Real taste in products is not in the eye of other famous or noteworthy builders Taste is in being able to understand customers or users, model them and make choices that delight them and solve problems for them, and be right over and over again with incomplete information

Here's my conversation with @demishassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, all about the future of AI & AGI, simulating biology & physics, video games, programming, video generation, world models, Gemini 3, scaling laws, compute, P vs NP, complexity, energy (solar & fusion), and much more. This was a fun & fascinating super-technical conversation. It's here on X in full and is up everywhere else (see comment). Timestamps: 0:00 - Episode highlight 1:21 - Introduction 2:06 - Learnable patterns in nature 5:48 - Computation and P vs NP 14:26 - Veo 3 and understanding reality 18:50 - Video games 30:52 - AlphaEvolve 36:53 - AI research 41:17 - Simulating a biological organism 46:00 - Origin of life 52:15 - Path to AGI 1:03:01 - Scaling laws 1:06:17 - Compute 1:09:04 - Future of energy 1:13:00 - Human nature 1:17:54 - Google and the race to AGI 1:35:53 - Competition and AI talent 1:42:27 - Future of programming 1:48:53 - John von Neumann 1:58:07 - p(doom) 2:02:50 - Humanity 2:05:56 - Consciousness and quantum computation 2:12:06 - David Foster Wallace 2:19:20 - Education and research

Had a fantastic conversation with @jaltma - he has this rare ability to draw out what truly drives his guests. We went deep on my obsession: how evolutionary biology and generalized Darwinism can unlock new ways of understanding technology entrepreneurship

There’s no secret whisper network VCs use to discover a deal is hot. Founders who have a hot hand just…act differently. They speak differently, respond to diligence questions differently, negotiate differently. Some founders do this naturally. Some founders learn it.

Go time 🇺🇸

200K baby!! Big milestone so I thought I would do this one a bit different—a quick-fire Q&A answering questions I always get (starting with juicy ones!): What’s your podcast about? We share an unfiltered look into the lives of successful people—their journeys, struggles, and practical insights. Do I do this full-time? Yes. How do I make money? YouTube Adsense, sponsors (Public, Shopify, Notion, Hubspot, Square, Rocket Money), and now Merch (Stay Delusional!). Are you one of those problematic male podcasters? I don’t believe so but check it out for yourself and let me know… The intention of the show is to inspire people to be the boldest, truest expression of themselves….to continuously reach for their delusions until it becomes reality Favorite episode? Impossible choice, but highlights: @DontezAkram (first viral episode, 900K+ views) Some of the women we have had on the show are phenomenal (@ArlanWasHere , @TheBudgetnista , @donni_wigg43162 ) Guests from back home 🇬🇧that I watched growing up (Robbie Lyle, @MoTheComedian ) This year the ep with my brother @maliquedlewis stands out Best and toughest moments? Best: The feeling I had after recording the first ep, shoutout @rubenharris . I knew I found my calling. Toughest: early 2023, I quit my job, moved back in with my mum to go full time on the show. Proceeded to take Ls for 9 months straight before we had our first viral episode (toughest but also proudest part of my journey) Who are your inspirations when it comes to your craft? Oprah, Oprah, Oprah… She is the bar, the pinnacle of the craft. Many of my delusions, she has done it Thanks everyone for 200K—Stay Delusional!

It kinda pisses me off how the album is called "ALFREDO 2" and its a bowl of ramen on the cover.

It’s easier to succeed at a hard startup than an easy one - Sam Altman

Nobody successful was realistic. They were unreasonable and persistent. So be unreasonable.

Normalize praying for direction, not just results.