Ananyo Bhattacharya - John von Neumann, Jewish Genius, and Nuclear War

Ananyo Bhattacharya is the author of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Man-Future-Visionary-Life-Neumann/dp/1324003995/">The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann</a>. He is a science writer who has worked at the Economist and Nature. Before journalism, he was a medical researcher at the Burnham Institute in San Diego, California. He holds a degree in physics from the University of Oxford and a PhD in protein crystallography from Imperial College London.<br/><br/>Watch on <a target="_blank" href="https://youtu.be/faZI6OBOopE">YouTube</a>:<br/><br/>Get the book on <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amazon.com/Ananyo-Bhattacharya/e/B0923W18VK%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share">Amazon</a><br/><br/>Follow Ananyo on <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/Ananyo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Twitter</a><br/><br/>Follow me on <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">Twitter</a><br/><br/>Check out my <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/">blog</a>, where I write about tech, science, and the long-term<br/><br/>Timestamps:<br/><br/>(0:00:30) - John Von Neumann - The Man From The Future<br/><br/>(0:02:29) - The Forgotten Father of Game Theory<br/><br/>(0:16:04) - The last representative of the great mathematicians<br/><br/>(0:19:45) - Did John Von Neumann have a Miracle year?<br/><br/>(0:26:31) - The fundamental theorem of John von Neumann&#8217;s game theory<br/><br/>(0:29:34) - The strong supporter of "Preventive War&#8221;<br/><br/>(0:50:51) - We can't all be superhuman <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_1">www.dwarkeshpatel.com</a>