After working at McKinsey and getting an MBA from MIT, Paul Millerd was succeeding well on a path that ?made sense?. However, things started changing when he had a health crisis, which ended up with him embarking on a pathless path. Since 2017, he?s been tinkering with multiple side-hustles, writing newsletters, creating podcasts, traveling, and helping others join the pathless path.

Paul?s Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_millerd
Paul?s newsletter: https://boundless.substack.com/
?The Pathless Path? book: https://think-boundless.com/the-pathless-path/

Show Notes:

Having fun paying bills
Jumping off your fitness landscape
The first few years of being self-employed
Connecting with the subconscious self
Internet as an off-ramp
How to stir up curiosity
Lessons from DJing
The social construct of retirement
Internet economy requires showing up daily
Design for liking your life
Tinkering
Embracing laziness
Luxury of doing what you want
The shift from cynicism to optimism
Societal progress over the last decades
What?s next for Paul?

Books Mentioned:

The Pathless Path; by Paul Millerd
The Body Keeps The Score; by Bessel van der Kolk

Dave Chilton is a Canadian author, investor, and a venture capitalist who has appeared on television in the Canadian version of Dragons? Den. In 1989, he released his book ?The Wealthy Barber? which went on to sell an astonishing two million copies in Canada.

You can follow Dave on Twitter at https://twitter.com/wealthy_barber and buy his book at https://www.amazon.com/THE-WEALTHY-BARBER/dp/B000SAI072

Show Notes:

How Dave met Jim
Signs of curiosity
?The Wealthy Barber? TV show
Twitter as a global intelligence network
Capital Camp and Rethinking Private Equity
Getting good at taking criticism
Dave?s approach to writing ?The Wealthy Barber?
The decline in business travel
Starting new businesses at 60
Helping out authors with book publishing
?The Chilton Method? web-series
Power laws in podcasting
Inviting Jim?s kids to Infinite Loops
How to react if your passport gets pickpocketed
Living in the moment
Building a healthy relationship with your kids
The natural love for trivia
Collecting art
Anecdotal info in the world of big data
Still using a Blackberry

Books Mentioned:

The Wealthy Barber; by Dave Chilton
What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Invest Like the Best; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
Psychology of Money; by Morgan Housel
The Immortality Key; by Brian Muraresku

Meb Faber is co-founder and the Chief Investment Officer of Cambria Investment Management, author of multiple books, and host of ?The Meb Faber Show? podcast. You can follow Meb on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MebFaber and know more about him and his work at https://mebfaber.com/

Show Notes:

Replicating the Yale endowment
Why investors won?t follow advice
Importance of writing down your investment plan
The challenges of buy and hold
Learning from your losses
Out of favor strategies
A dividend strategy without dividends
The branding issue with buybacks
Harsh book reviews
Investing in international markets
Are we in an expensive downtrend?
Stated vs. Actual preference
Not betting on merely sentiment
Robinhood with an educational spin

Trung T. Phan is a creator in the tech, business, and media space. His Twitter threads are full of knowledge and humor, and he also co-hosts the ?Not Investment Advice? podcast. Follow Trung on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan and subscribe to his newsletter at https://trungtphan.com/subscribe/

Show Notes:

Trung?s Vietnamese origins
Humor in your talent stack
Asymmetric returns of creating content online
The power of memes
Getting a CFA
Going back to writing movie scripts
Succeeding in the creator economy
How to acquire people?s attention
Creating content on LinkedIn and Facebook
The importance of traveling
Donald Trump?s popularity in SE Asia
History is not black or white
Steve Jobs with the Picasso
How a Microsoft guy catalyzed the iPad
Musk?s space meeting with Bezos
Not letting complacency set in
Putting historical dates into perspective
Structuring speech to persuade
Jim not dissing Plato
Making Ted Lasso likable in 157 seconds
And MORE!

Books Mentioned:

The Status Game; by Will Storr
The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch
Virus of the Mind; by Richard Brodie
The Republic; Plato

Jimmy Soni is an author whose work focuses on people who create and build interesting things?whether theories, carousels, or companies. His books include ?The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley?, ?A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age?, and more!

