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EP 70: Tim Urban (Author, "Wait But Why") on Wokeness, AI Girlfriends and Humans Living to 150 Years Old

EP 70: Tim Urban (Author, "Wait But Why") on Wokeness, AI Girlfriends and Humans Living to 150 Years Old

FromThe Logan Bartlett Show


EP 70: Tim Urban (Author, "Wait But Why") on Wokeness, AI Girlfriends and Humans Living to 150 Years Old

FromThe Logan Bartlett Show

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Length:
161 minutes
Released:
Jun 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

(0:00) Intro(1:23) Welcome Tim Urban(5:11) Thousand-page book(18:40) Living to 150 Years Old(24:04) Looking back on eating meat(29:39) Changing expectations of success(36:01) Shortform vs longform writing(42:11) TikTok and different internets for different audiences(49:10) College is an eternity(55:39) North star for writing(1:03:03) Tim's favorite part besides publishing(1:17:55) Tribalism, wokeness, and politics(1:43:25) Awareness and Courage(1:52:01) Keeping identity small(1:57:16) Feeling different about old blog posts(2:03:55) AI Girlfriends(2:08:19) Talking Elon(2:15:54) Advice on picking a career(2:21:43) AI and will it kill humanity?(2:30:51) Signing up for Cryonics(2:34:25) Twitter Talk(2:38:15) Disagreeing with conventional wisdom Mixed and edited: Justin HrabovskyProduced: Rashad AssirExecutive Producer: Josh MachizMusic: Griff Lawson ? Listen to the showApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/three-cartoon-avatars/id1606770839Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5WqBqDb4br3LlyVrdqOYYb?si=3076e6c1b5c94d63&nd=1Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0LmNvbS9zb0hJZkhWbg ? Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCugS0jD5IAdoqzjaNYzns7w?sub_confirmation=1 Follow on Socials? Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/theloganbartlettshow? Twitter - https://twitter.com/loganbartshow? Clips on TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@theloganbartlettshow About the ShowLogan Bartlett is a Software Investor at Redpoint Ventures - a Silicon Valley-based VC with $6B AUM and investments in Snowflake, DraftKings, Twilio, and Netflix. In each episode, Logan goes behind the scenes with world-class entrepreneurs and investors. If you're interested in the real inside baseball of tech, entrepreneurship, and start-up investing, tune in every Friday for new episodes.
Released:
Jun 23, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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Each week, Logan Bartlett, partially known for his work as a partner at Redpoint Ventures, but maybe even better known for his and his cartoon avatar’s posting on Twitter sits down with giants of the tech industry to give you the inside scoop you won’t hear anywhere else. They’re covering the biggest stories in tech, but the side nobody talks about. From the memes and Twitter beefs to the idiot billionaires, and basically, all the things real people in the tech world actually talk about, but secretly in their group chats! Subscribe now because you won’t want to miss an episode!