Riskgaming
by Lux Capital
Latest episode
Trouncing career regret with famed VC Bill Gurley
Trouncing career regret with famed VC Bill Gurley
About this podcast
A podcast by venture capital firm Lux Capital on the opportunities and risks of science, technology, finance and the human condition. Hosted by Danny Crichton from our New York City studios.
Episodes
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- Trouncing career regret with famed VC Bill Gurley · 60 minAn astonishing majority of Americans claim that they hate their job and wish they could do something else. Often though, what might drive our passions is an unknown. How do we…
- Can sports betting overthrow Iran? · 38 minI’m going to admit, sports betting isn’t really my thing. I don’t know my parlay from my parler (that’s a French joke), and I can barely keep three balls in the air at work, let…
- The risks no one talks about · 37 minThe world is overwhelmingly chaotic as the international system buckles. The practically placid era of cooperation that marked the 1990s and early 2000s is increasingly looking…
- What are the origins of efficiency? · 35 minIf you live in a city in North America or Europe, you almost certainly have had the experience of watching a construction site slowly morph into a building over the course of…
- The long game of American reindustrialization · 41 minReindustrialization is the word du jour in American policymaking circles. The hope is that a reinvigorated manufacturing base will bring back middle-class jobs and ensure our…
- 11 Clips That Defined 2025 · 56 minWell, 2025 is already running by with a massive whoosh sound. It goes without saying that every year feels like it is getting more chaotic, intense and yet exciting. There’s…
- Can software platforms reverse enshittification? · 38 minSoftware kind of sucks these days, doesn’t it? Cory Doctorow invented the word “enshittification” to describe a pattern he repeatedly observed across software platforms. They…
- The inside story of the billionaires fighting for space · 43 minThe space race was once between the United States and the Soviet Union; now it’s between two tech billionaires trying to seize the mantle of most powerful space lord. For Elon…
- Why AI safety is like a bolt in a croissant · 48 minAs we’ve crossed three years since OpenAI debuted ChatGPT in 2022, AI technologies have gone from a curiosity among academic scientists to one of the most popular products ever…
- How to be a polymath · 40 minEveryone loves a good Renaissance man or woman, but it’s hard to do it all with tenacity and verve. There’s also the constant balance between perfectionism and dilettantism — how…
- “Collaborating with the entire history of human expression” · 19 minWe hosted an epic one-day festival to human expression in New York City a few weeks ago called the Lux AI Summit, bringing together hundreds of founders, artists, engineers and…
- Europe, China and the future of open borders in science · 41 minWhile relations between the United States and China have reached a detente in the past week after APEC, it’s the long-term decline of relations between the European Union and…
- On the frontiers of research at the Lux AI Summit · 18 minLast week, Lux convened about 300 AI engineers, scientists, researchers and founders in New York City to discuss the frontiers of the field under the banner of “the AI canvas.”…
- The present and future of wargaming · 40 minRiskgaming is part of the broader movement known as wargaming, playful experiences designed to improve decision-making across domains like defense planning, business leadership…
- Riskgaming State of the Union · 26 minIn this episode, Danny Crichton and Laurence Pevsner do a special outdoor recording from Carmel, where they reflect on the successful launch of their latest game, Gray Matter, at…
- The global future of wargaming in Lithuania · 44 minWargaming (of which Riskgaming is but one example) has a long and global history, from Europe and Asia into the Americas. Yet, its utility is increasingly being recognized by…
- Behind the scenes of our new scenario, Southwest Silicon · 28 minOne of the best parts of running a game studio and policy shop here at Riskgaming at Lux Capital is the actual public launch of a new game. That day is today, because we are…
- How compute and AI will create next-gen superapps · 44 minThe launch of OpenAI’s GPT-5 has ushered in a panoply of views on the future of AGI and end-user applications. Does the platform’s aggressive router presage a future of…
- America’s degrowth lawyers need to learn from China · 1 h 0 minIt’s fun to play a game of superlatives with China. From the awe-inspiring and cyberpunk scale of the metro trains cruising through apartment blocks in Chongqing to the…
- The CIA in the 21st Century · 38 minFew agencies have been more central to global affairs than the aptly-named Central Intelligence Agency. Often shrouded in mystique both cultivated and unasked for, the agency has…
