Faster, Please! — The Podcast
Welcome to Faster, Please! — The Podcast. Several times a month, host Jim Pethokoukis will feature a lively conversation with a fascinating and provocative guest about how to make the world a better place by accelerating scientific discovery, technological innovation, and economic growth. fasterplease.substack.com
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Episodes (107)
🚀 The New Space Age meets the Age of AI: My interview with Phil Metzger
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🏁 The Great AI Race as a clash over compute: my interview with analyst Ryan Fed...
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💧⚡🖥️ A deep-dive on data centers: My interview with AI researcher Andy Masley
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📈 The business of AI: My interview with technology analyst and investor Azeem A...
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✨ Data center distortions: My interview with energy policy analyst Shuting Pomer...
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✨ My interview with Sebastian Mallaby, author of 'The Infinity Machine: Demis Ha...
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✨💪 AI, jobs, and productivity: My chat with economist Erik Brynjolfsson
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✨💪 The future of work in an age of AI: My chat with economist Daniel Rock
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🏗️ A hub for hard-tech startups: My chat with 'American Shenzhen' builder Joshu...
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✨ The Age of AI, an update: My chat with policy analyst Dean Ball
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🌎 Storm watch: My chat with climate policy expert Roger Pielke Jr.
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☄️Awaiting apocalypse: My chat with journalist and author Dorian Lynskey
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⤴️ Beyond Abundance: My chat with Brink Lindsey about his new book, 'The Permane...
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⚛️ A final (and lasting?) nuclear revival: My chat with nuclear energy advocate...
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🪐 NASA and beyond: My chat with space policy analyst Casey Dreier
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✨🔬 Acceleration though AI-automated R&D: My chat (+transcript) with researcher...
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🚀 The trillion-dollar space race: My chat (+transcript) with journalist Christi...
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🤖 Thoughts of a (rare) free-market AI doomer: My chat (+transcript) with econom...
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🛑 Why progress stops : My chat (+transcript) with economist Carl Benedikt Frey
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🤖 AI risks and rewards: My chat (+transcript) with AI researcher Miles Brundage
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🛩️ Human aspiration and the legacy of 'To Fly!': My chat (+transcript) with fil...
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👶 Bracing for depopulation: My chat (+transcript) with 'After the Spike' coauth...
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⚛️ Our fission-powered future: My chat (+transcript) with nuclear scientist and...
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✨ AI and the future of R&D: My chat (+transcript) with McKinsey's Michael Chui
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📊 The US economy at midyear: My chat (+transcript) with economic analyst Joey P...
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🎇 An age of transformation: My chat (+transcript) with techno-futurist Peter Le...
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✨ 🧬 When AI meets biotechnology: My chat (+transcript) with techno-futurist Jam...
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🚀 NASA and the New Space Age: My chat (+transcript) with James Meigs
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🤖 Superintelligence and national security: My chat (+transcript) with AI expert...
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🗽 America's immigration edge: My chat (+transcript) with policy expert Alex Now...
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🌾 Land of plenty: My chat (+transcript) with science journalist Charles C. Mann...
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🚀 Mars or bust! My chat (+transcript) with aerospace engineer Robert Zubrin
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📈 Back to the Nineties? My chat (+transcript) with economist Skanda Amarnath on...
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🚀 My chat (+transcript) with economist Matt Weinzierl on the growing business o...
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🌍 My chat (+transcript) with researcher Toby Ord on existential risk
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🤖 My chat (+transcript) with journalist Nicole Kobie on why the future of tech...
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⚡ My chat (+transcript) with Virginia Postrel on promoting a culture of dynamism
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🌐 My chat (+transcript) with chaos theorist Doyne Farmer on our interconnected...
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🎨 My chat (+transcript) with innovation expert Duncan Wardle on practical tips...
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✨ My chat (+transcript) with tech policy expert Neil Chilson on regulating GenAI
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🏘️ My chat (+transcript) with economist Bryan Caplan on density and housing der...
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✨⏩ My chat (+transcript) with ... economist Robin Hanson on AI, innovation, and...
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🚀 My chat (+transcript) with space journalist Eric Berger on SpaceX and America...
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💥 My chat (+transcript) with economist Eli Dourado on creating a fantastic futu...
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☀️ My chat (+transcript) with economist Noah Smith on technological progress
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📖 My chat (+transcript) with Mentava founder Niels Hoven on accelerating kids’...
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⚡ My chat (+transcript) with venture capitalist Katherine Boyle on 'American Dyn...
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⚠ My chat (+transcript) with BCG economist Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak on dealing w...
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🤖🧠 My chat (+transcript) with Google DeepMind's Séb Krier on AGI and public po...
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⤵ My chat (+transcript) with investor Ruchir Sharma on where capitalist economie...
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