The Orthogonal Bet by Lux Capital

The Case for Crazy Philanthropy

In this episode, Samuel Arbesman speaks with Stuart Buck , executive director of the Good Science Project—a think tank devoted to better understanding…

Jan 14 • The Orthogonal Bet

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The Secret of Intelligence

Max Bennett on "A Brief History of Intelligence"

Jan 7 • The Orthogonal Bet

The Books That Shaped Dungeons & Dragons

Peter Bebergal⁠ on "Appendix N"

Jan 5 • The Orthogonal Bet

What Happens After King Arthur Dies?

Lev Grossman on "The Bright Sword"

Jan 5 • The Orthogonal Bet

December 2025

Humans Aren't Special

Adrian Tchaikovsky on Evolution, Aliens, and AI

Dec 17, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

Did the Universe Evolve

Rethinking the Big Bang

Dec 10, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

How Life Works

Why Genes Aren’t the Blueprint We Were Told

Dec 3, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

November 2025

The Origin Story of SimCity

as well as a broader history of Maxis

Nov 20, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

The Anti-Black Mirror

A conversation with Tinkered Thinking about their new book White Mirror

Nov 14, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

Luis Alvarez: The Man Who Solved Problems

The Manhattan Project, The JFK Assassination, Nobel Prize–winning physicist, asteroid-impact theory of dinosaur extinction, and so much more

Nov 5, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

October 2025

Smash your Crystal Ball

Nick Foster on Designing the Future

Oct 29, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

How many lives can one philosophy save?

"A Philosopher, a Drowning Child, and Strangers in Need"

Oct 22, 2025 • The Orthogonal Bet

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