Erik Torenberg

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1) Find what's true and make it useful. 2) Publish every other Tuesday. 3) Photo cred: my dad.

Do not be conformed to this world

Optimism and tech.

Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury, Paulson Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Caplan and Candor

Learn what matters in tech and venture capital – for free.

What to expect from the latest advances in tech, shifts in culture, and evolution in the art and science of product design and building teams.

meta under a microscope

Psychology, evolution, complexity, mythology, and the meaning crisis.

curiosity propaganda

cool but rude

A new media company built on the ideals that were once the bedrock of American journalism.

technology, politics, culture

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Where fans learn about the Knicks.

Weekly writing about how technology shapes humanity, and vice versa

Economics and other interesting stuff

Foreign policy, American politics, and social science

Top ranked podcast with people who have made it to the "inside". Including Elon Musk, Zuckerberg, Naomi Osaka, Virgil Abloh and more.

An ongoing inquiry into the ideological fever that overtook the governing and chattering classes of America during the Trump years

A weekly advice column about building product, driving growth, and accelerating your career.

Human nature, psychology, social class, luxury beliefs, and more.

My personal Substack. Personal views only. Actually, not even personal views. I don't even know what my personal views are anymore. It doesn't matter. Read anyway!

I interview scientists, historians, economists, & intellectuals. I ask really good questions.

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

A new playbook for communications

A weekly AI podcast and newsletter where hosts Erik Torenberg and Nathan Labenz interview the builders on the edge of AI and explore the dramatic shift it will unlock in the coming years.

Tech, web3, optimism, and strategy... but Not Boring

Technology, media, culture, religion and the collisions therein, from your utterly basic Cuban Jewish writer-technologist.

Financial education, macro insights & actionable investment ideas. From the desk of a former Head of $20 bn Investment Portfolio straight to your inbox.

A guide to coliving

A newsletter exploring what's next, in health, startups and society.

Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, and Antonio Garcia Martinez discuss what's happening in technology, business, politics, and beyond.

Imperfect takes with uncertain payoff

Systems Politics and Regime Change

Exploring the shared upheavals of our era, including technological and cultural change, the ideological revolution consuming the West, the rise of China, and the crisis of liberalism.

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein