Manifold
Steve Hsu is Professor of Theoretical Physics and Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University. Join him for wide-ranging conversations with leading writers, scientists, technologists, academics, entrepreneurs, investors, and more.
Adventures in Physics, Trump, and more, with the Information Theory podcast — #75
Pascal Lottaz: Neutrality, Geopolitics, and International Conflict — #74
Letter from Shanghai: Reflections on China in 2024 — #73
Letter from Beijing, with Han Feizi — #72
Seeking Truth From Facts: Israel and Iran, Missile Defense, China Economic Development
Samo Burja: Intellectuals, Culture. and the Technosphere — #70
Deus Ex Machina: A Man, Machines, and God
Seeking Truth From Facts: Alf & Steve Hsu — #68
Letter from Reykjavik: Genomics, Chess, Hyperscaling genAI, and Quantum Black Holes — #67
Robin Hanson: Prediction Markets, the Future of Civilization, and Polymathy — #66
China Today: Myths and Realities — #65
Ivy League Anonymous: Great Awokening and Campus Radicals — #64
AI Global Odyssey: REAL Situational Awareness — #63
Philippe Lemoine: Bad Covid Science, Ukraine Analysis, and Philosophy — #62
John Seo: Catastrophe Bonds and the Investor Choice Problem — Manifold #61
Molson Hart: China and Amazon, Up Close — #60
Jaan Tallinn: AI Risks, Investments, and AGI — #59
Glenn Luk: China’s economic evolution, GDP, and high speed rail — #58
Casey Handmer: Terraform Industries and a carbon-neutral future — #57
Russell Clark: Japan, China, and USD reserve status — #56
Stephen Grugett: Predicting the Future with Manifold Markets — #55
Ray McGovern: CIA, JFK, Deep State, and Ukraine Crisis — #54
Lecture: Fermi Paradox, AI, Simulation Question — #53
Utah AG Sean Reyes: “Sound of Freedom” and Human Trafficking — #52
Military Technology and U.S.-China War in the Pacific — #51
Louis-Vincent Gave: Understanding China’s Economy, and U.S. Competition — #50
Charles Miller: Satellite Technology and the Future of Mobile Connectivity — #49
China's EV Market Dominance and the Challenges Facing Tesla — #48
Taylor Ogan, Snow Bull Capital: China's tech frontier, the view from Shenzhen — #47
Bharat Karnad: India geostrategy, nuclear arsenal, and assassination of Homi Bhabha, the Oppenheimer of India — #46
Yasheng Huang: China's Examination System and its impact on Politics, Economy, Innovation — #45
Huawei and the US-China Chip War — #44
Meritocracy, SAT Scores, and Laundering Prestige at Elite Universities — #43
Aella: Sex Work, Sex Research, and Data Science — #42
AI on your phone? Tim Dettmers on quantization of neural networks — #41
Paul Huang, the real situation in Taiwan: politics, military, China — #40
Richard Hanania & Rob Henderson: The Rise of Wokeness and the Influence of Civil Rights Law — #39
Richard Sander (UCLA Law) on the Supreme Court Affirmative Action Ruling — #38
AI Cambrian Explosion: Conversation With Three AI Engineers — #37
David Goldman: US-China Competition, AI, Electric Vehicles, and Manufacturing — #36
Artificial Intelligence & Large Language Models: Oxford Lecture — #35
Simone Collins: IVF, Embryo Selection, Dating on the Spectrum, and Pronatalism — #34
Katherine Dee: Culture, Identity, and Isolation in the Digital Age — #33
Marc Martinez: "Dream Big" and the Golden Age of Bodybuilding — #32
Gilles Saint-Paul: The Yellow Vests, French Politics, and Hypergamy — #31
Bing vs. Bard, US-China STEM Competition, and Embryo Screening — #30
ChatGPT, LLMs, and AI — #29
Dominic Cummings: Vote Leave, Brexit, COVID, and No. 10 with Boris — #28
Sahil Lavingia: Founding Gumroad, The Minimalist Entrepreneur, and our AI LLM future — #27
Geoffrey Miller: Evolutionary Psychology, Polyamorous Relationships, and Effective Altruism — #26
Anna Krylov: The Politicization of Science in Academia — #25
Abdel Abdellaoui: Genetics, Psychiatric Traits, and Educational Attainment — #24
Richard Sander on SCOTUS Oral Arguments: Affirmative Action and Discrimination against Asian Americans at Harvard and UNC
Discovering the Multiverse: Quantum Mechanics and Hugh Everett III, with Peter Byrne — #22
Jeffrey Sachs: Lessons from the COVID Commission, Lab Leak Questions, and Nord Stream — #21
Rob Henderson: A Journey from Foster Care to the US Military to Elite Academia — #20
Lyle Goldstein on U.S. Strategic Challenges: Russia, China, Ukraine, and Taiwan — #19
Harvard Veritas: interview with a recent graduate (anonymous) — #18
Richard Lowery: The War for American Universities — #17
Tim Palmer (Oxford): Status and Future of Climate Modeling — #16
Kishore Mahbubani: A Nuanced View of Asia & China's Rise — #15
Greg Clark: Genetics and Social Mobility — #14
