D. Scott Phoenix
@fuelfive • 2,736 subscribers
Partner at @fiftyyears investing in deep tech and a flourishing future. Former AI founder ($250M raised, acq by Alphabet). Host of https://t.co/pcxHuL5vWg
Videos
"We were always a very poor imitation of a machine." Progress ep05 is live with Christian Angermayer, founder of atai Life Sciences and co-founder of Enhanced Games. We discuss why fear is the real risk of the next decade, why post-capitalism looks like a Roman Republic with robots, and why the Enhanced Games might be the Woodstock of bodily sovereignty.
D. Scott Phoenix105,457 views • 2 months ago
"You have to be willing to be vilified to build anything interesting in the world." Progress ep04 is live with Brian Armstrong, cofounder and CEO of Coinbase 🛡️. We discuss why becoming AI might actually feel great, why the most unimpeachably good charity still got hit pieces, and why delaying progress kills people too.
D. Scott Phoenix109,311 views • 2 months ago
Are we the woolly mammoths? Progress ep06 is live with Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch. Mammoths built the grassland they lived on, then changed it too fast to survive. Justin thinks we might be next. We talk AI job loss, his bet on a Mamdani-style president in 2028, and what selling Twitch for $970M didn't fix.
D. Scott Phoenix44,936 views • 1 month ago
Communism truly fell when Soviet leadership realized that free markets were the only path to abundance. You can see the same expression on the faces of World Cup attendees who saw a Costco or Buc-ees for the first time. Apoorva Mehta felt it himself when he left Libya.
D. Scott Phoenix14,149 views • 23 days ago
Will your next spouse run on silicon? Progress ep07 is live with Apoorva Mehta, founder of Instacart and Abundance. We discuss human-AI marriage, why changing your AI partner’s weights might become a crime, and what happens when machines start deciding where society’s money goes.
D. Scott Phoenix12,876 views • 28 days ago
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