William Eden on Rome, Negative Actualization, and Covid Epistemics (Episode 30)
Episode description
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"No, we have not picked all the low-hanging fruit yet."
In this conversation, Caleb Ontiveros speaks with William Eden – a recovering economist turned biotech venture capitalist. They talk about a wide range of topics: the importance of history, whether Rome is a good analogy to today, Stoicism, voluntary discomfort, negative visualization, and Covid.
BecomingEden
(00:43) Introduction
(01:55) History
(13:23) Rome
(34:40) Will's Take on Stoicism
(58:50) Negative Actualization
(01:07:54) Covid
(01:44:06) Lab Leak
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