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“Out of the Crisis” Podcast
- eries 6y agoProduced this emergency podcast in short order with my friends at Breaker and LTSE. Happy to answer any questions or hear any feedback. Will have more episodes up soon
- pardner 6y agoListening to the Cuban interview right now. Thanks for providing this. Look forward to more.
- jimbob45 6y agoIs there a transcript?
- eries 6y agoWorking on it
- decasteve 6y agoListening to yesterday’s episode with Jen and Raylene. Looking forward to the others as well. Thanks for this!
- aaavl2821 6y agoIf you don't already plan to do so, you should interview bob Nelson at ARCH venture partners. They are a top biotech VC and one of the few VCs that has been active in antivirals the last few years (confounded Vir Biotech which is working on covid among other things) Bob has been on top of the crisis from the very beginning and has a lot of interesting insight
- eries 6y agoThank you for the suggestion
- dmtroyer 6y agoplease go further in depth on particular issues!
- eries 6y agoIssue suggestions welcome. And what questions would you like to see answered?
- _curious_ 6y agoHi Eric, what is an emergency podcast? And without knowing anything about the guests - what is say, Sam Altman, doing right now that is qualifies him in your view? In other words, why should someone listen to him?
- freshhawk 6y agoWhat is an emergency podcast? A podcast made to monetize an emergency, clearly.
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- eries 6y agoYour cynicism is probably well-earned but in this case misplaced. OOTC doesn't make any money.
- dang 6y agoThis comment broke the site guidelines both by snarking and by assuming bad faith instead of good faith. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.
- eries 6y agoI only meant we rushed it out as fast as we could in light of the emergency. It's not very produced or "professional" sounding or anything like that. Sam has invested in a metric ton of COVID relief efforts and startups. I think we'd all be better off if more people followed his example in this respect.
- mistermann 6y agoIs there a list of these investments, say, in case someone wanted to perform a rough conversion of "metric ton" into USD, which is easier for some of us to conceptualize.
- duxup 6y agoIs there some reason to think Cuban has some useful thoughts here? He has done well for himself but he seems more than willing to make quips well outside of his knowledge base. Specifically I'm thinking of some off the cuff tweets regarding personal healthcare that seemed to be pretty far off base. Maybe that was a one off thing but I recall some others even regarding personal finance that seemed questionable.
- seppin 6y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect Same reason we ask Peter Thiel or Elon Musk their thoughts on AI or politics.
- mistermann 6y agoI generally have a positive opinion of Cuban, but it's not via that approach. Generally speaking, I've just liked most of what I've seen of him, and disliked very little. Plus, he seems willing to challenge the status quo, which I weight fairly heavily.
- nostromo 6y agoThiel and Musk have a track record of success though. Yes, they're lucky, but they also seem to be smart and capable. Cuban is a one-hit-wonder that sold a domain (and a dream) to Yahoo at the height of the dot com bubble. They don't seem particularly comparable. Edit: to respond to the comments below, no I'm not saying he's not successful, or that he's not smart. I'm only saying in tech and startup circles, he's no Thiel or Musk.
- holler 6y agoOn what basis is he a one-hit-wonder? Just because his endeavors didn’t progress to building rockets or big data ML for the gov, and instead to building a winning NBA team and one of most successful ongoing reality “startup” tv shows, he is somehow less-than?
- Endlessly 6y agoSince it’s not 100% obvious - the poster “eries” is a popular author and popularized the idea of lean startups, which currently has (4,636) reviews on Amazon and a 4.5 star rating: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation/dp/0307887898 https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous...
- cactus2093 6y agoAn odd way to summarize a career, especially because amazon reviews are notoriously low quality and almost everything has 4-4.5 stars. It definitely under-sells his achievements.
- eries 6y agoThank you, that's very kind to say.
- tozeur 6y agoEric is under appreciated in the same way Steve Blank is under appreciated. They were very early advocates of lean methodologies and customer development (now called finding “product market fit” by the cool kids and VCs who wanted to create their own term).
- puxud 6y agoIs there some reason to think Altman has some useful thoughts here? He has done well for himself but he seems more than willing to make quips well outside of his knowledge base. Specifically I'm thinking of some off the cuff tweets regarding personal healthcare that seemed to be pretty far off base. Maybe that was a one off thing but I recall some others even regarding personal finance that seemed questionable.
- Animats 6y agoIs there a transcript?
- eries 6y agoNot yet. Would you like one?
- jagiammona 6y agoYes, please! I often read podcast transcripts. Conversations with Tyler, 80,000 hours, and Steve Hsu's Manifold all have great transcripts and because of that, they are the only podcasts I keep up with.
- eries 6y agohelpful - thx
- kevinskii 6y ago"The first conversation is with investor and philanthropist Sam Altman. He has been one of the leading Silicon Valley figures helping the entire biotech industry make a complete pivot to working on solutions: vaccines, therapies, and eventually a cure." Ok, no disrespect to Sam Altman, but come on.
- woobity 6y agoThe entire biotech industry? Surely you kid. My wife works in biotech in SV and has never heard of him.
- dang 6y agoLet's be a bit careful here. That quote doesn't imply that anyone has heard of SA, only that he has been helping. Sometimes people help behind the scenes. Similarly, the claim about the industry is simply that it has pivoted. I have zero idea if either claim is true, but let's at least not replace them with claims that no one made. This is in the HN guidelines btw: "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- woobity 6y agoThe quote clearly claims he's helping the entire biotech industry, which is overstated to say the least. Also no idea why you aren't responding to the GP instead. My post is within the the guidelines, even if you choose to disagree with its point.
- vikramkr 6y agoI totally agree with you, and I'll add that the quote also implies that the entire industry is "pivoting" to work on this effort when, no it isn't. People who have built the ability to work on viruses or with technology that is applicable are all pitching in to do their part. And they're doing it on their own prerogative, not by the "leadership" of some silicon valley tech types. Altman and all is doing good work by funding some covid responses etc, as is YC and are other tech VCs, and talk about that to whatever extent you want. But dont take credit for what the industry is doing.
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- ballooney 6y agoTwo rats discuss marine engineering.
- dang 6y agoPlease don't post unsubstantive comments here.
- akeck 6y agoIs the title a reference to Deming's book? ;-)
- eries 6y agoYes