84: The Tangent Episode

Welcome back to another episode of Made You Think! In this episode, Neil, Nat, and Adil give you a full 70 minutes doing what they do best: Going on tangents. Originally set to continue with the next book on their Great Books Project, the energy and caffeine took over as they dive into a variety of interesting discussions, stories, and ideas. This is an episode you don't want to miss!

We cover a wide range of topics including:

• Our favorite virtual reality video games and table games
• How new leadership at Twitter has impacted the app recently
• The strengths and limits of GPT-3
• Preventing burnout in longer-term or creative projects
• Being under-employed (on purpose)

And much more. Please enjoy, and make sure to follow Nat, Neil, and Adil on Twitter and share your thoughts on the episode.

Links from the Episode:

Mentioned in the show:

• FTX (0:26)
• SuperHot (2:07)
• Satisfactory (4:54)
• Terraforming Mars (9:18)
• Catan (9:34)
• Klask (10:27)
• 7 Wonders (11:38)
• Monopoly Deal (12:11)
• Epic Gardening (17:12)
• FAMA (30:05)
• Tweet Deleter (33:21)
• Twitter employees quit in droves (37:33)
• Github (50:39)
• LEX AI (59:38)
• GPT-3 (1:00:33)
• All-In Podcast (1:09:15)

Books Mentioned:

• Tao Te Ching (0:03) (Nat's Book Notes)
• Enders Game (7:12)
• The Pathless Path (21:51)

People Mentioned:

• Elon Musk (9:22)
• Kevin Espiritu (17:18) 
• Paul Millerd (21:50)
• Marc Andreessen (31:53)

Show Topics:

(1:44) “Should we talk about the book?” This question answers itself as Nat, Neil, and Adil dive into conversations about their favorite virtual reality video games and board games, as well. 

(7:05) A lot of games out there actually help you develop business and life skills. Although video games encourage high amounts of screen time, there is a lot of skills you can learn from them. There are also physical board games representative of the real world but with some fictional elements to it, making it very appealing and educational. 

(14:22) It was at this point that the co-hosts decided they're too full of tangents to do a book episode. Nat, Neil, and Adil go back to talking about board games and the fun of strategic games.

(18:00) Preventing burnout in longer-term projects. You can’t be on all the time. Creative work is also hard t