Rob Reid is an entrepreneur, podcaster and an author.
The last 15 months have been a terrifying taster of just what a global crisis is like, except it wasn't lethal enough to be a threat to our long term survival - but just because this one wasn't, doesn't mean that more deadly existential risks aren't out there.
Expect to learn how synthetic biology might ... Show More
Yesterday
Father Of Quantum Computing: How To Think Like A Genius - David Deutsch - #1164
David Deutsch is a British physicist, a pioneering researcher in quantum computation, and author. Expect to learn how David has changed his views on the limits of human potential in recent years, why people should have an optimistic view of the world, which current problem most p ... Show More
1h 11m
Oct 15
9 Harsh Truths No One Wants To Admit - Shaan Puri - #1163
Shaan Puri is an entrepreneur, former CEO, podcaster, and angel investor. Expect to learn why the economy is basically run on insecure people, why it's better to ask for forgiveness rather than permission, what’s holding most young people back from achieving more, why you should ... Show More
1h 38m
Oct 12
“This Is The Most Important Subject I’ve Ever Covered” - Robert Greene - #1162
Robert Greene is an author and historian. Expect to learn why Robert chose to write about the ‘Sublime’, why you feel so miserable all of the time, and how to make life feel magical again, if we’re mistakenly trying to recover childhood through novelty, travel, drugs and stimulat ... Show More
2h 21m
Apr 2019
Facing Existential Risks with Rob Wiblin
What major disasters can cause the extinction of the human race? It’s not a question the average person considers on a regular basis, but it’s one that Rob Wiblin attempts to answer every day. Rob is the Director of Research at 80,000 Hours, an organization which aims to find the ... Show More
1h 15m
Jan 2025
Reid Hoffman Returns (on an optimistic AI)
Reid Hoffman (Superagency: What Could Possibly Go Right With our AI Future) is an internet entrepreneur, author, and co-founder of LinkedIn and Inflection AI. Reid returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss Socrates’s musing on the failings of writing, an argument for pushing back ... Show More
1h 55m