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121. Rationality, Startups, and the Danger of Belief with Liron Shapira
• 35 minDavid speaks with Liron Shapira, an entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder of Relationship Hero, a relationship coaching service with over 100,000 clients. He is also a technologist, rationalist, and serial entrepreneur, known for his sceptical views on crypto and other inflated startups. Currently, he hosts the Doom Debates podcast, which aims to raise mainstream awareness of AGI's imminent risks and build the social infrastructure for high-quality debate. They talked about: 🧠 The bridge between rationality and belief 💼 How entrepreneurs find value in risk ⚠️ The danger of hype-driven startups 🍀 The role of luck in investment success ❌ Why optimism can lead to Web3 failures 🗣️ The Balaji effect on conversations 📜 Full transcript:theknowledge.io/lironshapira-1/ 📹 Watch on Youtube:https://youtu.be/uP_vQZbDTJo 🗣 Mentioned in the show:LessWrong | https://www.lesswrong.com/ Eliezer Yudkowsky | https://www.lesswrong.com/users/eliezer_yudkowsky Sequences | https://www.lesswrong.com/tag/sequences Snapple | https://www.snapple.com/ Dan Ariely | https://danariely.com/ Predictably Irrational | https://amzn.to/3Nt7qKd Paul Graham | https://paulgraham.com/ Relationship Hero | https://relationshiphero.com/ Quixey | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quixey Ask.com | https://www.ask.com/ Alibaba.com | https://www.alibaba.com/ The Bloated MVP Test | https://medium.com/bloated-mvp/the-bloated-mvp-test-1f5b0770305f Robin Hanson | https://theknowledge.io/robinhanson-1/ Fermi Paradox | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_paradox DoorDash | https://about.doordash.com/en-us/company Starbucks | https://www.starbucks.com/about-us/ Cryptocurrency | https://theknowledge.io/what-is-cryptocurrency/ Coinbase | https://theknowledge.io/nfts-explained/ SpaceX | https://www.spacex.com/mission/ Stripe, Inc. | https://stripe.com/ Anduril Industries | https://www.anduril.com/mission/ Axie Infinity | https://axieinfinity.com/ Helium | https://www.helium.com/ LoRaWAN | https://www.thethingsnetwork.org/docs/lorawan/what-is-lorawan/ LongFi Solutions | https://www.longfisolutions.com/ Marc Andreessen | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Andreessen Andreessen Horowitz | http://a16z.com/ Chris Dixon | https://a16z.com/author/chris-dixon/ Blackrock | https://www.coindesk.com/tag/blackrock/ Balaji Srinivasan | https://balajis.com/ 👤 Connect with Liron:Twitter: https://x.com/liron Relationship Hero: https://relationshiphero.com/ Doom Debates Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/@DoomDebates 👨🏾💻 About David Elikwu: David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter. 🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge 🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com 📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/ 🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu 🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge 📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames My Online Course 🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/ Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes. The Knowledge 📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive. My Favorite Tools 🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de 📨 Convertkit: https://bit.ly/convertkit-de 🔰 NordVPN: https://bit.ly/nordvpn-de 💹 Nutmeg: http://bit.ly/nutmegde 🎧 Audible: https://bit.ly/audiblede Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/dona
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