Stranded Technologies Podcast

Our guest is Anders Sandberg. Anders is a Swedish researcher, futurist and transhumanist . He holds a PhD in computational neuroscience from Stockholm University , and is a former senior research fellow at the Future of Humanity Institute at the University of Oxford . This conversation is about the governance of innovation, and the innovation of governance. Explore Infinita City: * Website: www.in...

Brian is the Co-founder and CEO of Coinbase; he began his journey studying computer science and economics. Back early in his career, after a trip to Argentina and seeing hyperinflation, he was inspired by Bitcoin’s potential to update the financial system and increase economic freedom in the world. He started Coinbase in 2012, and by 2021, it had become a public company worth $50B by 2024. Post-IP...

In this conversation, we're discussing with Joe Lonsdale the potential for building new cities and network states to improve governance in countries with broken institutions. Joe Lonsdale is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He is the managing partner at 8VC, a multi-billion dollar firm in the US. Previously he co-founded Palantir. Agencies and institutions are broken.  The SEC on the fight...

Bradley Tusk is a cofounder of Tusk Venture Partners, which invests in early-stage technology companies operating in highly regulated industries. Bradley was also Uber's first political advisor and instrumental in developing their strategy to disrupt the incumbent taxi monopolies. This is one of the most fascinating stories in the recent history of regulatory hacking. In this episode, we're demyst...

What if you could choose the set of laws under which your company is regulated? Honduran reformers have developed a model to facilitate collaboration between foreign capital and local institutions in Honduras, leveraging external resources and expertise to develop an alternative to the levels of instability, crime, and corruption that prevailing institutions have been unable to address sufficientl...

In this conversation, we're discussing with Vitalik the connection between longevity and Ethereum, what he's looking to build, frontier technologies, and how pop-up or startup cities can supercharge the longevity movement. In the early days, when crypto started as a new frontier technology and experienced a Cambrian Explosion—rapid and transformative development and growth—How can the longevity mo...

“What’s more important than living forever?”  At Vitalia, Naval Ravikant outed himself as a longevity maximalist.  This is a compilation article with 7 key takeaways from the Fireside Chat with Niklas Anzinger at the AI & Technological Progress Conference, a summit in Roatán, Honduras. #1 | The Future Is *Actually* Brighter. “It just takes one person to make a breakthrough for humanity. One person...

How compatible are two very different giants in the longevity movement?  Aubrey de Grey, the iconic and highly academically decorated bioscientist, paved the way for the early stages of scientific development, and Bryan Johnson, the software mogul turned one-man experiment and chief meme officer of longevity, focuses on the intersection of lifestyle and research. Do their very different approaches...

In this fireside chat with Balaji Srinivasan and Niklas Anzinger at the Startup Societies & Crypto Cities Conference in Vitalia, they discussed the importance of longevity and its impact on technologies, as well as a strategy to breakthrough existing systems to develop your project. This brief article summarizes key points of the conversation, giving you an advisory perspective on how to approach...

Tyler Cowen is a professor at George Mason University, creator of the Marginal Revolution blog, founder of the Emergent Ventures grant program, podcast host of "Conversations with Tyler," and author of numerous books, including "The Great Stagnation." Evaluating Economists and Their Contributions In Tyler’s latest book, "GOAT: Greatest Economist Of All Time," he explores the contributions of renow...

* Iyinoluwa (“E”) Aboyeji had an outsized influence on the startup landscape in Africa with Andela and Flutterwave (both top-10 unicorns in Africa) * Surprisingly, to become a successful startup entrepreneur he had to become a policy entrepreneur and remove regulatory bottlenecks * With Itana, a charter city in a free zone in Lagos, Nigeria, E is doubling down on creating an enabling policy enviro...

In this episode, we debate with two major thinkers with different philosophies but also commonalities about governance and social evolution. Max Borders, author of “The Decentralist,” "The Social Singularity," and “After Collapse,” (a previous guest on the show) and Michel Bauwens, founder of the P2P Foundation and author of “The Political Economy of Peer Production”. The definition of “commons” i...

Ever wondered where SEZs in Latam are already a backbone of the economy? It’s in Uruguay, a country with stable governance, clear legal frameworks and many other advantages for export-focused businesses. Uruguay did many things right to create a business-friendly environment. It’s touted as the safest spot in Latam, and enjoys a high degree of civil and economic freedom. Now meet David Luftglass,...

