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What The Diary Of A CEO Says About Technology
17 episodes about technology
Steven Bartlett is a British entrepreneur, investor, and author. He’s the founder of Flight Story – a media company – an...
Key Insights on Technology
The underlying AI technology exponential has progressed roughly as expected, moving from 'smart high school student to smart college student to beginning PhD level' - Dario
- First-order thinking means solving root causes with technology rather than either-or solutions, as demonstrated in Zappos distribution flow optimization
- Depopulation without new technology would mean economic shrinkage, but AI arrives precisely when we need machines to do jobs we won't have people for
- "Before this technological age, could you have had a mistake that could cost billions of dollars? Not really. But now you can leave a piece of software, could go out and do 70,000 transactions" - Lloyd
- AI leverage creates unprecedented risk: software can execute 70,000 transactions automatically without human intuition checks
- Wells Fargo still uses horse and buggy logo while decommissioning mainframes, showing institutional technology lag
- Technology earnings up 18% but stocks down 12%, representing 25% multiple compression as AI investments shift companies from asset-light to asset-heavy models
- Early technology decisions at Stripe like Ruby and MongoDB still define the company 15 years later, demonstrating how "initial conditions" shape decades of engineering work
Episodes
OpenAI Whistleblower FINALLY Speaks: “AI Has A 70% Chance Of Going Horribly Wrong!“
Most Replayed Moment: AI Safety Expert Predicts The Next 20 Years! Will It Really Take All Jobs?
World-Renowned Physicist: The Truth About Aliens! UFOs Are Definitely Robotic - Michio Kaku
UFO Roundtable: CIA Physicist Proves Aliens Exist
Pulitzer Prize Historian: You Won't Notice Until It's Too Late!
WW3 Expert: This Could Trigger Global Starvation
Scott Galloway: AI Wasn’t Built For You. The Rich Don’t Need You Anymore!
Stanford Neuroscientist: Can’t Remember Your Dreams? Your Brain May Be Warning You!
World Collapse Expert (Ian Bremmer): The Real Crisis Is What Comes After Trump
David Sinclair: Can Aging Be Reversed? After 8 Weeks, Cells Appeared 75% Younger In Tests!
Most Replayed Moment: The Direct Path To Purpose And Happiness! These 2 Decisions Matter Most
Daniel Priestley: Plumbers Will Earn More Than Lawyers! I Predicted 2008, Now I'm Warning About 2029
Pregnancy Diet Expert: The Pregnancy Diet That Rewrites DNA! Why Pregnant Moms Are Being Lied To!
Uber CEO: At Uber, If You Don’t Perform, You’re Out! Uber Was Losing $3b A Year
Your Bones Break First: The Man Who Survived Being Eaten Alive!
Most Replayed Moment: The Fastest Way To Lose Fat Without Losing Muscle! - Dr Andy Galpin
Early Retirement Expert: A House Vs Stocks, Here's The Truth!
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