Former poker pro Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition.
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#34 - Igor Kurganov - Liv's World Series Poker Win and Fixing Social Media
n case you missed it, Liv just won a record-breaking $2,800,000 in the World Series of Poker last month In this episode, she and Igor discuss her victory, why it represents a win-win for both her and animals... how to fix social media... Magnus Carlsen's jeans drama, a drunken game of backgammon and much more.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro and Backgammon
2:45 - Liv’s World Series of Poker Win
10:19 - Liv’s Charity Pledge & Cultivating Win-Wins
14:15 - The Physics of Women’s Feet
17:06 - Addressing Insecurities
19:30 - The H1B Visa Debate
20:16 - How to Fix Social Media Algorithms
39:26 - Elon Musk and X.com
44:55 - Magnus Carlsen Jeans Chess Drama
49:15 - The Multiverse Poker Tour
Credits
♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree
♾️ Edited and Mixed by Jackson
♾️ Produced by Luca DeVico
The Win-Win Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.
#winwinpodcast #poker #backgammon
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#33 - Alexandra and Andrea Botez - Competition, Sisterhood and the Social Media Game
The Botez sisters are no strangers to competition. But how do they manage their competitive urges? How does it affect their relationship to one another, as sisters?
These are just some of the many intimate topics we cover in today's Win-Win episode. Best known for their hilarious chess streaming videos, Andrea and Alexandra Botez are some of the world's most celebrated gamers - born into a household that demanded excellence, they both competed on the chess circuit to a high level before turning to streaming and launching themselves to gaming superstardom. Chess is obviously their main game, but they're starting to dominate so many other games too: Alex in poker, and Andrea in DJing! (links to those channels below). In this conversation with Liv Boeree we hear all the good, bad and ugly sides of life as women in the world of gaming.
Chapters
01:19 - Who is More Competitive?
07:42 - Growing Up In Competitive Chess
15:00 - Why Games?
28:43 - Building a Youtube Audience
31:52 - Beauty Filters and Coordination Problems
35:13 - The Hotness Dilemma
52:31 - Sexism in Chess vs. Poker
1:00:09 - Magnus Carlsen
1:01:50 - Trash Talking
1:03:30 - FIDE and Centralized Rules
1:07:04 - Weirdest Moments Playing Chess
1:10:10 - The Future of Botez?
1:14:03 - Rapid-fire Predictions
Credits
♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree
♾️ Edited and Mixed by Ryan Kessler
♾️ Trailer Edit by Perry Sinclair
The Win-Win Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.
#botez #winwinpodcast #chess #influencer
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1:23:51
#32 - Scott Aaronson - The Race to AGI and Quantum Supremacy
How fast is the AI race really going? What is the current state of Quantum Computing? What actually *is* the P vs NP problem? - former OpenAI researcher and theoretical computer scientist Scott Aaronson joins Liv and Igor to discuss everything quantum, AI and consciousness.
We hear about his experience working on OpenAI's "superalignment team", whether quantum computers might break Bitcoin, the state of University Admissions, and even a proposal for a new religion! Strap in for a fascinating conversation that bridges deep theory with pressing real-world concerns about our technological future.
Chapters:
1:30 - Working at OpenAI
4:23 - His Approaches to AI Alignment
6:23 - Watermarking & Detection of AI content
19:15 - P vs. NP
27:11 - The Current State of AI Safety
37:38 - Bad "Just-a-ism" Arguments around LLMs
48:25 - What Sets Human Creativity Apart from AI
55:30 - A Religion for AGI?
1:00:49 - More Moral Philosophy
1:05:24 - The AI Arms Race
1:11:08 - The Government Intervention Dilemma
1:23:28 - The Current State of Quantum Computing
1:36:25 - Will QC destroy Cryptography?
1:48:55 - Politics on College Campuses
2:03:11 - Scott's Childhood & Relationship with Competition
2:23:25 - Rapid-fire Predictions
Links:
♾️ Scott’s Blog: https://scottaaronson.blog/
♾️ Scott’s Book: https://www.amazon.com/Quantum-Computing-since-Democritus-Aaronson/dp/0521199565
♾️ QIC at UTA: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~qic/ Credits
Credits:
♾️ Hosted by Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov
♾️ Produced by Liv Boeree
♾️ Post-Production by Ryan Kessler
The Win-Win Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.
