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Dwarkesh PodcastJul 24, 2024

Patrick McKenzie — Money laundering, big tech censorship, SBF & Japan

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An argument he makes in it persuasively and at length, which I don't think is 100% true, but is more true than most people in well-informed on either…

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I talked with Patrick McKenzie (known online as patio11) about how a small team he ran over a Discord server got vaccines into Americans' arms: A story of broken incentives, outrageous incompetence, and how a few individuals with high agency saved 1000s of lives. Enjoy! Watch on YouTube . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Read the full transcript here . Follow me on Twitter for updates on future episodes. Sponsor This episode is brought to you by Stripe , financial infrastructure for the internet. Millions of companies from Anthropic to Amazon use Stripe to accept payments, automate financial processes and grow their revenue. Timestamps (00:00:00) – Why hackers on Discord had to save thousands of lives (00:17:26) – How politics crippled vaccine distribution (00:38:19) – Fundraising for VaccinateCA (00:51:09) – Why tech needs to understand how government works (00:58:58) – What is crypto good for? (01:13:07) – How the US government leverages big tech to violate rights (01:24:36) – Can the US have nice things like Japan? (01:26:41) – Financial plumbing & money laundering: a how-not-to guide (01:37:42) – Maximizing your value: why some people negotiate better (01:42:14) – Are young people too busy playing Factorio to found startups? (01:57:30) – The need for a post-mortem Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe
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Sentiment: Critical Analysis
For: Readers interested in comparative economics, culture, and explanations for national behavioral differences (policy wonks, social scientists, and informed general readers)
Key quote: “An argument he makes in it persuasively and at length, which I don't think is 100% true, but is more true than most people in well-informed on either side of the Pacific belief, is that when people say they do this because it is Japanese culture, what they're often saying is, you know, I usually have a model for why people do things driven by incentives.”
The host mentions Making Common Sense of Japan while arguing that people often attribute behaviors to 'culture' when they are unexplained error terms in incentive-based models. He cites the book as a persuasive corrective that cautions against overusing 'culture' as an explanation, while still acknowledging culture matters.
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