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Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

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The economics of putting germicidal light in every room, with Misha Gurevich and Vivian Belenky of Aerolamp artwork

The economics of putting germicidal light in every room, with Misha Gurevich and Vivian Belenky of Aerolamp

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:16:20Aug 6, 2026
Cheap cognition, supercharged surveillance, and AI risks, with Garrison Lovely artwork

Cheap cognition, supercharged surveillance, and AI risks, with Garrison Lovely

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:20:55Jul 30, 2026
What you're actually getting paid in, with Leila Clark artwork

What you're actually getting paid in, with Leila Clark

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:04:00Jul 23, 2026
What LLMs can and can't do for writers, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine artwork

What LLMs can and can't do for writers, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:35:35Jul 16, 2026
YouTube economics now, with Justin Kuiper artwork

YouTube economics now, with Justin Kuiper

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:19:27Jul 9, 2026
The structural footprint of a bank run artwork

The structural footprint of a bank run

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

40:09Jul 2, 2026
Forty ways to pay for coffee in Japan artwork

Forty ways to pay for coffee in Japan

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

35:20Jun 25, 2026
The factory behind your home loan artwork

The factory behind your home loan

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

26:50Jun 18, 2026
How brokerage transfers actually work artwork

How brokerage transfers actually work

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

43:43Jun 4, 2026
Wrong numbers and why they survive, with Aaron Brown artwork

Wrong numbers and why they survive, with Aaron Brown

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

55:36May 14, 2026
Defendant, Censor, Politico, Spy artwork

Defendant, Censor, Politico, Spy

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:05:18May 8, 2026
How the SPLC became financial infrastructure artwork

How the SPLC became financial infrastructure

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

51:06May 1, 2026
The honey badger of payments artwork

The honey badger of payments

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

29:46Apr 23, 2026
Cash received is not revenue earned artwork

Cash received is not revenue earned

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

33:10Apr 16, 2026
Your bank balance isn’t in the bank, and other alchemy artwork

Your bank balance isn’t in the bank, and other alchemy

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

48:09Apr 9, 2026
Payroll, pins, and punch cards artwork

Payroll, pins, and punch cards

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

47:33Apr 2, 2026
Delve into compliance theatre artwork

Delve into compliance theatre

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

56:43Mar 26, 2026
Understanding consumer debt collections: the underbelly of finance artwork

Understanding consumer debt collections: the underbelly of finance

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

44:30Mar 19, 2026
Inference engineering and the real-world deployment of LLMs, with Philip Kiely artwork

Inference engineering and the real-world deployment of LLMs, with Philip Kiely

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:23:45Mar 12, 2026
Secrets designed to be divulged and other payment oddities artwork

Secrets designed to be divulged and other payment oddities

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

25:30Mar 5, 2026
Understanding government procurement, with Luke Farrell artwork

Understanding government procurement, with Luke Farrell

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:20:45Feb 26, 2026
APIs of evil: studying fraud as infrastructure artwork

APIs of evil: studying fraud as infrastructure

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

51:21Feb 12, 2026
Why check cashing businesses exist artwork

Why check cashing businesses exist

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

38:25Feb 5, 2026
Claude Code makes several thousand dollars in 30 minutes, with Patrick McKenzie artwork

Claude Code makes several thousand dollars in 30 minutes, with Patrick McKenzie

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

40:34Jan 29, 2026
We should stop burning pharma trials’ lab notes, with Ruxandra Teslo artwork

We should stop burning pharma trials’ lab notes, with Ruxandra Teslo

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:17:21Jan 22, 2026
Your support rep is also trapped in this call, with Des Traynor of Intercom artwork

Your support rep is also trapped in this call, with Des Traynor of Intercom

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

53:44Jan 15, 2026
The magic spell that makes banks give you your money back artwork

The magic spell that makes banks give you your money back

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

37:18Jan 8, 2026
2025 in review, with Sammy Cottrell artwork

2025 in review, with Sammy Cottrell

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

49:32Jan 3, 2026
Gift cards and the fraud supply chain artwork

Gift cards and the fraud supply chain

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

13:47Dec 26, 2025
Understanding perpetual futures artwork

Understanding perpetual futures

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

24:54Dec 11, 2025
The economics of discovery, with Ben Reinhardt artwork

The economics of discovery, with Ben Reinhardt

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

45:15Dec 4, 2025
Understanding equity at tech companies, with Billy Gallagher of Prospect artwork

Understanding equity at tech companies, with Billy Gallagher of Prospect

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:17:38Nov 20, 2025
The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out artwork

The $4,000 insurance policy designed to never pay out

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

27:14Nov 13, 2025
How deposit insurance actually works artwork

How deposit insurance actually works

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

31:49Nov 6, 2025
Home improvement lending with fewer bankers and more computers artwork

Home improvement lending with fewer bankers and more computers

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

28:48Oct 30, 2025
Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk and systems engineering artwork

Talking to the Bank of England about systemic risk and systems engineering

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:31:37Oct 23, 2025
Narrative, mastery, and character bleed in games, with Ricki Heicklen artwork

Narrative, mastery, and character bleed in games, with Ricki Heicklen

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:31:19Oct 16, 2025
Bits and bricks: Oliver Habryka on LessWrong, LightHaven, and community infrastructure artwork

Bits and bricks: Oliver Habryka on LessWrong, LightHaven, and community infrastructure

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:14:44Oct 9, 2025
Building institutions that bend towards truth, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine artwork

Building institutions that bend towards truth, with Clara Collier of Asterisk Magazine

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:12:10Oct 2, 2025
How blogging went legit, with Substack CEO Chris Best artwork

How blogging went legit, with Substack CEO Chris Best

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

46:50Sep 25, 2025
Prestige media, new media, and the US government, with Kelsey Piper artwork

Prestige media, new media, and the US government, with Kelsey Piper

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:31:28Sep 19, 2025
AI alignment, with Emmett Shear artwork

AI alignment, with Emmett Shear

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:27:28Sep 11, 2025
Building software that survives contact with reality, with Will Wilson artwork

Building software that survives contact with reality, with Will Wilson

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:15:41Sep 4, 2025
Defense, drones, and military procurement, with Bean of Naval Gazing artwork

Defense, drones, and military procurement, with Bean of Naval Gazing

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:02:47Aug 28, 2025
AI and the great developer speed-up, with Joel Becker of METR artwork

AI and the great developer speed-up, with Joel Becker of METR

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:04:04Aug 21, 2025
How banks actually work (and don't work) artwork

How banks actually work (and don't work)

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

34:59Aug 14, 2025
Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser artwork

Building software in Japan, with Jim Weisser

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:17:12Aug 7, 2025
Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney artwork

Startup investing in Tokyo, with Coral Capital’s James Riney

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

1:04:10Jul 31, 2025
How AI reshapes the craft of software engineering, with Yoav Tzfati artwork

How AI reshapes the craft of software engineering, with Yoav Tzfati

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

45:41Jul 24, 2025
Stacking the odds: Cate Hall on agency and outlier success artwork

Stacking the odds: Cate Hall on agency and outlier success

Complex Systems with Patrick McKenzie (patio11)

46:39Jul 17, 2025