Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

Podcast episode for Advancements In Self-Driving Cars.* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:02 - Going Down The Highway* 01:29 - Looking For Adventure* 02:35 - And Whatever Comes Our Way* 05:33 - It’s Coming* 06:09 - Who Stands In The Way* 08:42 - My One Weakness* 15:49 - Cruise Control* 18:12 - Growth Rates* 19:26 - The Competition* 20:39 - They Took Our Jobs* 22:03 - Bikers As Winners* 22:33 - The Elderly As Big Winners* 25:36 - Save The Cat* 28:39 - It’s Going To Be The Future Soon* 30:25 - In-Context Old Man Yells At Self-Driving Car* 31:16 - The Safety Case* 33:21 - Keep It Classy* 33:46 - 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/advancements-in-self-driving-cars?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for Fertility Roundup #6: The Art of More Dakka.* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:03 - Selection* 02:21 - Surrogacy* 02:45 - IVF* 07:50 - Technological Versus Social Solutions* 09:17 - Dakka* 10:46 - All The Dakka* 12:26 - Insufficient Dakka Works Insufficiently* 14:41 - The Effectiveness of Dakka* 18:00 - The Wrong Dakka* 19:04 - Dakka Does Not Disproportionally Motivate The Poor* 21:46 - Is That a Lot?* 25:47 - Alternative Dakka* 26:54 - The Housing Theory of Everything Is Undefeated* 36:33 - Happiness* 37:39 - Negative Dakka* 39:09 - Mother’s Day* 40:02 - Status* 44:00 - Hungary* 46:58 - Audio* 47:01 - NatalCon* 47:24 - Housing Discrimination* 47:57 - Your Own Quest* 50:07 - HopeThe 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/fertility-roundup-6-the-art-of-more?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for Dos Capital. * 00:00 - Introduction* 01:04 - What Trammell and Patel Are Centrally Claiming As A Default Outcome* 03:28 - Does The Above Conclusion Follow From The Above Premises?* 03:40 - Sounds Like This Is Not Our Main Problem In This Scenario?* 08:01 - To Be Clear This Scenario Doesn’t Make Sense* 14:37 - Ad Argumento* 15:31 - The Baseline Scenario* 17:31 - Would We Have An Inequality Problem?* 22:12 - No You Can’t Simply Let Markets Handle Everything* 23:43 - Proposed Solutions* 27:36 - Wealth Taxes Today Are Grade-A Stupid* 30:23 - Tyler Cowen Responds With Econ Equations* 32:36 - Brian Albrecht Responds With More EquationsThe 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/dos-capital?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for Fertility Roundup #5: Causation.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:44 - Household Composition* 01:21 - Timing* 02:08 - Developmental Idealism* 05:33 - Pessimism* 06:30 - Baby Boom* 07:35 - Paperwork* 08:55 - Car Seats As Contraception* 11:50 - You Can’t Afford It* 12:52 - Yes The Problem Is Often Money* 13:28 - Housework* 15:59 - Greedy Careers* 19:35 - The Appeal of Child-Free* 20:34 - Motivation* 23:19 - Grandparents* 26:41 - Expectations of Impossibility* 29:30 - Isolation* 31:44 - Decoupling* 34:04 - South Korea* 42:13 - World* 43:33 - Various Places in Trouble* 45:11 - China* 49:51 - Russia* 50:03 - Europe* 51:21 - America* 52:40 - Kazakhstan* 53:22 - Israel* 55:19 - Consequences* 56:08 - Unfounded Optimism* 57:35 - History* 58:20 - ImplicationsThe 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/fertility-roundup-5-causation?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for AI #149: 3.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:25 - Table of Contents* 02:55 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 04:07 - Claude Code* 11:46 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 12:53 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 15:53 - Fun With Media Generation* 16:21 - You Drive Me Crazy* 19:44 - They Took Our Jobs* 23:51 - Doctor Doctor* 24:49 - Jevons Paradox Strikes Again* 26:59 - Unprompted Attention* 28:50 - The Art of the Jailbreak* 29:35 - Get Involved* 30:15 - Introducing* 30:36 - In Other AI News* 32:02 - Show Me the Money* 32:19 - Quiet Speculations* 35:56 - People Really Do Not Like AI* 39:29 - Americans Remain Optimistic About AI?* 41:22 - Thank You, Next* 44:28 - The Quest for Sane Regulations* 47:31 - Chip City* 50:16 - Rhetorical Innovation* 50:53 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult* 51:55 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone* 52:14 - 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-149-3?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe