8 episodes
The American Upgrade Project The American Upgrade Project
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- Government
Our mission: To re-engineer American government and institutions by going back to first principles. Your government has failed you, but don't give up hope. The founding fathers created a new form of government and engineered institutions that set the stage for the 19th and 20th centuries. We must do the same, together, if we're to survive the 21st.
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08 - Healthcare - First Principles
Our mission: To engineer a better government and society by going back to first principles. We use aliases to keep it anonymous as:1. It's a show about ideas + dialectic, not ego.2. We wouldn't want to feel constrained from delving into controversial territory for fear of losing our day jobs.I go by 'badger' 🦡 and my co-host goes by 'fox' 🦊.In this episode: fox follows up on last week's episode with JChao and then we delve into healthcare in America. We view healthcare reform as a founda...
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07 - Government - JChao
Our mission: To engineer a better government and society by going back to first principles. We use aliases to keep it anonymous as:1. It's a show about ideas + dialectic, not ego.2. We wouldn't want to feel constrained from delving into controversial territory for fear of losing our day jobs.I go by 'badger' 🦡 and my co-host goes by 'fox' 🦊.In this episode: we discuss the current iteration of the U.S. government with the great JChao! JChao is a Political Science and International Relatio...
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06 - Science - First Principles
Our mission: To engineer a better government and society by going back to first principles. We use aliases to keep it anonymous as:1. It's a show about ideas + dialectic, not ego.2. We wouldn't want to feel constrained from delving into controversial territory for fear of losing our day jobs.I go by 'badger' 🦡 and my co-host goes by 'fox' 🦊.In this episode: we talk about SCIENCE and some of the major issues surrounding the scientific process in American society -- namely the replication ...
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05 - Current Events - FTX
Our mission: To engineer a better government and society by going back to first principles. We use aliases to keep it anonymous as:1. It's a show about ideas + dialectic, not ego.2. We wouldn't want to feel constrained from delving into controversial territory for fear of losing our day jobs.I go by 'badger' 🦡 and my co-host goes by 'fox' 🦊.In this episode: we take a little detour to discuss the FTX fiasco as well as our take on the downfall of Sam "Bank Fraud" Bankman-Fried.Reach out wi...
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04 - Homelessness - First Principles
Our mission: To engineer a better government and society by going back to first principles. We use aliases to keep it anonymous as:1. It's a show about ideas + dialectic, not ego.2. We wouldn't want to feel constrained from delving into controversial territory for fear of losing our day jobs.I go by 'badger' 🦡 and my co-host goes by 'fox' 🦊.In this episode: homelessness is a big problem in the richest nation in the history of the world. What an odd thing to read, right?Is homelessness a ...
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03 - The Stock Market - First Principles
Our mission: To engineer a better government and society by going back to first principles. We use aliases to keep it anonymous as:1. It's a show about ideas + dialectic, not ego.2. We wouldn't want to feel constrained from delving into controversial territory for fear of losing our day jobs.I go by 'badger' 🦡 and my co-host goes by 'fox' 🦊.In this episode: how to fix the stock market! What works well and what... does not. We lay out some first principles that might guide our thinki...