If you’re not excited *yet* about insurance regulation, this episode is for you! Matthew Queen and I uncover the often underestimated impact of insurance regulation on the global economy. In this podcast, we learn the importance of the legal structures of societies, and what SEZs like Próspera can do to improve them. Insurance is a peculiar product. It’s purely digital. It’s math about risks & pro...

Magatte Wade is an entrepreneur, author and promoter for African entrepreneurship. Magatte shares her impactful personal journey of migration, education, and entrepreneurship and calls attention to the economic difficulties in African countries. She discusses her book " Heart of a Cheetah ", where she explores the misrepresentations of African poverty and how startup cities can help unleash entrep...

Richard Hanania is the founder and president of the Center for the Study of Partisanship and Ideology , and author the books “ The Origins of Woke ” and “ Public Choice Theory and the Illusion of Grand Strategy ”.This is a far-ranging conversation with an emerging star public intellectual. In this episode we discuss: * Political theory: Nietzschean Liberalism, the worldview that greatness is a hig...

Andrew Côté is a nuclear fusion engineer at Stellerator Systems and a scout at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). He has a Substack called " Ulysses ". Right in time with the release of Marc Andreessen's " The Techno-Optimist Manifesto ", this episode has good news: nuclear fusion has a real shot. There are engineering challenges, but the science has paved the way for some promising methods to achieve en...

This is a two-part episode - in the first part Janine Leger, one of the driving forces behind Zuzalu talks about community development and Zuzalu's future. In the second part, Niklas introduces Vitalia - a Zuzalu-inspired network society that aims to radically accelerate the development of life extension technologies. Engage with Zuzalu here: https://zuzalu.city/ Engage with Vitalia here: https://...

This is a two-part episode - in the first part Janine Leger, one of the driving forces behind Zuzalu talks about community development and Zuzalu's future. In the second part, Niklas introduces Vitalia - a Zuzalu-inspired network society that aims to radically accelerate the development of life extension technologies. Engage with Zuzalu here: https://zuzalu.city/ Engage with Vitalia here: https://...

Jim Pethokoukis is a policy analyst at the American Enterprise Institute, and writes the Faster, Please! newsletter on Substack. The subject of this conversation is Jim's new book " The Conservative Futurist - How to Create the Sci-Fi World We Were Promised. " Ray Kurtzweil said in 1999: “The twenty-first century will be different. The human species, along with the computational technology it crea...

Bob is the world’s greatest expert on special economic zones or "opportunity zones" as he likes to call them, having worked in setting them up in 174 countries. Max Borders said about Bob: “ I would argue no living human being is responsible for helping lift more people out of poverty than Bob Haywood:” Bob is notoriously low-key about his work. This podcast episode together with Max' written 2-pa...

Sam Peltzman is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago . Sam is was a graduate student to Milton Friedman and a contemporary to George Stigler, the famous economist who coined the term "regulatory capture". Regulatory capture is an important concept. AI and crypto is under fire by regulators. The legendary venture capitalist Bill Gurley gave a talk at the All-In Summit 2023 that went vira...

Two of the most popular previous guests are back: Sebastian Brunemeier , the General Partner of Healthspan Capital and CEO of ImmuneAGE Pharma, and Robin Hanson , Professor of Economics at George Mason University and iconic thinker. Sebastian previously talked about longevity biotech and decentralized science . Robin spoke about prediction markets and governance innovation . In this episode, we ta...

Olivier is an entrepreneur, investor, and independent author. He wrote “ The Way of the Intelligent Rebel ” and blogs at Disruptive Horizons . The blog is about the disruption of the nation states by the internet and globalization and how to transform from a mono country to a netizen without borders. Olivier's journey started with Tim Ferriss' book "The 4-Hour Work Week", as a way to unbundle his...

David Friedman is an economist, physicist, legal scholar, and author. His father is the legendary economist Milton Friedman, and his son is the founder of the Seasteading Institute and Pronomos Capital, Patri Friedman ( appeared on episode 32 ). His most popular book is The Machinery of Freedom , and he’s written books on microeconomics and the economics of law, such as Law's Order , Hidden Order,...