Progress, Cities, and Biotech with Anirudh Pai

Published: Aug. 30, 2020, noon

b'Erik is joined by Anirudh Pai (@ani_pai), co-founder of the Conservative Curious podcast and creator of the Dreams of Electric Sheep newsletter.

They discuss:

- Why people don\\u2019t crave scientific advancement.

- What the postmodern solution to the desire to be part of religion might look like.

- What \\u201cthe iPhone moment for cities\\u201d might look like.

- His thoughts on stagnation.

- His analysis of Thiel\\u2019s idea that \\u201cevery bubble is a commentary on capitalism.\\u201d

- The state of biotech and the future of the FDA post-COVID.

- Why COVID will be an accelerant for crypto.

- His thoughts on the space industry.

- Why he thinks that moreso than \\u201cit\\u2019s time to build,\\u201d it\\u2019s time to tinker.

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