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What would aliens think of our inventions? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice answer fan questions on Maxwell’s Equations, the symmetry of the universe, and the physics around us all the time. 

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(Originally released April 12, 2019)

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In this deep dive and tour through key business concepts, from theory to practice, we cover the topics of strategy, competitive advantage,  network effects, moats, and more -- covering both both basic foundations, as well as the tricky nuances in a new world of open source, including web3.  In the first half of this discussion, we cover foundational business concepts and questions -- such as the nature of competition, and how it *really* changes in web3; as well as how network effects really work -- and then, in the second half (in case you want to skip ahead), we cover mindsets and general guidance for builders…

Our expert guest -- in conversation with editor in chief and host Sonal Chokshi -- is a16z crypto research partner Scott Duke Kominers, who is also a professor at Harvard Business School; a faculty affiliate in Harvard’s Department of Economics; and advises several companies on marketplace development, incentive design, and more; as well as advises, and is directly involved, in several NFT communities. 

Scott also teaches on these topics -- both at Harvard and also recently at our Crypto Startup School -- so be sure to subscribe to our playlist for those talks on the a16z crypto YouTube channel to get the latest updates as we release more videos from the 2023 cohort.  

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related links // see also:

• Can web3 bring back competition to digital platforms? by Christian Catalini and Scott Duke Kominers
• Why build in web3 by Jad Esber and Scott Duke Kominers
• Vampire attacks: A theory (and thread) on 'blood sucking' platform competition by John William Hatfield and Scott Duke Kominers
• Why NFT creators are going cc0 by Flashrekt and Scott Duke Kominers
• Decentralized identity: Your reputation travels with you by Scott Duke Kominers and Jad Esber
• Increasing returns and the new world of business (1996) by W. Brian Arthur
• Network effects, origin Stories, and the evolution of tech with W. Brian Arthur, Marc Andreeessen, and Sonal Chokshi
• The five competitive forces that shape strategy (2008 reformulation of 1979 paper) by Michael Porter
• Strategies for two-sided markets (2006) by Tom Eisenmann, Geoffrey Parker, and Marshall Van Alstyne

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Dr Jordan B Peterson and Dr. Richard Lindzen dive into the facts of climate change, the models used to predict it, the dismal state of academia, and the politicized world of “professional” science.

Richard Lindzen is a dynamical meteorologist. He has contributed to the development of theories for the Hadley Circulation, hydrodynamic instability theory, internal gravity waves, atmospheric tides, and the quasi-biennial oscillation of the stratosphere. His current research is focused on climate sensitivity, the role of cirrus clouds in climate, and the determination of the tropics-to-pole temperature difference. He has attained multiple degrees from Harvard University, and won multiple awards in his field of study such as the Jule Charney award for “highly significant research in the atmospheric sciences”. Between 1983 and 2013, he was the Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at MIT where he earned emeritus status in July of 2013.

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(0:00) Coming Up

(1:19) Intro

(4:40) Why you should listen to Dr. Lindzen

(13:00) How Ivy league hirings work

(16:00) Harvard or MIT?

(18:00) Emphasis on racism in the sciences

(19:22) Administrators outnumber faculty and students

(20:00) Wasting time on a broken grant system

(22:00) There is no money for questioning mainstream science

(24:00) 1800’s science papers shock students

(25:30) Scientific journals are not endorsements of the science they publish

(27:40) 1970’s, they notice an increase in Co2

(30:10) Classism and religious warping

(33:40) Impoverishing ourselves for no reason

(38:00) Objections to the narrative

(40:00) Coriolis effect

(45:48) Jordan plays devils advocate

(50:05) Politicians base their policy on scientific summaries written by politicians

(53:20) Bjørn Lomborg: even if they’re right, it’s not a big deal

(54:22) Tipping points, how they actually work

(57:00) Averaging anomalies

(1:03:00) Climate threat still five thousand years away

(1:08:00) Computer models, limitations and benefits

(1:12:13) Fluid dynamics

(1:14:45) Models on top of models predicting nothing

(1:17:45) Where scientists actually agree

(1:21:10) Money corrupts, “Climate Scientist” did not exist in the 90’s

(1:25:10) Speaking for your values without asking you what they are

(1:28:00) Gatekeepers holding back the world of science

(1:32:20) Stoking terror, stifling science

(1:38:30) You’ll falsify your own psyche if you falsify your words

(1:43:00) Standing your ground, living toward truth

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Matthieu Pageau and Dr. Jordan B. Peterson discuss the meaning of mythos. They draw parallels to the Bible as they discuss Adam and Eve, how their story relates to psychology, and its parallels to modern human behavior.

Matthieu Pageau is a Canadian author living in Quebec. For over a decade he’s taken part in discussions regarding religious philosophy and symbolism with his brother and icon carver Jonathan Pageau. This led him to write his first novel: “The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism: A Commentary”

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(11:41) Heaven, Earth, Order, Chaos

(16:20) Union of Meaning and Fact

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(29:00) The Talking Snake

(35:00) Newton V. Einstein

(40:25) Something Above the Head

(47:04) Inedible Fruit, Totalitarian Sin

(54:19) The Nature of Sin, Fractal Patterns

(1:02:10) Tetramorphic Cherubs

(1:12:00) The Flaming Sword That Turns on Itself

(1:17:13) The Adversary That Loves You

(1:27:25) Pageau’s Process for Writing

(1:30:30) The Principle of Recursion

(1:40:58) Not All Interpretation is Arbitrary

(1:48:14) The Cycle of Competition

(1:59:47) Jacob and Wrestling the Angel.

(2:02:48) Why Pageau Avoided Academia While Writing

(2:04:37) Women Tend to be Hypergamous

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Did you know there are physics at work all around us? Join your personal astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice as they answer fan-submitted questions on the physics of life, big and small.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Russell Peters answer fan-submitted questions on a variety of astrophysical topics including Pluto, the Andromeda Galaxy, the Magellanic Clouds, the Equator and the Earth’s axis, E = mc2, exoplanets, the Moon, and more!

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