Julia and guest Vitalik Buterin (creator of the open-source blockchain platform Ethereum) explore a wide range of topics, including: Vitalik’s intellectually honest approach to leadership, why prediction markets appear to be biased in favor of Trump, whether it was rational to invest in Bitcoin ten years ago, Vitalik’s defense of life extension research against its critics, and more. (March 4, 2020)
Additional works mentioned in the episode:
- Vitalik.ca, Vitalik’s website and blog
- Prediction Markets: Tales from the election (Vitalik’s blog post we discussed, 2021)
- Convex and concave dispositions (Vitalik’s blog post we discussed, 2020)
- Bitcoin value and small probability / high impact arguments (Less Wrong post by Vitalik, 2014)
- In the Balance (Slate Star Codex post Vitalik mentioned)
- Follow Vitalik on Twitter (VitalikButerin)
- Glen Weyl critiquing effective altruism on the 80,000 Hours podcast (2019)