Best Progress Talent Solutions Limited Podcasts (2024)

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Lucy Turnbull — Urbanism, YIMBYism, and Solutions to Australia's Housing Crisis (Bonus Live Episode) 46:43

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Lucy Turnbull is an urbanist, businesswoman and philanthropist. She was the first female Lord Mayor of Sydney, from 2003-4. From 2015-20, she was the inaugural Chief Commissioner of the Greater Sydney Commission, tasked with delivering strategic planning for the whole of metropolitan Sydney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Bryan Caplan — The Economics of Housing Abundance 1:50:14

2M ago1:50:14

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Bryan Caplan is Professor of Economics at George Mason University. A bestselling author, his books include The Case Against Education, Open Borders, and Build, Baby, Build: The Science and Ethics of Housing Deregulation. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/bryan-caplan-155 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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2023 Retrospective — A Listener Interviews Me 1:47:48

7M ago1:47:48

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In this special episode, the tables are turned as I'm interviewed by a listener of the show, DJ Thornton from Sydney. We reflect on the progress of the show in 2023, what I learned from this year's guests, and what's in store for 2024. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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David Deutsch & Steven Pinker (First Ever Public Dialogue) — AGI, P(Doom), & The Enemies of Progress 1:55:40

7M ago1:55:40

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At a time when the Enlightenment is under attack from without and within, I bring together two of the most thoughtful defenders of progress and reason, for their first ever public dialogue. Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. I think of him as providing the strongest empirical defence of the Enlightenment (…

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Shruti Rajagopalan — On Spotting Talent, And Making Sense of Rising India 2:45:00

8M ago2:45:00

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Shruti Rajagopalan is an Indian-American economist. She leads the Indian political economy research program and Emergent Ventures India at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She also hosts the Ideas of India podcast. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Raghuram Rajan — Debt, Monetary Policy, and Unintended Consequences 1:51:50

9M ago1:51:50

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What were the deep causes of the global financial crisis and great recession? Has unconventional monetary policy in the wake of the crisis done more harm than good? And should monetary policy target financial stability? I discuss these questions and more with Indian economist and Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago Raghuram Rajan. Rag…

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Peter Singer — Moral Truths and Moral Secrets 1:54:39

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Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University. He is widely regarded as the world's most influential living philosopher. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com Episode recorded on 26 April 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Peter Turchin — Why Societies Fall Apart (And Why the US May Be Next) 1:41:45

11M ago1:41:45

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Peter Turchin is a complexity scientist and one of the founders of cliodynamics — a new, cross-disciplinary field that applies mathematics and big data to test historical theories. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Stephen Wolfram — Constructing the Computational Paradigm 4:24:06

11M ago4:24:06

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Stephen Wolfram is a physicist, computer scientist and businessman. He is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, and the author of A New Kind of Science. Full transcript available at: jnwpod.com. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Katalin Karikó — Forging the mRNA Revolution 2:03:50

12M ago2:03:50

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Katalin Karikó is a Hungarian-American biochemist. She is one of the inventors of mRNA technology. Full transcript available at: thejspod.com. Episode recorded on 15 February 2023. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Richard Rhodes — The Making of the Atomic Bomb 3:42:20

12M ago3:42:20

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Richard Rhodes is an American historian and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Full transcript available at: thejspod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Ken Henry — An Economic Odyssey 4:35:09

1y ago4:35:09

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Dr Ken Henry is an Australian economist who served as Secretary of Australia's Treasury from 2001 to 2011. He was instrumental in helping Australia avoid recession during the 2008 Global Financial Crisis — Australia was the only major advanced economy to do so. Full transcript available at: thejspod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor…

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Palmer Luckey — Science (Non)fiction 1:39:19

1y ago1:39:19

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Palmer Luckey is an American tech entrepreneur and billionaire. He has founded two companies: Oculus VR (acquired by Facebook for $2 billion in 2014), and Anduril (recently valued at $8.5 billion). He has been described as the real-life Tony Stark. Full transcript available at: www.thejspod.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Daniel Kahneman — Dyads, And Other Mysteries 1:13:07

1y ago1:13:07

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Daniel Kahneman is widely regarded as the most influential psychologist alive. He won the Nobel Prize in Economics (2002) for his work on judgment and decision-making under uncertainty, much of it done jointly with his late collaborator Amos Tversky. He is the author of the bestselling books Thinking, Fast and Slow and Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgme…

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Talent Is That Which Is Scarce — Tyler Cowen 48:21

1+ y ago48:21

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In the long run, talent allocation is almost everything. But as a society, we're not actually very good at it. The question of how to reliably match people with jobs they are well suited for is one of the big unsolved problems of our times. Joe catches up with return guest Tyler Cowen to discuss the art of identifying talent. Tyler is a professor o…

