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Complex Systems continues our summer video episode run with Leila Clark and I discussing the various currencies jobs pay in. (This is a persistently underappreciated facet to career planning, particularly for academic overachievers.)

Complex Systems continues our summer video episode run with Leila Clark and I discussing the various currencies jobs pay in. (This is a persistently underappreciated facet to career planning, particularly for academic overachievers.)

Patrick McKenzie

46,334 次观看 • 2 个月前

Complex Systems is back with Clara Collier, on how writers engaged in the life of the mind benefit from LLMs, and where they are not quite there yet. This includes a discussion of the backstory on paraLLM construction (ba dum bum) from my recent SPLC reporting.

Complex Systems is back with Clara Collier, on how writers engaged in the life of the mind benefit from LLMs, and where they are not quite there yet. This includes a discussion of the backstory on paraLLM construction (ba dum bum) from my recent SPLC reporting.

Patrick McKenzie

26,754 次观看 • 2 个月前

Complex Systems is back with our summer video episodes, including with Justin Kuiper on the microeconomics of everyone's favorite Google-owned video site, where you could also hypothetically watch CS. (I feel like a Zoomer self-censoring the name to avoid algorithmic smackdown.)

Complex Systems is back with our summer video episodes, including with Justin Kuiper on the microeconomics of everyone's favorite Google-owned video site, where you could also hypothetically watch CS. (I feel like a Zoomer self-censoring the name to avoid algorithmic smackdown.)

Patrick McKenzie

18,752 次观看 • 3 个月前

This week on Complex Systems, Cate Hall and I talk about agency, cultivating it in oneself, environments/orgs which seem to suppress or encourage it. Also a bit about walking roads less travelled. 00:00 Intro 02:38 Exploring the concept of agency 03:08 Selection effects in different fields 03:45 The changing demographics in tech and startups 06:52 The rise of systematization in poker and startups 17:27 The role of mental habits in developing agency 22:25 The value of feedback and continuous improvement 25:33 The power of admitting ignorance 27:29 Growth mindset and personal improvement 28:18 Using AI for creative pursuits 31:25 The value of human interaction 34:22 The unique traits of professional gamblers 39:40 Understanding and developing agency 43:41 Triggers for increased agency 51:02 Wrap

This week on Complex Systems, Cate Hall and I talk about agency, cultivating it in oneself, environments/orgs which seem to suppress or encourage it. Also a bit about walking roads less travelled. 00:00 Intro 02:38 Exploring the concept of agency 03:08 Selection effects in different fields 03:45 The changing demographics in tech and startups 06:52 The rise of systematization in poker and startups 17:27 The role of mental habits in developing agency 22:25 The value of feedback and continuous improvement 25:33 The power of admitting ignorance 27:29 Growth mindset and personal improvement 28:18 Using AI for creative pursuits 31:25 The value of human interaction 34:22 The unique traits of professional gamblers 39:40 Understanding and developing agency 43:41 Triggers for increased agency 51:02 Wrap

Patrick McKenzie

33,081 次观看 • 1 年前

I'm joined on Complex Systems this week by Oliver Habryka, whose non-profit runs LessWrong and also a conference venue. We had a fun conversation about the rationalist community (not a member, but I read from many communities I'm not a member of), Internet forums as the inheritors of the Parisian salon, our experiences in charitable fundraising (and my advice that rationalists should chat up a church or synagogue to do some social technology transfer), and the challenges of building beautiful things in Berkeley. (00:00) Intro (01:44) The origins of LessWrong (04:28) Challenges of running an online forum (06:28) Reviving LessWrong (15:12) The importance of conference venues (25:55) The complexities of venue management (37:45) The impact of wide roads on American car culture (38:12) Fire safety regulations vs. traffic fatalities (39:24) Microeconomic analysis in policy making (40:47) Building codes and staircase requirements (41:57) Berkeley's shift in construction policy (43:48) Fundraising challenges in the nonprofit sector (44:58) Effective altruism and fundraising dynamics (47:02) The collapse of FTX and its impact on fundraising (52:52) Strategies for successful fundraising (55:08) Lessons from religious fundraising practices (01:05:49) Fundraising experiences and challenges (01:13:37) Wrap

I'm joined on Complex Systems this week by Oliver Habryka, whose non-profit runs LessWrong and also a conference venue. We had a fun conversation about the rationalist community (not a member, but I read from many communities I'm not a member of), Internet forums as the inheritors of the Parisian salon, our experiences in charitable fundraising (and my advice that rationalists should chat up a church or synagogue to do some social technology transfer), and the challenges of building beautiful things in Berkeley. (00:00) Intro (01:44) The origins of LessWrong (04:28) Challenges of running an online forum (06:28) Reviving LessWrong (15:12) The importance of conference venues (25:55) The complexities of venue management (37:45) The impact of wide roads on American car culture (38:12) Fire safety regulations vs. traffic fatalities (39:24) Microeconomic analysis in policy making (40:47) Building codes and staircase requirements (41:57) Berkeley's shift in construction policy (43:48) Fundraising challenges in the nonprofit sector (44:58) Effective altruism and fundraising dynamics (47:02) The collapse of FTX and its impact on fundraising (52:52) Strategies for successful fundraising (55:08) Lessons from religious fundraising practices (01:05:49) Fundraising experiences and challenges (01:13:37) Wrap

Patrick McKenzie

18,878 次观看 • 1 年前

This week on Complex Systems, a continued discussion of credit card rewards, interchange, and what I believe is a persistent misconception about how society should want justice done via payments systems. It ends with the following, which the team took the liberty of putting into a short clip. (Sound on if you like hearing my voice, but video is subtitled.)

This week on Complex Systems, a continued discussion of credit card rewards, interchange, and what I believe is a persistent misconception about how society should want justice done via payments systems. It ends with the following, which the team took the liberty of putting into a short clip. (Sound on if you like hearing my voice, but video is subtitled.)

Patrick McKenzie

21,639 次观看 • 1 年前

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