The Queens Night Market is one of New York City’s most beloved institutions — but it was never supposed to last more than a year. John Wang, founder of the Queens Night Market, joins Infinite Loops to explain how a side project with a “terrible business model” unexpectedly became one…
One of the perks of being a quant? You only need to be right 52% of the time.
Losses hurt more than gains — even when you understand the math. Cliff Asness explains why prospect theory feels so real in practice, and why even the most rational investors struggle emotionally during bad years. #investing #Finance #wallstreet #quant
What happens when models outperform intuition — but you can’t fully explain why? Cliff Asness explains what it means to “surrender to the machines,” why some opacity is unavoidable in modern investing, and how AI changes the way decisions get made. #investing #AI #business
Cliff Asness explains why modern trading apps blur the line between investing and gambling — and how that confusion leads to blowups. #investing #stockmarket #finance
Cliff Asness is one of the most influential quantitative investors of the last 30 years — and one of the most candid. In this conversation, Cliff joins Infinite Loops to talk about why losses hurt more than wins, how bubbles form, why modern investing increasingly resembles gambling, and what the…
The narrative of socialism is beautiful: "We're all going to be nice to each other and help." But it just doesn't work. ~ Tomas Pueyo explains how socialism may win in the short term, but is disastrous in the long term.
"Most people don't realize that the US geography is probably the best in the world, bar none." ~ Tomas Pueyo explains how the U.S. has the best geography (the "hardware") and also the best system of government ("software")
"[Twitter] works very similar to how a neuron works. It's asymmetric: you have one person sending information and a bunch of other people listening, exactly like axons and dendrites. Information flows through Twitter the way it flows through the brain; the most interesting ones get amplified." ~ Tomas Pueyo on…
"I think government just doesn't work. Before, we had to elect leaders to make choices for us because the bandwidth of information was so narrow. You don't need to do that anymore." ~ Tomas Pueyo on the future of governance
Vik Muniz explains how art and representation can transcend space and time, going back to the stone age.
Tomás Pueyo, the French-Spanish engineer and writer behind the successful "Uncharted Territories" Substack, joins me to dismantle the invisible forces that shape our history and future. This conversation covers everything from why humans are horrible at understanding exponential change, the arbitrage opportunities in the podcast market, why the US has…
Most people confuse probability with possibility — and that confusion leads to bad decisions. In this clip, Annie Duke explains why something can happen doesn’t mean it’s likely, and why good decision-making is about increasing your odds over time, not eliminating risk entirely. 📌 From Infinite Loops with Annie Duke.
You’ve got two things that determine how your life turns out: luck and decision quality. In this clip, Annie Duke explains why every decision is a forecast, why everything is a bet on possible outcomes, and how we calculate expected value toward our goals — even when our explanations lead…
We’re deterministic thinkers living in a probabilistic world. In this clip, Annie Duke explains why humans are wired to succeed in stable, rule-based systems — and why that breaks down in a world defined by uncertainty, incomplete information, and constant change. From chess to high-stakes poker, this is a powerful…
We worry a lot about misinformation — but that’s not the biggest problem. In this clip, Annie Duke explains why misinterpretation is far more dangerous than falsehoods, how true facts still lead to bad conclusions, and why two people can read the same information and walk away believing completely different…
Annie Duke — former professional poker player, decision strategist, and bestselling author — joins us for a deep conversation about why smart people so often make bad decisions. Annie explains why misinterpretation is more dangerous than misinformation, why data is often true but misleading, and how our brains are wired…
One place. One moment in time. A generation of founders. Jimmy Soni on why the PayPal Mafia wasn’t an accident — and what happens when extraordinary talent converges. 🎙 Infinite Loops
Kobe Bryant had a far more varied creative life than most people realize. Jimmy Soni explains how Kobe studied writing, befriended his creative heroes, and ran multiple creative experiments at once — not as a side project, but as a way of understanding creativity itself. From Infinite Loops.
Jimmy Soni explains why he paid to design the cover of The Founders out of his own advance — and what that decision reveals about ownership, incentives, and author leverage.
Jimmy Soni, CEO and editor in chief of Infinite Books, is back on Infinite Loops. We discuss what’s broken in traditional publishing and how we’re fixing it. We also dig into Jimmy’s forthcoming book on Kobe Bryant, why the world needs more “problem authors,” and why our goal is to…
Vic Muniz compares seeing Anthony Hopkins to seeing an amateur plumber act in a play. Why seeing the "seams" of the performance is actually where the magic of art lives. #Acting #Theater #VicMuniz #AnthonyHopkins #ArtTheory #Sublime #Creativity #Performance
"The reason we're having this conversation is because I got shot..." The incredible story of Vik Muniz’s path to the U.S. #story #truestory #podcast #survival
The story behind Vic Muniz's famous "Medusa Marinara." How a plate of leftover pasta became a New York Times-reviewed masterpiece in 24 hours. #VicMuniz #ModernArt #Creativity #ArtMarket #Medusa #FunnyStories #ArtLife #Masterpiece