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I hosted Meri Beckwith, CEO of Lindus Health, on my podcast Development & Research. Meri founded Lindus after being a clinical trial patient—because he was astounded at how badly clinical drug trials were being run by the world's leading companies. We talk about why clinical trials companies are twenty years...

I appear on Patrick McKenzie's Complex Systems podcast, presenting my overall view of what's wrong in the world of drug development. Here's a section I particularly enjoyed: Patrick McKenzie: So, my fun anecdote about recruiting for a clinical trial. I happened to graduate from Washington University in St. Louis, and...

This is a cross-post from my new newsletter, where I intend to post about clinical trials and biotech, and from my personal blog, where I intend to go on posting about all other sorts of topics as well. I also recently went on the Complex Systems podcast, where I discuss...

In Patrick's words, above the fold: > Some years ago, I built a trading simulation for a startup I was running, Starfighter. It was, at the time, by far the most impressive technical artifact I'd ever made, including a scratch-built fake stock exchange. I recently ran into Rick Heicklen, who...

Editor's note: Somewhat after I posted this on my own blog, Max Chiswick cornered me at LessOnline / Manifest and gave me a whole new perspective on this topic. I now believe that there is a way to use poker to sharpen epistemics that works dramatically better than anything I...

From Caves of Steel_, pp. 160-161 in my version._ “Why can’t a robot be built without the First Law? What’s so sacred about it?” Dr. Gerrigel looked startled, then tittered, “Oh, Mr. Baley.” “Well, what’s the answer?” “Surely, Mr. Baley, if you even know a little about robotics, you must...

Epistemic status: Reference post, then some evidenced speculation about emerging current events (as of 2023-03-12 morning). A "liquidity" crisis There's one kind of "bank run" where the story, in stylized terms, starts like this: * A bank opens up and offers 4%/ann interest on customer deposits. * 100 people each...