Noah Smith: Latest Interviews & Podcast Appearances

The latest interviews, podcast appearances, and blog posts from Noah Smith, updated daily.

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8 weeks ago

Jul 26

What will more intelligence actually do for us?

A lot, actually. But it won't look quite like what humans do with our intelligence.

Noahpinion

2 months ago

Jul 24

America's Economy Is Entering a New Era

Today on Prof G Markets, Ed Elson and Scott Galloway are joined by Noah Smith for a livestream to discuss what AI issues he thinks deserve more attention…

Prof G Markets (Scott Galloway & Ed Elson)

2 months ago

Jul 22

Who was the worst monster of the 20th century?

And who is the worst monster of the 21st?

Noahpinion

2 months ago

Jul 20

The UK is a cautionary tale for the U.S.

Learning from Britain's missteps doesn't mean looking down on them.

Noahpinion

2 months ago

Jul 15

Why I didn't sign the "We Must Act Now" statement (yet)

I'd like to know exactly what the actions are.

Noahpinion

2 months ago

Jul 13

The American suburbs are better than you think

They're not my personal cup of tea, but there are good reasons people like them.

Noahpinion

2 months ago

Jul 12

I have never been working class

Unlike some American elites, I actually understand this fact.

Noahpinion

3 months ago

Jul 8

JD Vance's crusade against GDP is wrong and bad

Making Americans poorer won't make our society better.

Noahpinion

3 months ago

Jul 6

No, China did not manage to avoid a crash

But there are still things we can learn from how they manage their macroeconomy.

Noahpinion

3 months ago

Jul 2

Stop screeching about immigration, and get smart about it

The culture war is making it impossible for us to deal with declining population.

Noahpinion

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Noam Brown

AI researcher at OpenAI; built Libratus and Cicero; works on reasoning models

Jack Dorsey

Co-founder of Twitter and of Block (Square)

Malcolm Gladwell

Author of "Outliers" and "The Tipping Point"; host of Revisionist History

Yuval Noah Harari

Historian; author of "Sapiens" and "Nexus"

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Astrophysicist; director of the Hayden Planetarium; host of StarTalk

Naval Ravikant

Co-founder of AngelList; investor and writer on wealth and happiness

Paul Graham

Co-founder of Y Combinator; essayist and programmer; creator of Arc and Viaweb

Jensen Huang

Co-founder and CEO of NVIDIA