#314 – Liv Boeree: Poker, Game Theory, AI, Simulation, Aliens & Existential Risk

Liv Boeree is a poker champion and science educator on topics of
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the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:23)
- Poker and game theory (13:26) - Dating optimally (18:18) -
Learning (26:30) - Daniel Negreanu (31:38) - Phil Hellmuth (34:11)
- Greatest poker player ever (38:29) - Bluffing (48:50) - Losing
(58:05) - Mutually assured destruction (1:03:00) - Simulation
hypothesis (1:19:38) - Moloch (1:48:50) - Beauty (2:00:58) -
Quantifying life (2:21:08) - Existential risks (2:39:31) - AI
(2:49:22) - Energy healing (2:56:32) - Astrophysics (2:59:26) -
Aliens (3:25:08) - Advice for young people (3:27:13) - Music
(3:35:02) - Meaning of life