E25: Lambda School Drama, Meta's Path to AI, and Why Hardware Constraints Protect Your Privacy

"The Riff" with Byrne Hobart and Erik Torenberg

On this week's episode of The Riff, Erik and Byrne discuss income sharing agreements, the privacy/security/usability efficient frontier, and how Meta ended up with all their GPUs. Get Harmonic: Head to https://bit.ly/harmonicturpentine and make sure to mention Turpentine during your demo.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) Intro

(00:26) Exploring Income Share Agreements and Lambda School

(08:01) The Controversy and Potential of Lambda School

(18:46) Sponsor: Harmonic | Beehiiv

(21:17) The Bear Case on Income Share Agreements

(24:31) Barriers and Threats of Selling New Financial Products

(29:51) Innovative Financial Models and Crypto's Role

(30:50) Exploring Personal Prediction Markets and Startups

(32:51) The Impact of AI on Content Creation and Social Interactions

(35:54) Navigating the Continuum of Human and AI Interaction

(38:59) Meta's Strategic Shift Towards Generative AI

(48:02) The Evolution of Privacy, Security, and Usability in Tech

(52:21) Debunking Myths Around Index Funds

(1:01:58) Adapting Investment Strategies in an Efficient Market

(1:03:40) Wrap

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LINKS:

Byrne’s writing:

https://thediff.co

Erik’s post on income sharing agreements: https://eriktorenberg.substack.com/p/life-capital

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