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Every Thursday, join Jim O'Shaughnessy and his favorite people as they arm you with the tools & fresh perspectives required to upgrade your HumanOS and thrive in our messy, probabilistic world. Visit our Substack at newsletter.osv.llc for full transcripts, highlights, weekly doses of timeless wisdo...
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Philip Howard - How to Bring Common Sense Back to America (Ep. 324)
Philip Howard joins Infinite Loops to explain how America's legal and regulatory system became too complicated to function effectively—and how we can...
Sangeet Choudary - How AI Will Reshape the Knowledge Economy (Ep. 323)
Sangeet Choudary joins Infinite Loops to explain why AI's greatest impact will not be automating today's work, but rebuilding the structures beneath i...
Jameson Olsen - Becoming the Main Character (Ep. 322)
What if the great stories were more than just stories?
Jameson Olsen, host of Becoming the Main Character, joins guest host Liberty to explore f...
David Gelles - The Stories that Shape Business (Ep. 321)
David Gelles joins guest host Jimmy Soni to discuss his career covering business for The New York Times. They talk about his books - Mindful Work, The...
Gretchen Rubin - How Curiosity Becomes a Calling (Ep. 320)
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Ben Cohen - The Hidden Art of Making Things Better (Ep. 319)
Wall Street Journal columnist Ben Cohen joins guest host Jimmy Soni, CEO of Infinite Books, to explore the hidden art of making things better. They ex...
Revan Lazarus - How AI is Rebuilding the Creator Economy (Ep. 318)
AI is no longer just a tool creators use to make content faster. It is beginning to reshape the entire creator economy.
Revan Lazarus is the fou...
Brian London, Marisa Adler & Eric Stubin - The Hidden Economy of Recycled Clothes (Ep. 317)
In this episode of Infinite Loops, hosted by OSV's Nick Tawil, we sit down for a roundtable on the hidden global economy of secondhand textiles with B...
Jason Buck - Faith, Failure, and Finance (Ep. 316)
Jason Buck, founder and CIO of Mutiny Funds, joins Infinite Loops to tell the painful and darkly funny story of how the 2007–2008 crash destroyed his...
Chelsea Follett - Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule (Ep. 315)
Chelsea Follett joins Infinite Loops to explain why the "good old days" were far darker than most people imagine — and why progress should never be ta...
Mykhailo Marynenko - AI Tools That Give Creators More Control (Ep. 314)
Mykhailo Marynenko joins Infinite Loops for for a fascinating conversation about the future of AI, creative tools, privacy, and data ownership.
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Danielle Crittenden - Dispatches from Grief (Ep. 313)
On a February morning, Danielle Crittenden's world cleaved in two: the life before her daughter Miranda was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment, and...
Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)
Saloni Dattani, author of the Scientific Discovery Substack and founding editor of Works in Progress magazine, joins Infinite Loops to discuss why med...
Brian Potter - How to Fix America's Building Problem
Why has America become so bad at building housing, infrastructure, and major projects?
Brian Potter, author of The Origins of Efficienc...
Alex Petkas - What Ancient Greece Can Teach Us About AI and the Future (Ep. 310)
What can Aristotle, Plato, Prometheus, and the Greek city-states teach us about AI, innovation, and the future of human flourishing?
Alex Petkas...
Sam Arbesman - Why Future Belongs to Curious People (Ep. 309)
Scientist and writer Sam Arbesman joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on AI, optimism, science, education, archives, science fiction, and why the...
Johnathan Bi - Why the Best Founders Might Need a Little Delusion (Ep. 308)
Johnathan Bi returns to Infinite Loops for a conversation about founders, delusion, America, religion, mysticism, and the strange tension between trut...
Polina Pompliano - What Truly Drives Successful People (Ep. 307)
Polina Pompliano studies some of the most successful people in the world—and what she's found challenges how we think about success, creativity, and h...
Adam Mastroianni - Why Creativity Feels Like It's Dying (Ep. 306)
In this episode of Infinite Loops, we speak with Adam Mastroianni—experimental psychologist and sharp critic of modern culture and science. We ask, wh...
Arkady Kulik - The Psychology of Self-Deception (Ep. 305)
In this episode of Infinite Loops, we sit down with venture capitalist and physicist Arkady Kulikov to explore the psychology behind founders, respons...
