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Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

by Patrick McKenzie

We live in a world where our civilization and daily lives depend upon institutions, infrastructure, and technological substrates that are _complicated_ but not _unknowable_.

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The magic spell that makes banks give you your money back
Jan 8, 2026
2331
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2025 in review, with Sammy Cottrell
Jan 3, 2026
3025
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Gift cards and the fraud supply chain
Dec 26, 2025
953
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Understanding perpetual futures
Dec 11, 2025
1571
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The economics of discovery, with Ben Reinhardt
Dec 4, 2025
2858
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Understanding equity at tech companies, with Billy Gallagher of Prospect
Nov 20, 2025
4711
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The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out
Nov 13, 2025
1711
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How deposit insurance actually works
Nov 6, 2025
1986
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Home improvement lending with fewer bankers and more computers
Oct 30, 2025
1805
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Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk and systems engineering
Oct 23, 2025
5574
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Narrative, mastery, and character bleed in games, with Ricki Heicklen
Oct 16, 2025
5557
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Bits and bricks: Oliver Habryka on LessWrong, LightHaven, and community infrastructure
Oct 9, 2025
4561
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Building institutions that bend towards truth, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine
Oct 2, 2025
4407
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How blogging went legit, with Substack CEO Chris Best
Sep 25, 2025
2887
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Prestige media, new media, and the US government, with Kelsey Piper
Sep 19, 2025
5565
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AI alignment, with Emmett Shear
Sep 11, 2025
5325
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Building software that survives contact with reality, with Will Wilson
Sep 4, 2025
4618
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Defense, drones, and military procurement, with Bean of Naval Gazing
Aug 28, 2025
3767
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AI and the great developer speed-up, with Joel Becker of METR
Aug 21, 2025
3844
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How banks actually work (and don't work)
Aug 14, 2025
2099
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Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser
Aug 7, 2025
4632
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Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney
Jul 31, 2025
3850
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How AI reshapes the craft of software engineering, with Yoav Tzfati
Jul 24, 2025
2741
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Stacking the odds: Cate Hall on agency and outlier success
Jul 17, 2025
2799
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Think like a trader, with Ricki Heicklen
Jul 10, 2025
6918
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Achieving results in the physical world, with Adam Jarvis of “Public Service”
Jul 3, 2025
4150
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The AI infrastructure stack with Jennifer Li, a16z
Jun 26, 2025
2750
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Getting better at LLMs, with Zvi Mowshowitz
Jun 12, 2025
3110
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Machine learning meets malware, with Caleb Fenton
Jun 5, 2025
4876
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How to negotiate your salary package
May 29, 2025
2721
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The capitalist's guide to podcasting, with Ross Rheingans-Yoo
May 22, 2025
3807
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Killing viruses with light, with Jacob Swett
May 15, 2025
3703
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Life insurance and your money, with Zac Townsend
May 8, 2025
4853
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Fixing government technology, with Mikey Dickerson
May 1, 2025
3219
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Understanding and wielding power in local government, with Daniel Golliher
Apr 24, 2025
3575
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The AI energy bottleneck, with Tim Fist
Apr 17, 2025
3965
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Taking stablecoins seriously, with Haseeb Qureshi
Apr 10, 2025
4085
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The past, present, and future of AI, with Stripe
Apr 3, 2025
5628
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No, poor people aren’t funding your credit card rewards
Mar 27, 2025
4007
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Points, profits, and packed planes, with Gary Leff
Mar 20, 2025
5487
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Tax the dirt, with Lars Doucet & Greg Miller
Mar 13, 2025
4627
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A tale of two Americas in one $50K cash withdrawal
Mar 6, 2025
2473
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AI, data centers, and power economics, with Azeem Azhar
Feb 27, 2025
4433
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You can’t retract the facts
Feb 20, 2025
2523
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Stablecoins and shenanigans, with Zeke Faux
Feb 13, 2025
5223
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Power plays: grid economics and engineering, with Travis Dauwalter
Feb 6, 2025
4426
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The landmines buried in the fine print of Chicago’s new casino deal
Jan 30, 2025
2603
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The banking crisis, two years later
Jan 23, 2025
4188
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Debanking explained
Jan 16, 2025
3643
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Retrospective on 2024, with Sammy Cottrell
Jan 9, 2025
3830
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