Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

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Patrick McKenzie

Weekly · ~41 min · since 2024 · 112 episodes

TopicsTechnology & AI 28 Media & journalism 6 Parties & government 5 Science 5 Climate & energy 4

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We live in a world where our civilization and daily lives depend upon institutions, infrastructure, and technological substrates that are _complicated_ but not _unknowable_. Join Patrick McKenzie (patio11) as he discusses how decisions, technology, culture, and incentives shape our finance, technology, government, and more, with the people who built (and build) those Complex Systems.

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