Progress, Cities, and Biotech with Anirudh Pai

Erik is joined by Anirudh Pai (@ani_pai), co-founder of the Conservative Curious podcast and creator of the Dreams of Electric Sheep newsletter.

They discuss:

- Why people don’t crave scientific advancement.

- What the postmodern solution to the desire to be part of religion might look like.

- What “the iPhone moment for cities” might look like.

- His thoughts on stagnation.

- His analysis of Thiel’s idea that “every bubble is a commentary on capitalism.”

- The state of biotech and the future of the FDA post-COVID.

- Why COVID will be an accelerant for crypto.

- His thoughts on the space industry.

- Why he thinks that moreso than “it’s time to build,” it’s time to tinker.

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