Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
We live in a world where our civilization and daily lives depend upon institutions, infrastructure, and technological substrates that are _complicated_ but not _unknowable_. Join Patrick McKenzie (patio11) as he discusses how decisions, technology, culture, and incentives shape our finance, technology, government, and more, with the people who built (and build) those Complex Systems.
Episodes (101)
Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
How AI reshapes the craft of software engineering, with Yoav Tzfati
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Stacking the odds: Cate Hall on agency and outlier success
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Think like a trader, with Ricki Heicklen
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Achieving results in the physical world, with Adam Jarvis of “Public Service”
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The AI infrastructure stack with Jennifer Li, a16z
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Getting better at LLMs, with Zvi Mowshowitz
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Machine learning meets malware, with Caleb Fenton
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
How to negotiate your salary package
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The capitalist's guide to podcasting, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Killing viruses with light, with Jacob Swett
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Life insurance and your money, with Zac Townsend
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Fixing government technology, with Mikey Dickerson
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Understanding and wielding power in local government, with Daniel Golliher
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The AI energy bottleneck, with Tim Fist
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Taking stablecoins seriously, with Haseeb Qureshi
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The past, present, and future of AI, with Stripe
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
No, poor people aren’t funding your credit card rewards
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Points, profits, and packed planes, with Gary Leff
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Tax the dirt, with Lars Doucet & Greg Miller
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
A tale of two Americas in one $50K cash withdrawal
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
AI, data centers, and power economics, with Azeem Azhar
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
You can’t retract the facts
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Stablecoins and shenanigans, with Zeke Faux
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Power plays: grid economics and engineering, with Travis Dauwalter
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The landmines buried in the fine print of Chicago’s new casino deal
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The banking crisis, two years later
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Debanking explained
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Retrospective on 2024, with Sammy Cottrell
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Seeing like an outsider, with Yatharth
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The future of pandemic preparedness, with Joshua Morrison
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
How we tax property, with Lars Doucet
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Fraud levels are a policy choice
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
AI, poker, and mind games, with Max Chiswick
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Boom, busts, and long term progress with Byrne Hobart
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
How money moves, with Erik Torenberg
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
From molecule to medicine, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Picking Uncle Sam's pocket, with Jetson Leder-Luis
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
How real estate investing works with Moses Kagan
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Telling the tech story
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The hundred-year-old telegram worth $5 million, with Jim McKenzie
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Bits, Bytes, and Burgers with Byrne Hobart
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Decisions Nobody Made, policy edition, with Dave Guarino
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
True Crime, banking edition
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
That time we accidentally created national healthcare infrastructure, with Dave...
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
The mad science of drilling the earth with Austin Vernon
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Balancing control and chaos: cybernetics, fraud, and modern organizations with D...
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Energy economics and rocket science with Casey Handmer
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)
Bet on it: Zvi Mowshowitz on professional gambling, trading, and AI futures
Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)