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Intellectual Exoskeletons — Andy Matuschak 2:08:54

1+ y ago2:08:54

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From language and writing to the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, computers and Adobe Photoshop, our species has a history of inventing tools for augmenting our own intelligence. But what comes next? Andy Matuschak is a developer and designer. He helped build iOS at Apple, founded and led Khan Academy's R&D lab, and now works as an independent research…

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Rationality And Its Opposite — Steven Pinker 52:32

1+ y ago52:32

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How rational are we? How can a species smart enough to set foot on the moon also be prone to conspiracy theories that the moon landing was fake? Joe speaks with Steven Pinker to discuss rationality — and its opposite. Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Professor of Psychology at Harvard University. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, an elected t…

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Against Bayesianism — David Deutsch 1:39:02

2y ago1:39:02

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Bayesianism, the doctrine that it's always rational to represent our beliefs in terms of probabilities, dominates the intellectual world, from decision theory to the philosophy of science. But does it make sense to quantify our beliefs about such ineffable things as scientific theories or the future? And what separates empty prophecy from legitimat…

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The Lessons Of Afghanistan — William Dalrymple 58:12

3y ago58:12

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William Dalrymple is an acclaimed historian and writer. Show notes available at: josephnoelwalker.com/138-afghanistan See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Race That Stopped The Nation — Richard Holden & Steven Hamilton 1:55:17

3y ago1:55:17

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Richard Holden is Professor of Economics at UNSW. Steven Hamilton is an Assistant Professor of Economics at The George Washington University. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/holden-hamilton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Ergodicity — Ole Peters 2:09:23

3y ago2:09:23

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Ole Peters is a physicist and a Fellow at the London Mathematical Laboratory. Show notes available at: josephnoelwalker.com/136-ergodicity See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Tyranny Of Merit — Michael Sandel 1:04:50

3y ago1:04:50

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Michael Sandel teaches political philosophy at Harvard University, where he is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Government Theory. His course “Justice” is the first Harvard course to be made freely available online and on television and has been viewed by tens of millions of people around the world. Full transcript available at: josephno…

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The Spectre Of Havoc — Graham Allison 52:58

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Graham Allison is an American political scientist and the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government Harvard University. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/graham-allison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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A General Theory Of Catastrophe — Niall Ferguson 1:08:37

3y ago1:08:37

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Niall Ferguson is one of the world's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. He is the author of sixteen books, including most recently Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe. Full tr…

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Policy In An Age Of Politics — John Hewson 2:10:07

3y ago2:10:07

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John Hewson is a former Australian politician and was leader of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1994. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/john-hewson See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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A Practical Guide To Coping With Uncertainty — John Kay 35:04

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John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Is Science Reaching Its Limits? — John Horgan 1:21:06

3y ago1:21:06

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John Horgan is a science journalist and Director of the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey. He was senior writer at Scientific American from 1986-1997 and is the author of the bestselling book The End of Science. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/horgan See omnystudio.com/listene…

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Marvellous Melbourne And Australia's Darkest Depression — Graeme Davison 1:08:44

3y ago1:08:44

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Graeme Davison is Australia's most eminent urban historian. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/graeme-davison See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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A Forgotten Genius — Cheryl Misak 1:11:57

3y ago1:11:57

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Cheryl Misak is a Canadian philosopher and the author of Frank Ramsey: A Sheer Excess of Powers. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/misak See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Progress And Planet — Malcolm Turnbull 1:00:20

3+ y ago1:00:20

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Malcolm Turnbull was the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/malcolm-turnbull See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Tech Journeys - Alice Easey talking about the challenges for women in technology 55:51

3+ y ago55:51

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In this episode we are joined by Alice Easey, Software Engineering Manager of Cambridge based Savanta. We had a great chat with Alice and we’re lucky enough to have Alice share her very unique, yet hugely successful journey through technology. Tune in to find out how, with a true focus on helping people, Alice managed to make diverse steps in her c…

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The Craft Of Comedy And The Art Of A Lasting Partnership — Andy Lee 1:36:08

3+ y ago1:36:08

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Andy Lee is one half of iconic Australian comedy duo Hamish & Andy. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/andy-lee See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Reign Of Keynes, Part II — Lord Robert Skidelsky 1:25:14

3+ y ago1:25:14

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Robert Skidelsky, FBA is a British economic historian. He is the author of a three-volume award-winning biography of British economist John Maynard Keynes. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/skidelsky See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Recollections Of A Wild Man In The Wings — Noam Chomsky 1:02:55

3+ y ago1:02:55

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Noam Chomsky is the father of modern linguistics and one of the most cited scholars in modern history. He is also one of the most influential public intellectuals in the world, having written more than 150 books. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/chomsky See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…

