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68:28

AI #151: While Claude Coworks

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2026/01/15

Podcast episode for AI #151: While Claude Coworks.* 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:00:53 - Table of Contents* 00:03:20 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:06:23 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:09:37 - Comparative Advantage* 00:10:13 - Overcoming Bias* 00:12:31 - Choose Your Fighter* 00:13:41 - Get My Agent On The Line* 00:14:53 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 00:17:29 - Fun With Media Generation* 00:21:10 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer* 00:22:51 - They Took Our Jobs* 00:26:18 - Autonomous Killer

16:10

When Will They Take Our Jobs?

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2026/01/14

Podcast episode for When Will They Take Our Jobs?* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:37 - Normality Is Magic* 03:20 - Welcome To The Cyborg Era* 06:32 - The Cyborg Era Will End Within Our Lifetimes* 08:18 - Transitional Unemployment In The Cyborg Era Will Be High* 09:27 - Congratulations, Many Of You Are Literally A Human* 10:11 - You’ve Got Taste* 12:18 - The Revolution of Rising AI Capabilities* 12:43 - The Revolution of Rising Expectations* 13:15 - Proceed With Caution* 14:00 - The Ostrich TakeThe Don’t

21:55

Claude Coworks

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2026/01/13

Podcast episode for Claude Coworks* 00:00 - Introduction* 02:11 - Early Takes* 05:24 - Minimum Viable Product* 06:34 - Maximum Viable Product* 07:43 - Backup Your Directory* 08:04 - Meanwhile In Claude Code News* 15:25 - You Are The Bottleneck* 17:40 - Claude Code Upgrades* 18:57 - Oh No* 19:57 - I’m In Danger* 20:29 - In The Beginning Was The Command LineThe 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

28:38

Dating Roundup #10: Gendered Expectations

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2026/01/12

Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #10: Gendered Expectations. * 00:00 - Introduction* 00:11 - You’re Single Because Your Emotions Gave Her The Ick* 05:16 - You Are Still Single Because You Don’t Know When To Show Emotions* 08:19 - You’re Single Because You Don’t Have Enough Gendered Energy* 09:49 - You’re Single And I Have To Praise You Like I Should* 12:30 - You’re Single Because You Guessed Wrong On Paying For The Date* 15:20 - You’re Single But Not Because You Make Too Much Money* 16:51 - You’re

39:18

Claude Codes

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2026/01/09

Podcast episode for Claude Codes.* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:37 - Hype!* 06:18 - My Own Experiences* 11:53 - Now With More Recursive Self Improvement* 13:14 - A Market Of One* 13:51 - Some Examples Of People Using Claude Code Recently* 20:33 - Dealing With Context Limits* 21:18 - The Basic Claude Code Setup* 23:31 - Random Claude Code Extension Examples I’ve Seen Recently* 25:27 - Skilling Up* 32:05 - Reasons Not To Get Overexcited* 38:18 - Get Pretty ExcitedThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is

39:44

AI #150: While Claude Codes

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2026/01/08

Podcast episode for AI #150: While Claude Codes.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:41 - Table of Contents* 03:02 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 03:35 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 04:09 - Language Models Have All The Fun* 05:08 - Huh, Upgrades* 05:47 - On Your Marks* 06:18 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 09:50 - Fun With Media Generation* 10:04 - You Drive Me Crazy* 12:11 - They Took Our Jobs* 15:45 - Get Involved* 16:10 - Introducing* 18:48 - In Other AI News* 20:41 - Show

34:37

Advancements In Self-Driving Cars

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2026/01/07

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

51:24

Fertility Roundup #6: The Art of More Dakka

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2026/01/06

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*

34:36

Dos Capital

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2026/01/05

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

59:55

Fertility Roundup #5: Causation

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2026/01/02

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 -

53:14

AI #149: 3

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2026/01/01

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 -

26:22

2025 Year in Review

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2025/12/31

Podcast episode for 2025 Year in Review. * 00:00 - Introduction* 01:25 - January* 03:58 - February* 07:20 - March* 08:44 - April* 09:57 - May* 11:46 - June* 12:42 - July* 13:43 - August* 16:13 - September* 16:37 - October* 19:38 - November* 21:20 - December* 22:55 - Questions For Next SeasonThe 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

26:16

Dating Roundup #9: Signals and Selection

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2025/12/30

Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #9: Signals and Selection.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:12 - You’re Single Because They Got The Ick* 02:48 - You Are Still Single Because You Are Inventing Red Flags* 04:56 - You’re Still Single Because You Demand The Same Generic Things* 06:40 - You’re Single Because Everyone Is Too Picky* 08:40 - You’re Single And They Will Never Tell You Why* 10:10 - You’re Single Because You Won’t Tell Them The Problem* 13:05 - You’re Not Single But The Clock Is Ticking* 14:18 -

33:39

Dating Roundup #8: Tactics

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2025/12/29

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*

33:05

Childhood and Education #16: Letting Kids Be Kids

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2025/12/26

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 -

85:05

AI #148: Christmas Break

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2025/12/25

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*

23:53

Zvi's 2025 In Movies

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2025/12/24

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 -

13:36

Keeping Up Against the Joneses: Balsa’s 2025 Fundraiser

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2025/12/23

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

39:51

The Revolution of Rising Expectations

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2025/12/22

Podcast episode for The Revolution of Rising Expectations.* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:33 - The Revolutions of Rising Expectations* 04:39 - The Revolution of Rising Requirements* 07:01 - Whose Line Is It Anyway?* 09:30 - Thus In This House We Believe The Following* 10:41 - Real De Facto Required Expenses Are Rising Higher Than Inflation* 12:12 - Great Expectations* 16:36 - We Could Fix It* 17:50 - Man’s Search For Meaning* 21:24 - How Do You Afford Your Rock And Roll Lifestyle?* 23:59 - Our Price

30:26

When Were Things The Best?

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2025/12/19

Podcast episode for When Were Things The Best?* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:50 - The Most Close-Knit Communities* 03:17 - The Most Moral Society* 05:18 - The Least Political Division* 05:50 - The Happiest Families* 06:47 - The Most Reliable News Reporting* 08:21 - The Best Music* 10:32 - The Best Radio* 11:36 - The Best Fashion* 11:52 - The Best Economy* 12:23 - The Best Movies* 13:47 - The Best Television* 15:27 - Best Sporting Events* 17:37 - The Best Cuisine* 18:34 - Bonus: The Best Job Security*

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