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Timestamps:
( 0:00:00 ) - Byrne's one big idea: stagnation
( 0:05:50 ) -Has regulation caused stagnation?
( 0:14:00 ) - FDA retribution
( 0:15:15 ) - Embryo selection
( 0:17:32 ) - Patient longtermism
( 0:21:02 ) - Are there secret societies?
( 0:26:53 ) - College, optionality, and conformity
( 0:34:40 ) - Differentiated credentiations underrated?
( 0:39:15 ) - WIll contientiousness increase in value?
( 0:44:26 ) - Why aren't rationalists more into finance?
( 0:48:04 ) - Rationalists are bad at changing the world.
( 0:52:20 ) - Why read more?
( 0:57:10 ) - Does knowledge have increasing returns?
( 1:01:30 ) - How to escape the middle career trap?
( 1:04:48 ) - Advice for young people
( 1:08:40 ) - How to learn about a subject?
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