You can follow Jimmy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni and go through his work on https://jimmysoni.com/

Show Notes:

The joy of curiosity
How memes spread
The Great Reshuffle
How internet changed the publishing industry
Parallels between early days of PayPal and Bitcoin
Money as an information system
Appreciating the micro-level decisions
Three new things about Elon
The Elon Effect
How the PayPal founders brought the best out of people
The unknown names who were critical to PayPal
Claude Shannon?s financial decisions
Wealth is a byproduct of the devotion to the craft

Books Mentioned:

The Founders; by Jimmy Soni
A Mind at Play; by Jimmy Soni
Virus of the Mind; by Richard Brodie
The Sovereign Individual; by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
What Works on Wall Street; Jim O'Shaughnessy

Peter Saddington is a man of many talents. He?s a software developer, founder, author, VC, and writes ?The Agile VC? newsletter which covers Inside Startups, Venture Capital, and Life!
You can connect with Peter on Twitter at https://twitter.com/agilepeter and subscribe to his newsletter at https://theagilevc.substack.com/

Show Notes:

Being exceptionally useful
Holding nothing close to the vest
Mastering the inner self
Peter?s childhood
Financial future of our world
Antifragility of Bitcoin
Mining cryptocurrencies
Infinite Loop?s NFT journey
The future of NFTs
How Peter got censored on YouTube
The rise of Substack
Jim?s business ideas for the new world
The unfair advantage of a physical connection
Fixing your house before fixing the world
Most important skills to have for a young person
Manifestation is about taking action

Ben Hunt is the creator and primary author of Epsilon Theory, and co-founder and CIO at Second Foundation Partners.
Epsilon Theory is a newsletter that examines markets through the lenses of game theory and history. Over 100,000 professional investors and allocators across 180 countries read Epsilon Theory for its fresh perspective and novel insights into market dynamics.
You can follow Ben on Twitter at https://twitter.com/EpsilonTheory and read Epsilon Theory here: https://www.epsilontheory.com/

Show Notes:

Neurolinguistic hard reset
Ben?s days at Harvard
Why Klaus Schwab is a raccoon
Human beings are social animals
How language impacts and limits us
The cost of the Metaverse
How the nudging state is rewiring us
Does narrative follow price, or is it the inverse?
Traders respond to stories everyday
How technology can fight the nudging state.
NOAH: An ark of stories on the blockchain

Books Mentioned:

The WEIRDest People in the World; by Joseph Henrich
How the Irish Saved Civilization; by Thomas Cahill

Brian Feroldi is the author of the book ?Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?: Everything You Should Have Been Taught About Investing In School, But Weren't?. His mission statement is ?To Spread Financial Wellness?, and he does exactly that in this episode of Infinite Loops!

You can connect with Brian on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BrianFeroldi and get his book from Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Why-Does-Stock-Market-Everything/dp/1735066168/

Show Notes:

Brian?s first exposure to the stock market
The power of mission statements
Personal finances over investments
Paying off your mortgage early
Finding high-quality companies
(Business) Momentum investing
Brian?s Investment Checklist
Importance of narratives in investments strategies
99% of great investing is doing nothing
On being wrong, and learning from mistakes
DCA?ing into index funds
Capitalism is brutal
Knowing Tom Engle

Books Mentioned:

Why Does The Stock Market Go Up?; by Brian Feroldi
The Tao Jones Averages; Bennett W. Goodspeed
How To Retire Rich; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
The Intelligent Investor; by Benjamin Graham
The Psychology of Money; Morgan Housel
Just Keep Buying; Nick Maggiulli

Tracy Alloway is the co-host of the Odd Lots podcast and a managing editor at Bloomberg Markets. You can follow Tracy on Twitter at https://twitter.com/tracyalloway and listen to her podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/1te7oSFyRVekxMBJUSethH

Show Notes:

Financial crisis hindsight
Being obsessed with risk and systemic stability
Historical parallels to the crisis of ?08
Macro vs. micro bullshitting
Why people refuse to say ?I don't know?
Victorian chicken bubble
Tales of forensic accounting
NFTs being used to launder money?
NFTs? path to success
Insights from collapse of previous civilizations
Understanding the Human OS
Fair Wages for Robots
Praise for Citi?s Matt King and Credit Suisse?s Zoltan Pozsar

Nick Maggiulli is a financial educator, author of the blog ?Of Dollars and Data?, and the newly released book ?Just Keep Buying: Proven Ways To Save Money And Build Your Wealth.?

In this episode, we talk with Nick about the robust empirical research that has gone behind the insights and ideas presented in his new book!

You can follow Nick on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dollarsanddata and buy his book at https://ofdollarsanddata.com/justkeepbuying/

Show Notes:

Coming up with title of the book
The save-invest continuum
Is buying a house a good investment?
Debt: Good or bad?
On being shaped by our experiences
One path the wealth creation?
2020 vs 2021 as an investment year
Handling emotions during a bear market
Importance of diversification
The ideal asset allocation
The Great Reshuffle
The argument against stock picking
Negative yield bonds
Lump sum vs. DCA
Index investors or momentum investors
Life as a growth, and value stock

Books Mentioned:

Just Keep Buying; by Nick Magguilli
Security Analysis; Benjamin Graham
The Intelligent Investor; Benjamin Graham
Influence; by Robert Cialdini

William Green is a journalist and author of the book ?RICHER, WISER, HAPPIER: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life.? ? a book that draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with many of the world?s super-investors to demonstrate that key insights for building wealth apply to life as well.

You can follow William on Twitter https://twitter.com/williamgreen72 and get his book at https://www.amazon.com/Richer-Wiser-Happier-Greatest-Investors/dp/1501164856

Show Notes:

From Journalism to Investing
Obsessiveness required to play and win a game
Behavioral biases
Role of patience in investing
Stoicism, and dealing with uncertainty
Reading authors like Henry James
Saying YES to serendipity
Being present in the moment
Delaying gratification
?When I fall, I shall rise?
Getting out of your own way
Staying away from the games that don't suit you
How body posture can affect you psychologically
Giving pleasure to your creator
Not knowing the truth

Books Mentioned:

Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and in Life; by William Green
Happy: Why More Or Less Everything is Absolutely Fine; by Derren Brown

As Chamath Palihapitiya put it back in April 2021, 10-K Diver is ?one of the best fintwit accounts on Twitter.? 10-K Diver loves breaking down complex financial topics and helping people understand them via engaging Twitter threads.

You can follow 10-K Diver on Twitter at https://twitter.com/10kdiver and read all his threads at https://10kdiver.com/twitter-threads/

Show Notes:

Curating aggressively
Is there a long term plan?
Reasoning from the first principles
Volatility tax
Do markets have a memory?
Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE)
Mental models for investing
Premeditating
Jim?s GIF game
Is it a Lindy or a turkey?
The ?Money Concepts? show
Benefits and pitfalls of leverage
What?s next for the 10-K diver?

Books Mentioned:

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator; by Edwin Lefèvre
Happy; by Derren Brown

Morgan Housel comes back for his second episode and Infinite Loops? 100th episode! Morgan is a financial writer and author of the bestselling book ?Psychology of Money? ? having sold more than a million copies worldwide!

You can follow Morgan on Twitter at https://twitter.com/morganhousel, and read his blog at https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/

Show Notes:

Morgan?s role at Collaborative Fund
Marketing that isn?t ?forced?
Good product is good marketing
When perception becomes reality
Feedback to Morgan?s book
The power of stories
Understanding finance vs. Experiencing it
Writing is thinking
Not a great age for middlemen
Promises of crypto
Should volatility be considered as risk?
Morgan?s next book
Disconnect between the ideal and the practical
Change in Morgan?s life after his book?s success
Happiness is not about money
Raising children into great adults
Interviews should be conversations, not interrogations
On luck and humility

Books Mentioned:

Psychology of Money; by Morgan Housel

Dr. David Rhoiney is a Robotic Surgeon, but his talent stack also includes being a cryptologist, financial educator, writer, public speaker, web developer, former Division One Basketball player and sprinter, and more! Phew...

However, he did not come from a background of privilege. He started out homeless, and the only bread winner of his struggling family from a very young age. So how did he change his life? One word: Perseverance.

