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Pradyumna Prasad
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I talk to the most interesting people about economic growth

  1. 01/10/2024

    Ep 57: India's Statistical Story

    I spoke to Pramit Bhattacharya an independent data journalist about India's statistical system. We talked about How did Indian statisticians adapt their statistical methods to account for India's informal sector? How are India's GDP numbers constructed? Why it's so hard to outright manipulate GDP numbers The case for optimism

    57 min

  2. 01/03/2024

    Ep 56: Talking AI Regulation with Harry Law

    I talked with Harry Law of the University of Cambridge and Google DeepMind about AI regulation We talked about Me vs Harry on open source AI regulation Being humble when regulating AI Why a "Manhattan Project for X" is overrated

    46 min

  3. 12/18/2023

    Ep 55: Adaptive markets and crypto with Derek Wong

    I spoke with Derek Wong about the adaptive markets hypothesis, macro investing and investing in cryptocurrency markets We talk about Why investors should consider the financial markets as a complex adaptive system How investing in China is very different from investing in the West How he invests in crypto without fundamental anchors

    49 min

  4. 09/11/2023

    Ep 53: The State of Indian Cities ft. Devashish Dhar

    I spoke with Devashish Dhar, the author of the excellent book India's Blind Spot which talks about India's urbanisation crisis and solutions to it. We talk about Why does India have a much lower reported rate of urbanisation than the rest of the world? Explaining the global bias against cities “Extremely high levels of traffic is caused by poor land policy” Why are there so many floods in Indian cities? How to climate-proof Indian cities “India’s biggest unfulfilled promise is local government” and much more!

    56 min

  5. 09/04/2023

    Ep 52: Tyler Cowen on Singapore, AI and Economic Growth

    I interviewed one of the most interesting thinkers today, Tyler Cowen. We talked about Why there are such few Singaporean famous people What Singapore can do to get more weird Why he's sceptical of an AI-driven singularity What happens to kids in a post-GPT world What happens to public intellectuals in a post-GPT world Why he's optimistic on Kenyan economic growth And so much more!

    1h 7m

  6. 08/25/2023

    Ep 51: Why AI won't kill us all ft. Rohit Krishnan

    I spoke to Rohit Krishnan the author of the blog Strange Loop Canon about why he is sceptical about the idea that AI will kill us all We talked about Why he’s sceptical of AI regulation proposals Why AI “timelines” are not as meaningful as you think AI deployment is harder than you think! The value of incrementalism in AI policy Why he thinks instrumental convergence is unlikely to happen

    1h 6m

  7. 08/21/2023

    Ep. 50: mRNA vaccines in India ft. Soham Sankaran

    I spoke to Soham Sankaran who runs PopVax, an Indian mRNA vaccine company. Their goal is to build low-cost broadly-protective vaccines to protect against the entire sarbecovirus species. Read Soham's experience here (https://chronicles.popvax.com/p/three-meetings-and-six-million-funerals) as a complement to this episode. Also check out their jobs page (https://jobs.popvax.com/) for opportunities. This episode includes How he started PopVax and (went bankrupt in the process) Why there hasn't been a successful Indian mRNA vaccine yet Why developing countries can't afford drugs for rare diseases What they're doing to fix it Their biggest constraints

    1h 2m

  8. 06/22/2023

    Ep 49: Dwarkesh Patel - podcasting, Robert Moses, Effective Altruism and AI xrisk

    I talked to Dwarkesh Patel of the Lunar Society Podcast about many topics. We talked about: Why do AI researchers and rationalists disagree about existential risk? What would happen if Robert Moses ran San Francisco? Is localism overrated? What does Effective Altruism get right and wrong? Which politicians would he like to interview

    51 min
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I talk to the most interesting people about economic growth

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  • Creator
    Pradyumna Prasad
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    50
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