#WinWinPodcast #QuantumComputing #AISafety #LLM
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2:25:20
#31 - Kristian Rönn - Escaping The Moloch Trap
How do we escape Moloch’s trap for good?
In this special Burning Man edition of Win-Win, Liv forgoes the usual purple chairs for dusty playa to chat with Kristian Rönn. Kristian is the CEO and co-founder of Normative, a platform for helping industries strive for net zero emissions.
With intellectual roots in Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute and his own mission to create positive-sum solutions to climate change, Kristian has just launched a new book - The Darwinian Trap - and in this conversation, Liv and Kristian examine solutions to the short-term thinking and cost externalisation that traditional markets often produce. A conversation full of evolutionary biology, game theory and economics as they examine solutions to the world’s deadliest demon.
Chapters
(01:42)-The Darwinian Trap
(03:42)-Why Is Coordination So Hard?
(07:19)-Unstable Equilibriums: The Butterfly Effect of Game Theory
(13:55)-Natural Selection: Capitalism's Ace In The Hole
(20:16)-How Can A Market Model Anything At All?
(22:10)-Betting On Our Values
(27:29)-What Problems Do Reputational Markets Solve?
(32:56)-Centralized Mechanisms for Overcoming The Darwinian Trap
(35:16)-The Risks of Over-Centralization
(39:46)-The Burning Man Model
(43:00)-Mixed Economies
(45:53)-Killing The Incentives or Kill The Organism?
(50:59)-The Miracle of Evolutionary Success
(54:03)-Finding Hope
(56:21)-Spreading Awareness To Defeat Moloch
(59:58)-Why Burning Man?
Links
♾️ Kristian’s New Book
♾️ Kristian’s Bio
♾️ Liv’s TED talk on Moloch
♾️ Reputational Markets
♾️ Episode Transcript
Credits
♾️ Hosted and Produced by Liv Boeree
♾️ Post-Production by Ryan Kessler
The Win-Win Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.
#WinWinPodcast #TheDarwinianTrap #Moloch
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1:05:02
#30 - Nate Silver - Predicting Elections in Chaotic Times
Can we still accurately model elections in such chaotic times? Are prediction markets the future of news?
Nate Silver thinks so - Nate is a renowned election analyst, author and former professional poker player. He's the founder of FiveThirtyEight, whose statistical models revolutionized election forecasting, earning him national acclaim.
His two books "On The Edge: The Art of Risking Everything." and "Signal in Noise" are inspirations for today's Win-Win conversation with Liv and Igor. We discuss polling accuracy, the importance of prediction markets like Polymarket, poker thinking, solutions to political polarization, and of course his latest predictions on Trump vs Kamala.
We also hear his theory on "The River" and "The Village" communities, defined by their opposing perspectives on risk - and how these contrasting worldviews shape approaches to everything from public health policy to technology.
Chapters
00:01:34 - Predicting Elections
00:06:49 - Trump Assassination Attempt
00:11:45 - Prediction Markets
00:21:13 - Nate’s New Book on Risk
00:25:53 - Institutional screwups on COVID
00:33:30 - Why are People so Averse to Probabilities?
00:35:27 - Silicon Valley’s Blind Spots
00:40:43 - Excessively Risky Behavior
00:44:29 - Regulations
00:48:55 - Finding Common Ground
01:00:18 - Alternative Voting Structures
01:06:50 - Signal vs Noise in the AI age
01:12:15 - Advice for Sharpening Your Models
01:22:25 - Nate’s Maxims For A Win-Win Future
Links:
♾️ Nate’s Blog: https://www.natesilver.net/
♾️ Nate’s Twitter: https://x.com/NateSilver538/
Credits:
♾️ Hosted and Produced by Liv Boeree and Igor Kurganov
♾️ Post-Production by Ryan Kessler
The Win-Win Podcast:
Poker champion Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition. Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose games into Win-Wins.
Former poker pro Liv Boeree takes to the interview chair to tease apart the complexities of one of the most fundamental parts of human nature: competition.
Liv is joined by top philosophers, gamers, artists, technologists, CEOs, scientists, athletes and more to understand how competition manifests in their world, and how to change seemingly win-lose situations into Win-Wins.