Samo Burja on America's future, China, AI, and the new global order

[@UpstreamwithErikTorenberg]

TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Episode preview
(02:05) Who’s right: Balaji, Zeihan, or Olson?
(06:18) Why China’s prospects aren’t as bad as Zeihan thinks
(08:46) What have we learned one year out after Ukraine?
(12:12) Future of The U.S. dollar
(14:19) Sponsors: Mercury | Secureframe | MarketerHire
(16:03) Balaji’s Bet
(16:42) Future of America
(21:06) Why Brazil hasn’t panned out
(25:34) Is AI communist and crypto libertarian
(28:37) Evolution of elites
(32:40) Comparing Elon and SBF
(35:12) Economics of automation and AI
(40:28) How intellectual culture has changed
(42:39) America exporting Western values
(46:42) America and China converging
(49:00) Startup cities vs incumbents
(51:54) Samo’s consultancy
(54:35) Samo’s upcoming research interests

[@k14pc]

samo is one of the most interesting thinkers around. i also really like that he generally seems unbiased and is carefully considering different viewpoints. Zeihan and Balaji are interesting too, but their thinking is often made for clickbait and sound bites. they lack the rigor and reasonableness of Samo's analysis

[@Fantabiscuit]

This is the serious analyst people need to listen to. Those pop youtubers are just saying what people want to hear

[@shrek22]

Is it just me, or does it seem like Machine Learning could potentially be a powerful catalyst for decentralization? Samo's perspectives really offer fresh, thought-provoking insights. He makes a stellar guest for podcasts. 🎧💡👏

[@stephenmcbride2529]

Great stuff Erik, keep it up

[@kurtjensen5798]

Great episode

[@ronkrate609]

poor audio

[@EssentiallyAI]

The attitudes in China are far less optimistic than Samo claims.

[@onetwokaafour]

Its far less pessimistic than zeihan claims

[@Zinacharme]

let's go

[@dsalz_]

Great episode