Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #8: Tactics.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:25 - You’re Single Because You Lack Reps* 02:43 - You’re Single And Didn’t Even Shoot Your Shot* 04:17 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Ask To Hold Her Hand* 07:48 - You’re Single Because You’re Afraid People Will Mock You Online* 12:51 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Confirm Your Date* 19:20 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Have Your Big Moment At The Prom* 20:47 - You’re Single Because Board Games Came Between You* 22:24 - You’re Single Because You Can’t Dance* 23:11 - You’re Single And Should Try Punching* 24:09 - You’re Single Because You Don’t Send Out Receptive Energy* 26:34 - You’re Single Because You’re A Depressed Comedian* 27:20 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Hand It To Her* 28:04 - You’re Single And Need The Right Reward Function* 28:37 - You’re Single So Focus On The Basics* 30:05 - You’re Not Single Anymore* 31:38 - You’re Single Because You Don’t Just Do ThingsThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/dating-roundup-8-tactics?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for Childhood and Education #16: Letting Kids Be Kids.* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:49 - We Don’t Let Kids Be Kids* 03:34 - Let Your Children Play* 05:37 - The Algorithm of Fear* 07:36 - The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself* 11:31 - No Means No* 14:08 - Child Abduction Is Either Custody Disputes Or Government Intervention* 17:28 - Stranger Danger Danger* 20:39 - The Before Times* 21:31 - Could It Be… Murder?* 22:25 - The Long Road Home* 22:49 - Either Bored Or Happy* 23:50 - All Eyes on Me* 26:34 - Screens From The Past* 28:23 - Medicalization* 30:38 - Television* 31:47 - Suspiciously Large Effect SizeThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/childhood-and-education-16-letting?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for AI #148: Christmas Break.* 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:00:46 - Table of Contents* 00:03:36 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:05:01 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:05:36 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:06:05 - On Your Marks* 00:08:20 - Claude Opus 4.5 Joins The METR Graph* 00:17:21 - Sufficiently Advanced Intelligence* 00:19:49 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 00:22:57 - Fun With Media Generation* 00:27:32 - You Drive Me Crazy* 00:30:51 - They Took Our Jobs* 00:33:56 - The Art of the Jailbreak* 00:34:06 - Get Involved* 00:34:21 - Introducing* 00:37:34 - In Other AI News* 00:39:03 - Show Me the Money* 00:40:03 - Quiet Speculations* 00:44:17 - Whistling In The Dark* 00:45:59 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble* 00:47:54 - Americans Really Dislike AI* 00:54:34 - The Quest for Sane Regulations* 00:58:31 - Chip City* 01:02:02 - The Week in Audio* 01:02:57 - Rhetorical Innovation* 01:07:20 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult* 01:09:38 - Mom, Owain Evans Is Turning The Models Evil Again* 01:12:47 - Messages From Janusworld* 01:23:09 - The Lighter SideThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-148-christmas-break?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for Zvi’s 2025 In Movies.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:21 - The Ratings Scale* 02:17 - The Five Component Model of Movie Ratings* 03:52 - The Numbers* 04:28 - Movies Have Decreasing Marginal Returns in Practice* 05:22 - Very Briefly on the Top Picks and Whether You Should See Them* 06:46 - Other Notes to Self to Remember (Reprise from 2024)* 08:16 - The Year of Living Disagreeably* 11:11 - I Hate Spoilers With the Fire of a Thousand Suns* 11:33 - You Son Of A B***h, I’m In* 12:45 - Theaters Continue To Be Awesome* 13:19 - Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Didn’t Like It* 20:00 - Strong Opinions, Strongly Held: I Did Like It* 21:59 - Award Show Dreams* 22:39 - On To 2026The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/zvis-2025-in-movies?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for Keeping Up Against the Joneses: Balsa’s 2025 Fundraiser.* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:43 - What Balsa Got Up to in 2025* 06:19 - A quick glance at our budget* 07:02 - Balsa in 2026, and Our Ask* 08:21 - Complete the Jones Act policy binder* 08:56 - Receive and publicize findings from the two funded economic studies* 09:17 - Fund at least one high-quality study from the labor RFA* 09:53 - Continue monitoring Section 301 and SHIPS Act developments, contributing input where it seems high-leverage* 10:44 - What Additional Funding EnablesThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/keeping-up-against-the-joneses-balsas?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe