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OUT OF SCOPE Ep. 2: Anything But Crypto with David Hoffman

August 14, 2026·45 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

In this episode, Austin and Tori join David Hoffman (Bankless) to talk about "anything but crypto." Their conversation spans longevity and mind-uploading, the challenges of changing opinions in public, and how modern media incentives distort nuanced ideas. They also discuss social media, the future of long-form content, AI risk and alignment, what it means to “win” the AI race, regulatory uncertainty, and ... yes, David's ideas around fitness.  00:00 - Welcome and intro  01:46 - How Do You Want to Live?  06:17 - Changing Your Mind as a Public Figure  09:35 - Media Distortion Effects  14:34 - Quality of Content vs Virality  16:33 - Yudkowsky and AI Doom  24:58 - Base Models' Values  27:55 - China and AI's Moral Core  30:01 - What Winning the AI Race Means  36:46 - Why CLARITY Stalled  41:47 - Hypertrophy and Longevity  44:23 - Conclusion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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