Ep.130 — Make Original Mistakes w/ Jeremiah Lowin

Jeremiah Lowin is the founder & CEO of Prefect, a dataflow automation company. Jeremiah joins Jim for his second appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss executing, storytelling, artificial intelligence and, of course, puns.

Important Links:

- Prefect.io - https://www.prefect.io
- Disney Research Hub - https://www.youtube.com/user/DisneyResearchHub
- The story of the fake statue of Venus https://infiniteloops.substack.com/p/zanies-the-worlds-greatest-eccentrics

Show Notes:
[00:00:00] - Start
[00:02:35] - Main Podcast
[00:07:14] - Slack, puns and the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
[00:15:29] - Planning, executing and the story of Prefect in 2022
[00:35:53] - Why naming things is a superpower
[00:41:17] - If you can’t pivot, you’re dead
[01:03:14] - Make original mistakes
[01:09:31] - AI, storytelling, deep fakes and open source

Books Mentioned:

- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy; by Douglas Adams
- What works on Wall Street; by Jim O'Shaughnessy
- The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch