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Oh, 2020 started already?
Venkatesh Rao
Jan 24
Inventing TimeListen now (10 min) | Today I want to talk about time, which is a subject I’m researching quite a lot these days. In particular I want to talk about tw…
Venkatesh Rao
Dec 6, 2019
Two guest appearances
Venkatesh Rao
Nov 8, 2019
Spacewalks and the SpeciesListen now (13 min) | Two things happened this week. Last Friday, Alexey Leonov, the first human to walk in space (in 1965), passed away. And this morn…
Venkatesh Rao
Oct 18, 2019
From pitched battles to magical weirding
Venkatesh Rao
Oct 12, 2019
Charisma NeutralityListen now (17 min) | Today I want to talk about a possible emerging successor to net neutrality, which I call charisma neutrality, which I think is a …
Venkatesh Rao
Oct 4, 2019
The Direction of Maximal DerangementListen now (16 min) | In the original Breaking Smart essays, we used the idea of moving in the direction of maximal interestingness, or DOMI, as a way …
Venkatesh Rao
Sep 27, 2019
Like Riding an AI BicycleListen now (19 min) | Today’s episode (~20 minutes) is about the idea of skills being like “riding a bicycle” and what that means when we are dealing w…
Venkatesh Rao
Sep 20, 2019
Technological CharismaListen now (21 min) | In this episode (21 minutes) I talk about the idea of technological charisma. What it is, how to create it, and the upsides and d…
Venkatesh Rao
Sep 6, 2019
Investing in Your Ordinary PowersListen now (15 min) | This week’s Breaking Smart podcast (15 minutes) has to do with tapping into the things that make you ordinary. If that’s not enou…
Venkatesh Rao
Aug 30, 2019
Towards Subtractive Social MediaListen now (17 min) | This week’s podcast episode is on an idea I call subtractive social media. I didn’t do a transcript, just a few bullet point note…
Venkatesh Rao
Aug 23, 2019
Memes, Brands, and MissionsListen now (10 min) | Today’s topic is brands vs. memes. I made a transcript as well, using Descript, which you can find below. Apparently I spoke 1751…
Venkatesh Rao
Aug 2, 2019
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