John Mearsheimer: Great Powers, U.S. Hegemony, and the Rise of China — #13
Theodore A. Postol: Nuclear Weapons, Missile Technology, and U.S. Diplomacy — #12
Raghuveer Parthasarathy: The Four Physical Principles — #11
Carl Zha: Xinjiang, Ukraine, and U.S.-China relations — #10
Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing, Unsolvable Problems, & Artificial Intelligence — #9
Sebastian Mallaby: Venture capital as an engine of courage — #8
Vlatko Vedral: Oxford Theoretical Physicist on Quantum Superposition of Living Creatures — #7
Richard Sander: Affirmative Action, Mismatch Theory, & Academic Freedom — #6
Shai Carmi: Polygenic risk scores & embryo screening — #5
Jon Y (Asianometry) on Semiconductor Tech and U.S.-China Competition — #4
Richard Hanania: Wokeness, Public Choice Theory, & Geostrategy — #3
Steve Hsu Q&A: Complex trait prediction in Genomics, and Genomic Prediction / Embryo Selection
James Lee on Polygenic Prediction and Embryo Selection — #1
Warren Hatch on Seeing the Future in the Era of COVID-19 – #50
Leif Wenar on the Resource Curse and Impact Philosophy – #49
Michael Kauffman on Cancer, Drug Development and Market Capitalism – #48
Scott Adams on Trump, and his book Loserthink – #47
James Oakes on What’s Wrong with The 1619 Project – #46
Robert Atkinson on US-China Competition and Industrial Policy – #45
Raman Sundrum: Physics and the Universe – #44
Vineer Bhansali: Physics, Tail Risk Hedging, and 900% Coronavirus Returns – #43
Jaan Tallinn: Coronavirus, Existential Risk, and AI – #42
Dan Gable: Legendary NCAA and Olympic Wrestler & Coach – #41
Klaus Lackner on Carbon Capture, Climate Change, and Physics – #40
COVID-19, Blockchain, and the Global Startup Scene – #39
Claude Steele on the Challenges of Multi-Cultural Societies – #38
A.J. Robison on the Neural Basis of Sex Differences in Depression – #37
Kaja Perina on the Dark Triad: Narcissism, Machiavellianism, and Psychopathy – #36
Adam Dynes on Noisy Retrospection: The Effect of Party Control on Policy Outcomes – #35
Yang Wang on Science and Technology in China, Hong Kong Protests, and Coronavirus – #34
Elizabeth Kolbert on Climate Change: Impacts and Mitigation Technologies – #33
Meghan Daum on the New Culture Wars – #32
Steven Broglio on Concussions, Football and Informed Choice – #31
Barbara O’Brien on Race, Reform and Wrongful Conviction Rate Estimates- #30
Sebastian Junger: Meaning from War and Technological Isolation in America – #29
Zach Hambrick on Psychometrics and the Science of Expertise – #28
Andrew Hartman: The Culture Wars Then and Now – #27
Bruno Maçães: China, Russia and the Future of Eurasia – #26
Ted Conover on Immigration, Prisons and 21st Century Homesteading – #25
Jason Snyder on Neurogenesis – #24
Timothy Searchinger: Biofuels vs Foods and Major Climate Change Policy Errors – #23
Jamie Metzl on Hacking Darwin: Genetic Engineering and the Future of Humanity – #22
Tyler Cowen on Big Business, Socialism, Free Speech, and Stagnant Productivity Growth – #21
Betsy McKay on Trends in Heart Disease and How to Avoid It – #20
Ted Chiang on Free Will, Time Travel, Many Worlds, Genetic Engineering, and Hard Science Fiction – #19
Rebecca Campbell on Identifying Serial Perpetrators, Rape Investigations and Untested Rape Kits – #18
Mark Moffett on the Life and Death of Human Societies – #17
John Schulman: OpenAI and recent advances in Artificial Intelligence – #16
Daniel Max on Writing a Literary non-Fiction Classic and Prion Diseases Then and Now – #15
Stuart Firestein on Why Ignorance and Failure Lead to Scientific Progress – Episode #14
Joe Cesario on Political Bias and Problematic Research Methods in Social Psychology – #13
James Cham on Venture Capital, Risk Taking, and the Future Impacts of AI – Episode #12
Joe Cesario on Police Decision Making and Racial Bias in Deadly Force Decisions – Episode #11
Ron Unz on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, The Unz Review, and the Harvard Admissions Scandal – Episode #10
Philosopher Sam Kerstein on the Morality of Genome Engineering, Inequality, and Star Trek – Episode #9
Sabine Hossenfelder on the Crisis in Particle Physics and Against the Next Big Collider – #8
David Skrbina on Ted Kaczynski, Technological Slavery, and the Future of Our Species – Episode #7
John Hawks on Human Evolution, Ancient DNA, and Big Labs Devouring Fossils – Episode #6
Kaiser Kuo of Sinica on Modern China and US-China relations – Episode #5
Ted Schultz on Ants, Emergent Behavior, and the Molecular Revolution in Systematics – Episode #4
Noor Siddiqui, Thiel Fellow, on Stanford and Silicon Valley – Episode #3
Bobby Kasthuri & Brain Mapping - Episode #2
CRISPR Babies — Episode #1