Interesting Times

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• What the Frontier Labs Know That We Don’t

  October 15, 2026 · 50 min

  Dwarkesh Patel is one of the most important voices in the artificial intelligence world. Deeply embedded in San Francisco’s tech community, he has interviewed nearly every tech chief executive at length. This week’s guest host, Tyler…

• That Daily Brain Rot Break Is Taking Us Back to the Dark Ages

  October 8, 2026 · 49 min

  Literacy is declining sharply across the West. In the era of vertical video, who has the time or concentration to read a long article — let alone a whole book? As we lose the ability to read long-form text, we might also be losing the…

• We Are Clueless About What’s Coming

  October 1, 2026 · 51 min

  Nick Bostrom rose to prominence for predicting artificial intelligence doom more than a decade ago — garnering support from figures like Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Bill Gates. But now he’s retreating from those warnings, focusing his…

• Introducing ‘Interesting Times’

  April 6, 2025 · 3 min

  There’s a saying that comes to mind these days: May you live in interesting times. It’s understood to be a curse, even though it sounds like a blessing. “Interesting Times With Ross Douthat” is a new weekly podcast from New York Times…

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