Dr. David is now on the path of helping others change their own lives, and shares one of most inspiring stories we have heard till date. We are grateful to be able to share his life's journey with you. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.

You can contact Dr. David on Twitter at https://twitter.com/FiSurgi and subscribe to his newsletter at https://surgifi.substack.com/

Show notes:

David?s childhood
Managing to stay away from Foster care
Going through a GI bleed
An academic turnaround
Becoming a submariner
Four years of cryptology
Getting into medical school
Introduction to financial literacy
Origins of SurgiFi
On always being kind and helpful
David?s Talent Stack
Advice to the young
Motivating people to learn
Never going back to poverty
Being an autodidact
Poverty is NOT chosen
Ideas to improve financial literacy in the world

Douglas A. Boneparth is the President at Bone Fide Wealth, Founder at CryptoDrip, and co-author of the book ?Millennial Money Fix?.

Follow Douglas on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/dougboneparth, CryptoDrip at https://twitter.com/cryptodripxyz and know more about Bone Fide Wealth here: https://bonefidewealth.com/

Show Notes:

Writing a book with your spouse
"Killing your darlings"
Humor as a marketing strategy
Generating leads with Twitter and SEO
Scaling a financial planning business
Demystifying financial jargon
Dealing with the 2020 crisis
Doug's introduction to Bitcoin
The Web 2.0/Web 3.0 bridge
Crypto Drip: A coffee-based NFT collection
Trusting the trust-less system
Gamestop-AMC saga
Responsibilities of a fiduciary
Earning the Right to Invest
How NOT to suck on Twitter

Books Mentioned:

The Millennial Money Fix; by Douglas A. Boneparth and Heather Boneparth

Steven Begleiter is a Managing Director of Flexpoint Ford. Prior to joining Flexpoint Ford in 2008, Steve was a Senior Managing Director at Bear Stearns & Co. He is also a professional Poker player who claimed the 6th place in World Series of Poker 2009, winning $1.59M

Show Notes:

Culture at Bear Stearns
The liquidity crisis that ended Bear Stearns
Evolution of Financial Services
Importance of having a ?thesis? for your investments
The Rise of Private Equity
Where is PE headed to?
Investing lessons from a Poker career
Role of luck in life and Poker
Psychology at the poker table
How micro-expressions can give your game away
Historical perspective to the Russia-Ukraine crisis
Importance of reading military history

Jake Taylor is the CEO of Farnam Street Investments and author of the book ?The Rebel Allocator?, a book that help readers make better investment and business decisions. You can find Jake on Twitter at https://twitter.com/farnamjake1 and get his book from https://www.amazon.com/Rebel-Allocator-Jacob-Taylor/dp/173268832X

Show Notes:

Iron Law of Economic Survival
Trade-offs between profit and brand
Capturing intangible value
Products as signalling devices
Journalytic ? Getting better at decision making
Reducing the friction around journalling
Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey
Shortening the brain?s feedback loop
The Great Reshuffle
The Thinker and The Prover
Cheng versus Ch'i
Plato?s cave analogy for business decision making
What makes a good decision maker?

Books Mentioned:

The Rebel Allocator; by Jake Taylor
The Wealthy Barber; by Dave Chilton
The Nature of Value; by Nick Gogerty
The Genius of the Beast; by Howard Bloom
Happy; by Derren Brown

Our recurring guest Alex Danco of Spotify, err.. Shopify returns to Infinite Loops for his fifth appearance to discuss all things Web 3! Follow Alex on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Alex_Danco and read his essays at https://alexdanco.com/

Show Notes:

Was it un-Canadian for Canada to pass the Emergency Act?
Was the MAGA movement monarchist?
Social meaning of NFTs
What NFTs are not
Catholicism ? The original blockchain
Code that can make commitments
Wallets are the new web browsers
What really is censorship
Blockchains tell you what to ignore
Porting from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0
NFTs as human readable format of a smart contract
Why gamers end up as good decision makers
How to identify an extremely online person

Rohit Krishnan is a VC and essayist who writes the ?Strange Loop Canon? newsletter in which he tries to understand the ever increasing complexity of our world. You can follow Rohit on Twitter at https://twitter.com/krishnanrohit and subscribe to his newsletter at https://www.strangeloopcanon.com/

Show Notes:

Douglas Hofstadter?s Strange Loop
Memory as an unreliable narrator
Are we seeing a decline in eccentricity?
The Great Reshuffle
We need more Thiel-style patrons
Why do big companies suck at innovation?
Importance of failure
Reducing the cost of failure
Universal Basic Income/Dividend
Maximizing EV vs. Maximizing hit rate
Are governments inefficient?
Fragility of jobs
World in 2050

Books Recommended:

Gödel, Escher, Bach; by Douglas Hofstadter
I Am a Strange Loop; by Douglas Hofstadter
The Misbehavior of Markets; by Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L. Hudson

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Sam McRoberts is the CEO of VUDU Marketing, an SEO agency and author of the book ?Screw the Zoo?, a book that helps you ?escape from your cage, free your mind, and take over the world.? You can contact Sam on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Sams_Antics and get his book at https://screwthezoo.com/

Show Notes:

Life as a digital nomad
Role of video games in children? education
The Great Unwashed
Running an SEO consultancy
Jed McKenna ? A fictional character?
Being kind to everyone
Importance of curation in social media
Bot infestation in Twitter
Free will vs. Nature of reality
Surrender comes after enlightenment, not before
Memory as a latticework
Shannon Limit
Love as detachment
Perseverance and survivorship bias
The Original Sin
Another dark age?
To mute, or to block?
Virtual Reality and Robots
Psychedelics

Books Recommended:

The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch
Cloud Atlas; by David Mitchell
Screw the Zoo; by Sam McRoberts

Rick Doblin in the Founder and Executive Director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). MAPS is a leading organization in the USA supporting psychedelic and marijuana research since 1986. You can follow Rick on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/RickDoblin.

Amy Emerson is the CEO of the MAPS Public Benefit Corporation (MAPS PBC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MAPS. You can learn more about MAPS and donate at https://maps.org/

Show Notes:

Rick?s journey from Construction to Psychedelics
How Amy met Rick and started working together
How psychedelic research was hampered for decades
MDMA therapy for police officers and Navy Seals
Cultural shift in the perception of psychedelics
Has internet made it easier or difficult to spread propaganda?
Legitimate concerns agains advancements in psychedelic research
MDMA: A euphoric, or psychedelic?
Man-made vs. Natural psychedelics
Psychedelics are NOT magic cure-all pills
MDMA treatment for childhood trauma?
Alternative forms of treatment like sound therapy, VR, hypnotism
Why donate to MAPS

Books Mentioned:

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; by Ken Kesey
Cosmic Serpent: DNA and the Origins of Knowledge; by Jeremy Narby
How to Change Your Mind; by Michael Pollan
The Immortality Key; by Brian Muraresku
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance; by Robert M. Pirsig
The Body Keeps the Score; by Bessel van der Kolk
Happy; by Derren Brown
The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch

Lily Francus is a risk theorist and a quantitative researcher at Moody?s. She is also the author of the ?Midnight on the Market Momentum? newsletter. Find Lily on her Twitter at https://twitter.com/nope_its_lily and read her newsletter at https://nopeitslily.substack.com

Jesse Livermore is an OSAM research partner and a recurring guest at Infinite Loops. You can connect with him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Jesse_Livermore and read more about his work at http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/

Show notes:

Why all the recent focus on bubbles?
How the era you grow up in shapes your investment philosophy
Intrinsic and Extrinsic value
How leverage impacts pricing
What is a bubble? And how to identify if you?re in one
Role of uncertainty in arbitraging
What makes a bubble pop
How bubbles set a new floor price
Do we have enough short sellers?
Time arbitrage
Information arbitrage in a hyper-connected world
Are we currently in a financial bubble?
Implications of pseudonymity
Is there a free will?

Zachary Resnick is the Managing Partner and co-founder at Unbounded Capital, a trumpet player and composer, and a poker enthusiast. We speak with Zach about:

Scaling issues with BTC
Why isn't Bitcoin SV the prominent Bitcoin?
The best use-cases for Bitcoin SV
Can Bitcoin SV survive a govt. attack?
Jazz music, Poker, and much more!

Follow Zachary on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/TrumpetisAwesom and know more about Unbounded Capital at https://unboundedcapital.com/

Dave Nadig is the CIO & Director of Research for ETF Trends and ETF Database. However, our conversation with Dave takes a curious turn and instead of ETFs, we end up discussing about:

? Tokenizing everything

? Left vs. Right brain thinking

? Working on the limitations of Web 3.0

? Role of psychology in asset valuation

? And MUCH more!

 

Follow Dave on Twitter at https://twitter.com/DaveNadig and know more about ETF Trends at https://www.etftrends.com

Louisa is a Neuroscientist & Neurophysiologist, and a performance advisor to pro athletes, teams & portfolio managers. Our discussion with Louisa includes:

The origin of Neuro Athletics
Goal setting done right
How light and melatonin affects sleep
Impact of sleep on your cognitive abilities
Ice baths, sauna, performance myths
And MUCH more!

Know more about Louisa?s firm ?Neuro Athletics? at www.neuroathletics.com.au and read her newsletter at https://neuroathletics.substack.com

In this episode of Infinite Loops we have Sahil Lavingia with us. Sahil is the founder and CEO of Gumroad, and author of the book ?The Minimalist Entrepreneur?.

The rise, and fall, and rise of Gumroad
Physical vs. Digital Communities
Befriending ?volatility?
Applications of Web 3
And MUCH more!

Follow Sahil on Twitter at https://twitter.com/shl and buy his book from Amazon at amzn.to/2ZnIGOl

Tren Griffin returns to what is his third appearance on Infinite Loops ? with a series of stories on business, investing, and life!

Why Gates didn?t write an autobiography
How ?rude? QnAs can be helpful
Having a purpose in life
Keeping business separate from the personal
And MUCH more!

Follow Tren on Twitter (https://twitter.com/trengriffin) and read his blog at: https://25iq.com/

Frederik is the author of the ?Neckar?s Insecurity Analysis? newsletter where he writes about great investors, innovators, masters of the inner game. We talk about:

Trying to ?fit in?
The Great Reshuffle
Destroying your ideas and starting afresh
Synthesizing knowledge
And MUCH more!

Follow Frederik on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NeckarValue and subscribe to his newsletter at neckar.substack.com

Thomas J Bevan is an author and essayist. He pens The Commonplace newsletter which includes workshops on writing, movie reviews, and essays on life. We talk about:

Starting a commonplace
Striking a balance between the physical and digital
Not defining growth with metrics
The Soaring 20s Social Club
And MUCH more!

Follow Thomas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/thomasjb3van and subscribe to his newsletter at https://thomasjbevan.substack.com/

Nicholas Gruen is a widely published policy economist, entrepreneur and commentator. He has advised Cabinet Ministers, sat on Australia?s Productivity Commission and founded Lateral Economics and Peach Financial. We discuss:

Fast foodification of Democracy
Isegoria, or equality of speech
Pros and Cons of a citizen jury
How citizen juries help in nuanced policy discussions
Using philanthropy for political experiments
And MUCH more!

Follow Nicholas on Twitter at https://twitter.com/NGruen1 and read his essays at https://clubtroppo.com.au

Lisa is a Neuroscientist, psychologist, and author of the books "Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain" and "How Emotions are Made". We talk about:

How expressing your emotions can help you control them
Why democracy might not be great for brain's body budgeting
Brain myths that deserve to die
The replication crisis in Psychology
And MUCH MORE!

Follow Lisa on Twitter at https://twitter.com/LFeldmanBarrett and know more about her research and writings at https://lisafeldmanbarrett.com/

Diane Macedo is a news anchor at ABC News and author of the newly-released book "The Sleep Fix". Diane helps us understand many sleep disorders and their solutions, and other topics like:

Are 'Insomnia' and 'Sleep deprivation' the same?
Sleep efficiency
Journaling to help you sleep
How effective are sleep aids?
And MUCH more!