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Tech Journeys - Mark Chinery talks Solving Business Problems with Technology 1:06:21

3+ y ago1:06:21

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In this episode we are joined by Mark Chinery. Mark is the Software Engineering Manager for Cambridge based TWI. We talked with Mark about his journey through technology. From initial interest to where he is today. We then moved on to discuss “Solving Business Problems with Technology”. We covered topics such as: Going from idea to end product Comm…

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There Is Such A Thing As Society — Sir Paul Collier 1:08:49

3+ y ago1:08:49

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Sir Paul Collier is a British development economist. He is currently a professor of economics at the University of Oxford and was the Director of the Development Research Group at the World Bank between 1998 and 2003. Paul has authored numerous books, including The Bottom Billion, The Plundered Planet, and The Future of Capitalism. His latest book,…

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The Reign Of Keynes, Part I — Zach Carter 1:29:20

3+ y ago1:29:20

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Zach Carter is a senior reporter at The Huffington Post and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Price of Peace: Money, Democracy and the Life of John Maynard Keynes. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/zach-carter See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Doyen Of Behavioural Genetics On Untangling Nature And Nurture — Robert Plomin 1:25:19

3+ y ago1:25:19

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Robert Plomin is one of the world's leading behavioural geneticists. He is currently MRC Research Professor in Behavioural Genetics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Republic Is In Peril — Jack A. Goldstone 1:45:33

3+ y ago1:45:33

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Jack A. Goldstone is an American sociologist and is widely regarded as one of the world's leading experts on the subject of revolutions. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/jack-goldstone See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Hard-Earned Lessons From A Maverick Who Made It — Mark Cuban 1:09:12

3+ y ago1:09:12

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Mark Cuban is an American billionaire investor, entrepreneur and TV personality. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/mark-cuban See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Wisdom Of Frank Wilczek 1:49:51

3+ y ago1:49:51

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Frank Wilczek won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2004 and is considered one of the world’s most eminent theoretical physicists. Full transcript available at: josephnoelwalker.com/frank-wilczek See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Moral Causes And Consequences Of Economic Growth — Benjamin M. Friedman 1:24:36

3+ y ago1:24:36

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Benjamin M. Friedman is widely recognised as one of the world's leading macroeconomists. He is currently the William Joseph Maier Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University. Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/ben-friedman See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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The Indiana Jones Of Anthropology On The Origins Of Western Psychology — Joe Henrich 1:13:39

3+ y ago1:13:39

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Joe Henrich is Professor and Chair of Human Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. He is the author of The Secret of Our Success and The Weirdest People in the World. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Tech Journeys - Andrea Angella Talks Mentorship and the Power of Community 36:55

3+ y ago36:55

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In this episode we're joined by Andrea Angella. Andrea is a Senior Developer for one of the most reputable technology businesses in the Cambridgeshire area, Red Gate Software. We talked to Andrea about his journey through technology. From initial interest to where he is today. We discussed Andreas take on the power of community and mentorship withi…

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Deaths Of Despair And The Future Of Capitalism — Angus Deaton 1:25:41

3+ y ago1:25:41

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Sir Angus Deaton is a Nobel Prize-winning economist and coauthor of Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism. Read the full transcript at: josephnoelwalker.com/deaton See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Tech Journeys - Luke Drury Talks Scaling Technology Teams 45:09

3+ y ago45:09

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In this episode we're joined by Luke Drury. Luke's the Head of Engineering for one of the fastest growing technology businesses in the Cambridgeshire area, Gear Set. We talked to Luke about his journey through technology. From initial interest to where he is today. We discussed Luke's take on everything scale. How to ensure new hires become product…

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On Ayn Rand, Cooperation, And Successful Societies - David Sloan Wilson 2:00:04

3+ y ago2:00:04

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David Sloan Wilson is an evolutionary biologist. Read the full transcript at: https://josephnoelwalker.com/atlashugged See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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What I Learned In 2020 - John Hempton 1:46:07

3+ y ago1:46:07

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John Hempton is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Bronte Capital. Show notes Selected links Follow John: Blog | Twitter 'Approaches to Studying Policy Representation', paper by David Broockman 'Indebted Demand', paper by Atif Mian, Ludwig Straub and Amir Sufi Topics discussed Lessons from past market cycles. 4:51 Astarra-Trio. 10:43 Retail…

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Rational Minds Part 5: Heuristics Make Us Smart - Gerd Gigerenzer 1:48:25

3+ y ago1:48:25

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Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist and director emeritus of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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Rational Minds Part 4: The Blind Leading The Blind - David Hirshleifer 1:06:07

3+ y ago1:06:07

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David Hirshleifer is a professor of finance and currently holds the Merage chair in Business Growth at the University of California. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By Joe Walker

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