Modest Conversations - The Information

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The Information presents Modest Conversations hosted by Sam Lessin, who writes the site's regular 'Modest Conversations' column. Modest Conversations are short conversations with interesting people about technology, culture, politics, and whatever...

Episodes

On Income Sharing Agreements with Erik Torenberg

30 - Runaway Objective Functions & Human Agency - Tim O’Reilly

29 - Attention and Addiction & What To Actually Do About It - Tristan Harris Fmr. Google

28 - Lines - Waiting For Work To Be Done & Work To Do - Andrew Kortina co-founder Fin & Venmo

27 - The Human Side of Tech & Growth Mindset - Blake Barnes Director of Product at Instagram

26 - Homo Deus in Short - Erik Torenberg, ProductHunt & co-founder Village Global VC

25 - Making of the Tree of Ténéré at Burning Man - Zach Smith, Founder of The Project

24 - The Golden Age of Oncology - Racquel Bracken of Venrock

23 - The Environment - Alyssa Ravasio of Hipcamp

22 - On Bitcoin Cash & New Ways Crypto-Projects Move Forward - Alexia Bonatsos - Fmr Techcrunch

21 - On Product Management - Rousseau Kazi of FB and TBA

20 - Building Platform Products - Raylene Yung of Stripe & FB

19 - Viewpoint From The Silicon Valley Entering Class of ‘17 - Samantha Wiener

18 - Congestion & Inequality, The Problems of The Modern City - Eran Shir of Nexar

17 - What You Know vs. Who You Know - Auren Hoffman of SafeGraph and LiveRamp

16 - Building Things Competitors Can't Measure - Sriram Krishnan, Fmr Snap & FB

15 - Jobs, UBI, and Inequality - Joe Lonsdale, 8VC

14 - On Bitcoin, Ethereum, ICOs vs. Venture Capital - Alexia Tsotsis, Fmr TechCrunch

13 - How You Build Meaningful Relationships with Kids and Others - Tod Francis, Shasta Ventures

12 - The YC AI vertical and big-company AI advantages - Daniel Gross of YC, Apple, Greplin