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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.

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We should stop burning pharma trials’ lab notes, with...
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Your support rep is also trapped in this call, with...
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38:51
The magic spell that makes banks give you your money...
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50:25
2025 in review, with Sammy Cottrell
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15:53
Gift cards and the fraud supply chain
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26:11
Understanding perpetual futures
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47:38
The economics of discovery, with Ben Reinhardt
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78:31
Understanding equity at tech companies, with Billy...
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28:31
The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out
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33:11
How deposit insurance actually works
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28:48
Home improvement lending with fewer bankers and more...
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91:37
Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk...
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91:19
Narrative, mastery, and character bleed in games,...
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74:44
Bits and bricks: Oliver Habryka on LessWrong,...
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72:10
Building institutions that bend towards truth, with...
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46:50
How blogging went legit, with Substack CEO Chris Best
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91:28
Prestige media, new media, and the US government,...
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87:28
AI alignment, with Emmett Shear
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75:41
Building software that survives contact with reality,...
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62:47
Defense, drones, and military procurement, with Bean...
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