[[{“value”:”Available in twenty-six languages: It is available on standard podcast sites as well. Curt lists the following as topics we covered: – Tariffs and US-Canada trade relations – Canada becoming the 51st state – Trump administration’s tactics with Canada – Economic philosophy vs. pure economics – University/academic life benefits – Grant system problems and bureaucracy
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Available in twenty-six languages:
It is available on standard podcast sites as well.
Curt lists the following as topics we covered:
– Tariffs and US-Canada trade relations
– Canada becoming the 51st state
– Trump administration’s tactics with Canada
– Economic philosophy vs. pure economics
– University/academic life benefits
– Grant system problems and bureaucracy
– Mental health in graduate students
– Administrative burden growth
– Tenure’s impact on risk-taking and creativity
– Age and innovation across fields
– Problems with grant applications
– AI’s role in grant applications and academic review
– Deep research and O1Pro capabilities
– AI referee reports
– Public intellectual role
– Information absorption vs. contextualization
– Reading vs. active problem solving
– Free will and determinism
– Religious beliefs and probabilities
– UAP/UFO evidence and government files
– Emotional stability and stress response
– Personality traits and genetics
– Disagreeableness in successful people
– Identifying genuine vs. performative weirdness
– Nassim Taleb’s ideas and financial theories
– Academic debate formats
– Financial incentives and personal motivation
– New book project on mentoring
– Podcast preparation process
– Interviewing style and guest preparation
– Challenges with different academic fields
– Views on corporate innovation
– Current AI transformation of academic life
Curt has a very impressive YouTube site where he interviews people about their “Theories of Everything.” Here is the related Substack.
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