Angus Fletcher - The Biggest Mistake We Made About Intelligence (Ep. 304)
In this episode of Infinite Loops, Jim O'Shaughnessy sits down with Angus Fletcher, Professor of Story Science at Ohio State University's Project Narr...
Jonathan Tepper - Growing Up in the Heroin Capital of Europe (Ep. 303)
In this episode of Infinite Loops, we sit down with author Jonathan Tepper to discuss his extraordinary childhood.
In 1985, when Jonathan was se...
Paul Millerd & Jimmy Soni — The Creative Opportunities of a Boring Life (EP. 302)
Fresh off releasing one of the most beautiful hardcover books we've ever seen, Paul Millerd returns alongside Infinite Books CEO Jimmy Soni for a deep...
Packy McCormick - How Writing Shapes Companies (Ep. 301)
Packy McCormick is one of the most thoughtful writers in tech and investing.
In this episode of Infinite Loops, we talk about why writing is sti...
Jean-Marc Daecius - The Last Human Chief of Staff (Ep. 300)
What happens when you design a company assuming AI should do everything it possibly can?
Jean-Marc Daecius, OSV's Chief of Staff, joins Infinit...
John Wang - The Man Who Built The Queens Night Market (Ep. 299)
The Queens Night Market is one of New York City's most beloved institutions — but it was never supposed to last more than a year.
John Wang, fou...
Cliff Asness - Surviving the Meme Stock Bubble (Ep. 298)
Cliff Asness — co-founder, managing principal, and chief investment officer at AQR Capital Management — is one of the most influential quantitative in...
Tomás Pueyo — Explaining the World Through Geography, History and Data (EP. 297)
Tomás Pueyo, the French-Spanish engineer and writer behind the successful "Uncharted Territories" Substack, joins us to dismantle the invisible forces...
Annie Duke — Why We Make the Wrong Decisions (Ep. 296)
Annie Duke — former professional poker player, decision strategist, and bestselling author — joins us for a deep conversation about why smart people s...
Jimmy Soni — The Publishing System is Broken (EP. 295)
Jimmy Soni, CEO and editor in chief of Infinite Books, is back on Infinite Loops. We discuss what's broken in traditional publishing and how we're fix...
Guy Spier — Wealth, Wisdom & Enlightenment (Infinite Loops CLASSICS)
Happy Holidays! We're taking a short break from new episodes this week so you can focus on finishing that Christmas dinner. We'll be back next Thursda...
Vik Muniz — The Art of Perception (EP.294)
What if the invention that truly made us human wasn't the wheel, language, or even agriculture — but art? In this episode of Infinite Loops, we sit do...
Marc Dennis — Painting the Punchline (EP.293)
Artist Marc Dennis joins Jim O'Shaughnessy to explore the intersection of hyper-realism, humor, and the "meta-narrative." Marc shares his incredible n...
Ariel Meyerowitz — Navigating the Art World (EP. 292)
Professional art advisor Ariel Meyerowitz joins Jim O'Shaughnessy to demystify the complex world of art. Ariel provides an essential guide for aspirin...
Adam Moskowitz — The Way of the Cheesemonger (EP.291)
Adam Moskowitz is the King of Cheese—but his path to the throne was anything but straight. In this delicious episode of Infinite Loops, Adam shares hi...
Todd Rose — Escaping the Trap of the Standard Path (EP.290)
From a 0.9 GPA in rural Utah to the faculty of Harvard, Todd Rose's life is a testament to the idea that the "standard path" is a myth. In this return...
George Mack — The Game of Life (Infinite Loops CLASSICS)
Hello everyone, Jim here. We're taking a brief break from new episodes to spotlight a golden oldie from the Infinite Loops archive. This conversation...
Michael Perry — Improbable Mentors and the Art of Midwestern Storytelling (EP. 289)
What happens when a shy farm kid from rural Wisconsin who never dreamed of being a writer becomes one of America's most beloved storytellers? Michael...
Kenneth Stanley — The Trap of the Objective (EP.288)
Ken Stanley – AI researcher and author of "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned" – joins me to explore why ambitious objectives can blind us to the steppin...
Elle Griffin — Rethinking Ownership and the Future of Work (EP. 287)
Writer, editor, and founder of The Elysian, Elle Griffin joins me on Infinite Loops to discuss her vision for participatory capitalism, a world where...