Follow Diane on Twitter at https://twitter.com/dianermacedo and purchase her book at https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/thesleepfix

Erik Hoel is a neuroscientist and an author. Erik often writes about the intersection of humanities and science, and his debut novel "The Revelations" is a tale of science, murder, and consciousness. Our discussion with Erik includes topics like:

Are humans really "conscious"?
Different theories of consciousness
Neural pruning in babies
How emotions drives scientific progress
Accepting the flaws in each of us
And MUCH more!

Follow Erik on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/erikphoel and read more about his work at https://www.erikphoel.com/

Jay is a scientist in Tucson, AZ. He was trained in philosophy, neuroscience, and cognitive psychology, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Arizona on the neural processes of conscious and unconscious visual perception. Our discussion with Jay includes topics like:

Using ultrasound to cure depression
Power of placebos
Mindfulness practices
Dealing with Complex Adaptive Systems
And MUCH more!

Follow Jay on Twitter at https://twitter.com/JaySanguinetti and read more about his research on his website: https://www.jaysanguinetti.com/

Jesse Livermore (pseudonym), a Research Partner at OSAM, is back to Infinite Loops for his second appearance to talk about:

Payments in the Metaverse
Crypto regulation
Incentives of governments vs. corporations
Rise of online education
Universal Basic Income

Follow Jesse on Twitter (https://twitter.com/Jesse_Livermore), and check out his writing here http://www.philosophicaleconomics.com/.

Matt is the Co-founder & CEO at Entrepreneur First, and Co-founder & NED at Code First Girls. We talk with Matt about:

Internet in an era of "dampened variance"
Increasing democratic participation
Bull and Bear case for creativity
What Matt looks for in people before investing
Role of geography in entrepreneurship
And MUCH more!

Follow Matt on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/matthewclifford and subscribe to his newsletter at http://tib.matthewclifford.com/

Ana is a former teacher, an edu-preneur, and the Chief Evangelist at Synthesis School. We have a very intriguing discussion with Ana around:

Idea and implementation of Synthesis School Increasing engagement and ownership among students Problems with the traditional education system How schools crush creativity Beginning of the end of the existing educational system And MUCH more!

Follow Ana on Twitter at https://twitter.com/anafabrega11, subscribe to her newsletter at https://afabrega.com/newsletter, and try out the Synthesis experience at https://synthesis.is/oshag

Kyla Scanlon is known for her humorous videos on social media platforms like TikTok and Twitter, covering topics like monetary policy, crypto, economics, etc. Our discussion with Kyla revolves around:

Building your CV online
Financial Education in 2021
Web 3.0 and Bitcoin
Supply-chain Crisis
Importance of the analog in the digital era
And MUCH more!

Follow Kyla's TikTok at https://www.tiktok.com/@kylascan, and subscribe to her newsletter around the nuances of human behavior at https://kyla.substack.com/

Tom Morgan, Director of Communications & Content at The KCP Group, joins us for his second appearance at Infinite Loops to discuss:

The trillion-to-one ratio of attention
"Love" as a compass for growth
Religions and Traditions
Enlightenment vs. Adulthood
And MUCH more!

Follow Tom on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/tom_morganKCP and read his brilliant essays at https://thekcpgroup.com/insights

Rory Sutherland, Vice Chairman of Ogilvy Group, joins us for an almost unprecedented third appearance on Infinite Loops. Our discussion with Rory centers on:

The marketing of Saint Paul and religious leaders. Humor as a vehicle for effective messaging. The advantages and drawbacks of remote work. ?Category? vs. ?brand? advertising. And MUCH more!

Follow Rory on Twitter at twitter.com/rorysutherland and get his must-read book 'Alchemy: The Dark Art and Curious Science of Creating Magic in Brands, Business, and Life' from Amazon.com

LibertyRPF is an anonymous Twitter account researching and writing his fascinating insights on Substack. Our discussion with LibertyRPF revolves around:

The Decline of Gatekeepers
Why Liberty started his newsletter
Liberty?s investment process
The role of social media in society
And MUCH more!

