This week’s conversation is about artificial intelligence and interplanetary travel. Its about content creation, thinking from first principles, and death progress units. Its about brain machine interfaces and why it is crucial that you be a chef and not a cook. My guest is Tim Urban, along with his business partner Andrew Finn. Tim is…

Welcome to the final episode of Hash Power, an audio documentary that explores the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies.  This concluding episode is about how blockchains may shape our future, allowing unique methods of fundraising, and experimentation through forking. Episodes 1 and 2, on understanding blockchains and cryptocurrency investing, are also available now. PRESENTED BY Be sure to…

In episode two of Hash Power, we spend time with the leading investors in the field. Like any frenzied asset class, there are countless cryptocurrency hedge funds popping up everywhere. But founders from three of the original firms—Polychain, Metastable, and BlockTower Capital—are our primary guides this week. Episode one, on understanding blockchain technology, is available…

Welcome Hash Power, an audio documentary that explores the world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies with leaders in the field including Naval Ravikant, Olaf Carlson-Wee, Fred Ehrsam, Ari Paul, Juan Benet, Muneeb Ali, Peter Van Valkenburgh, Jeremiah Lowin, Jameson Lopp, Jordan Cooper, Josh Seims, & Charlie Noyes. PRESENTED BY Hash Power is meant to be an…

My guest this week is David Tisch, who was instrumental in building and fostering venture capital investing in New York City. If you liked my conversation with Jerry Neumann–who, incidentally, introduced me to David–you are going to love this one. David was a co-founder at tech stars, New York’s answer to Silicon Valley’s famous tech incubator Y Combinator….

On Saturday, a group of 60 finance types followed Wes Gray’s lead to hike 28 miles in remembrance of fallen members of the military. Wes and a few others even did it with a 35-pound ruck in tow. In front of the barracks you see below (our sleeping quarters the night before the hike), Wes told…

The investment strategy discussed in this week’s episode is diametrically opposed to my own value tendencies, but it still one that has done exceptionally well. My guest is David Gardner, co-founder of the Motley Fool. He is unique in that he is both a pure investor–a true stock junkie–and an entrepreneur. His energy is remarkable….

  My guest this week is Meb Faber, who started a podcast similar to this one right before mine and was a big reason I was open to the idea in the first place. Meb is a quantitative researcher whose firm Cambria has been behind many interesting investment strategies that break the Wall Street mold….

My guests this week don’t need to be introduced. In celebration of the one year anniversary of invest like the best, I asked Josh Brown, Mike Batnick, and Barry Ritholtz to join me for an hour, during which I spent more time laughing than asking questions. I chose this team because they are the pioneers…

My guest this week is Pat Dorsey, who was the longtime director of equity research at Morningstar, where he specialized in economic moats: sources of sustained competitive advantage that allow a few companies to deliver huge returns over time. Several years ago he left Morningstar to form his own asset management firm, Dorsey asset management,…