religion for nerds, history as a series of conspiracies conspiracies are true, and religion as a foundation for raising your kids by "Moment of Zen"

108 min listen

E9: Modern cold wars with China and Russia, the new right, and tech's cultural shift w/ Noah Smith: We speak with Noah Smith about our modern cold wars with China & Russia, the new right, and tech’s cultural & political shifts. by "Moment of Zen"

91 min listen

E8: Why is ChatGPT so woke, the arc of tech is centralization, and explaining the cathedral w/ Brian Chau: Brian Chau (@psychosort) joins us to discuss why ChatGPT is woke, how the arc of tech is centralization, and mental models for politics. by "Moment of Zen"

109 min listen

E10: Disenfranchised men, AI Doomerism, and the Problems with Effective Altruism, with Amjad Masad by "Moment of Zen"

120 min listen

E4: USA vs Europe, Zeihan & Fukuyama, Reforming institutions vs starting new ones, and why we started "Moment of Zen" by "Moment of Zen"

89 min listen

E14: Balaji’s bet [Emergency Episode] - Financial Crisis 2.0, Digital Devaluation of USD, and What Comes Next: Balaji Srinivasan tells us why he is making a $1M BTC prediction and discusses the banking collapse. (8:00) What happened with SVB (15:00) Constructive debate (59:00) Where we agree and where we disagree (1:07:00) If the U.S. implodes, there’s no where else to go (1:18:00) Responding to critics Moment of Zen is brought to you by: Riverside, where we record our interviews. Go to https://bit.ly/Riverside_MoZ + use code ZEN for 20%. and Secureframe, the leading all-in-one platform for security and privacy compliance. Mention Moment of Zen for 20% off your first year. by "Moment of Zen"

81 min listen

E31: Threads vs Twitter, Zuck vs Elon, and Silicon Valley’s Civil War with Mike Solana by "Moment of Zen"

74 min listen

E15: Nic Carter on Balaji's Bet, Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and the Fed's Financial Crisis: Writer, VC, and podcaster Nic Carter joins us to talk about Balaji's bet, Operation Chokepoint 2.0, and the Fed's financial crisis. We record our interviews with Riverside. Go to https://bit.ly/Riverside_MoZ + use code ZEN for 20%. Check out the debut of Erik's new longform interview podcast Upstream. This coming season features interviews with Marc Andreessen (Episode 1 is live now), David Sacks, Ezra Klein, Balaji Srinivasan, Katherine Boyle, and more. Subscribe here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-education-of-marc-andreessen/id1678893467?i=1000605668194 (0:00) Intro (3:00) Reflections on Balaji episode (10:00) Coinbase and SVB (14:00) Sponsors (15:00) Operation chokepoint 2.0 (16:45) We find out the reason for Antonio’s circumcision (25:00) Crypto banking crisis (36:00) How much of crypto is new? (38:40) Main benefits of crypto (47:20) Finance is politicized (55:0 by "Moment of Zen"

99 min listen

E18: How to pick markets, why NFTs matter, what "disinformation" is actually about: Dan and Erik discuss picking markets, NFT's, disinformation, and Fentanyl. by "Moment of Zen"

87 min listen

E22: Twitter’s new CEO, Elon’s strategy vs Sam Altman’s strategy, Liberal depression, crime and prisons: Dan and Erik discuss how Elon got coded right-wing, why liberals are more depressed than conservatives, crime and prisons. by "Moment of Zen"

97 min listen

E6: The AI moment, AI vs crypto: a heated debate with Amjad Masad, Flo Crivello, and Nathan Labenz: Amjad Masad (@Amasad), Flo Crivello (@Altimor) and Nathan Labenz (@Labenz) join us for a heated debate on the AI moment, Crypto in an AI world, and a comparison of AI and crypto's relative value. by "Moment of Zen"

121 min listen

Moment of Zen E1 w/ Marc Andreessen on SBF/FTX, Twitter, and Open AI/Chat GPT: Moment of Zen is a weekly podcast where Dan Romero (Farcaster), Antonio Garcia Martinez (Spindl), and Erik Torenberg (Village Global/On Deck) discuss the latest in tech, business, and culture. by "Moment of Zen"

66 min listen

E20: On Founders, Seriousness, and American Dynamism: Katherine joins Erik, Antonio, and Dan to discuss the hidden forces that shape founders, major divides in tech, and whether she should join our show as a cohost. by "Moment of Zen"

86 min listen

E12: Effective Accelerationism and the AI Safety Debate with Bayeslord, Beff Jezoz, and Nathan Labenz: Anonymous founders of the Effective Accelerations (e/acc) movement Bayeslord and Beff Jezoz join Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, and Nathan Labenz to debate views on AI safety. We record our interviews with Riverside. Go to https://bit.ly/Riverside_MoZ + use code ZEN for 20%. (3:00) Intro to effective accelerationism (8:00) Differences between effective accelerationism and effective altruism (23:00) Effective accelerationism is bottoms-up (42:00) Transhumanism (46:00) “Equanimity amidst the singularity” (48:30) Why AI safety is the wrong frame (56:00) Pushing back against effective accelerationism (1:06:00) The case for AI safety (1:24:00) Upgrading civilizational infrastructure (1:33:00) Effective accelerationism is anti-fragile (1:39:00) Will we botch AI like we botched nuclear? (1:46:00) Hidden costs of emphasizing downsides (2:00:00) Are we in the same position as neander by "Moment of Zen"

131 min listen

E25: Apple and Facebook, Crypto and VR, Open vs Closed Ecosystems: Dan and Erik discuss Apple's upcoming release, VR, the debt deal, nuclear energy and more. by "Moment of Zen"

88 min listen

E21: Ben Smith of Semafor on tech-media hostility, and the past, present, and future of media: Ben Smith is the co-founder of Semafor and author of the forthcoming book Traffic joins Erik Torenberg and Antonio Garcia Martinez for a discussion about the hostility between tech and media, what digital media startups got wrong, analysis of institutions like The New York Times, and what the future of media looks like. by "Moment of Zen"

87 min listen

E17: Mike Solana on SF Politics, Tech & Media fights, Tik Tok policy, and AI wars by "Moment of Zen"

100 min listen

E16: AI open letter debate, "pausers", and what we're all scared of with AI with Anton Troynikov, Flo Crivello, and Nathan Labenz: Anton Troynikov of Chroma, Flo Crivello of Lindy AI, and Nathan Labenz of Waymark and co-host of The Cognitive Revolution podcast join Erik Torenberg for a timely debate on the issues raised in the AI open letter which advocates for a 6-month pause on AI system trainings. by "Moment of Zen"

90 min listen

How SVB Unraveled and Whether Crypto Can Fix Finance with Byrne Hobart: Byrne Hobart joins Antonio, Dan, and Erik to discuss SVB, finance, and crypto. We record our interviews with Riverside. Go to https://bit.ly/Riverside_MoZ + use code ZEN for 20%. by "Moment of Zen"

92 min listen

E27: [Bonus] Marc Andreessen and Anton Troynikov on Why AI Will Save the World: Today, we have a special bonus episode: a discussion between the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, and the founder of AI database company Chroma, Anton Troynikov. by "Moment of Zen"

60 min listen

E24: Mike Solana on Twitter under Elon, Sam Altman's PR strategy, political polarization, and The Culture War's evolution: Erik and Dan are joined by special guest Mike Solana, Editor-in-Chief of Pirate Wires (https://www.piratewires.com/) to discuss the recent AI congressional hearings, political polarization, Elon’s reign at Twitter, and much more. by "Moment of Zen"

99 min listen

Revisited: Moment of Zen's Origins with Marc Andreessen: Marc discusses SBF, Twitter and censorship, and more. In the second half of this extra long episode with Marc, we get into the ideas of Nietzsche, Henrich, Burnham and more of Marc's intellectual influences. by "Moment of Zen"

116 min listen

E32: Twitter, Threads, and Remote Work with Eugene Wei: Writer and technologist Eugene Wei joins Dan, Erik and Antonio to talk about Twitter, Threads, and his views on remote work. by "Moment of Zen"

128 min listen

E47: Antonio's Dispatch From Israel: Antonio Garcia Martinez, reporting live from Israel, joins Dan Romero and Erik Torenberg to share his firsthand perspective on the ground, discussing the unfolding events, and potential outcomes for Israel and Gaza. by "Moment of Zen"

60 min listen

E26: Clash of Elites with Nadia Asparouhova: t Nadia joins Erik, Dan and Antonio to debate the different movements in tech and determine what they should be doing to achieve the impact they want to have. by "Moment of Zen"

82 min listen

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E11: America as a culture exporter, Egalitarianism eats the world, and why Social Justice isn't receding

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