Follow LibertyRPF on Twitter (https://twitter.com/libertyrpf) and read his work here: https://www.libertyrpf.com/

Max Arbitrage (pseudonym) is a doctor who is great at deconstructing complex health related issues and ideas down to the layman's understanding. We discuss:

 mRNA vaccine technology
Medical Insurance in the USA
Increasing abstraction in the world
Importance of non-information and focus
And MUCH more!

Follow Max on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/max_arbitrage!

Our recurring guest, Alex Danco, returns to Infinite Loops for his fourth appearance to discuss:

Books on social hierarchies
Expensive in time vs. money
Schooling in Canada vs. the USA
The Great Reshuffle
Long term impact of COVID
And MUCH more!

Follow Alex on Twitter at https://twitter.com/Alex_Danco and read his amazing essays at https://alexdanco.com/

Robert Plomin is a psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in twin studies and behavior genetics. He is also the author of several books on genetics, including "Blueprint: How DNA Makes Us Who We Are". Our discussion with Robert revolves around:

 Evolution of Behavioral Genetics
Role of IQ in relationships
How valuable are expensive schools?
Genetics of criminal behavior
The flaw with most parenting books
And MUCH more!

Read more about Robert Plomin here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Plomin and buy his book "Blueprint" here: https://www.amazon.com/Blueprint-How-Makes-afterword-Press/dp/0262537982/

This episode is a recording of a special live conversation we had with Tim Urban of Wait But Why on Twitter Spaces! After a discussion with Jim, we had a QnA session with the audience as well. Our discussion revolves around:

The Wait But Why book
The Great Filter
Left vs. Right ideologies
Twitter as an intelligence network
Live Q&A session

Follow Tim on Twitter at https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy and read his popular blog here: https://waitbutwhy.com/

Kevin is a Computer Scientist, part-time lecturer at Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, and research partner at OSAM. Our discussion with Kevin revolves around:

What is Machine Learning (ML)?
Biases in ML algorithms
Application of ML in medicine, markets, and sports
Parallels in Fantasy Sports and Investing
And MUCH more!

Follow Kevin on his Twitter at https://twitter.com/kczat and read OSAM's research articles at: https://osam.com/Commentary

Perth Tolle is the Founder at Life + Liberty Indexes. Their indexes focus on human rights, economic freedoms, emerging markets, etc. In this episode, we talk about:

Wall Street titans on China
Freedom-weighted index funds
Different countries on the freedom scale
Freedom stocks ? Overvalued or undervalued?
Problems with US's mainstream media
and MUCH more!

Follow Perth on her Twitter at https://twitter.com/Perth_Tolle and know more about Life + Liberty Indexes here: https://www.lifeandlibertyindexes.com/

Tobias is founder and managing director of Acquirers Funds LLC, where he also serves as portfolio manager of the firm's deep value strategy. He is also author of the books "The Acquirer's Multiple " and "Deep Value". Our discussion with Tobi revolves around:

Stock market fall of early 2021
Valuing digital businesses
Quantitative and Value Investing
Learning from ancient philosophers
Separating the message from the messenger
And MUCH more!

Follow Tobias on his Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Greenbackd and know more about Acquirers Funds here: https://acquirersfunds.com/

In this episode of Infinite Loops, we have not one but two phenomenal guests: Adam Robinson and Bill Brewster! Adam is the co-founder of "The Princeton Review," an author, a rated chess master, and advisor to hedge funds. Bill is the host of "The Business Brew" podcast, a long-form podcast focusing on how investors can improve their decision making. We talk about: Choosing your words carefully How reliable are memories? Chess: Intuitive or Rational? Managing the Shannon Limit Walking with the data and much more! Learn more about Adam on his website: https://iamadamrobinson.com/ and listen to Bill's podcast here: https://www.podpage.com/the-business-brew/

In this edition of Infinite Loops, we spoke with Rob Henderson. Rob is a veteran and a PhD candidate in Psychology, at the University of Cambridge. We talk about:

Growing up in foster care and overcoming a "tough" childhood
Role of a military stint in early adulthood
Luxury beliefs
Role of media in shaping identities
America's export of cultural ideas
and MUCH more!

Follow Rob on Twitter at https://twitter.com/robkhenderson and read his essays about the many aspects of human behavior here: https://www.robkhenderson.com/