Erik Torenberg

Soul cartographer. Tracing the contours of meaning.

Nostalgia for the Neoliberal Era

From latest research in AI to the tactics of how builders build, our shows are where experts and practitioners talk shop and share earned secrets and unvarnished opinions about their craft and industry.

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!

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.

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

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.

Long form conversations with people who have "made" it to the inside. Subscribe for a weekly episode from leading CEOs, athletes, entertainers and everyone from the weird to the wonderful. Hosted by Aarthi Ramamurthy and Sriram Krishnan.

Imperfect takes with uncertain payoff

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

Caplan and Candor

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

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

Intelligence-grade analysis of key industries, organizations, and live players.

A new playbook for communications

I take products apart to reveal the psychologies behind them.

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

Systems Politics and Regime Change

improving social epistemology, rewarding reasoned discourse

Bridging the two cultures of science and the humanities

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.

cool but rude

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

Race, inequality, and economics in the US and throughout the world, by Glenn Loury.

Do not be conformed to this world

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

Foreign policy, American politics, and social science

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

Deeply researched interviews

How to live near (and with) friends

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

technology, politics, culture

Weekly writing about how people and technology intersect

Economics and other interesting stuff

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

The people, companies, and technologies shaping the future.

Join 12,000+ readers for monthly ideas about career strategy, learning, and work-life integration.

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

Tech strategy and analysis, but not boring.

Where NBA fans learn about the Knicks.

Optimism and tech.

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