Ben Reinhardt (@Ben_Reinhardt), independent researcher and host of Idea Machines Podcast, joins Erik to discuss:

- Why we don’t have more cool science fiction-like technology in the world.

- Why there hasn’t been as much innovation or progress as humanity had hoped for.

- How venture should evolve to increase innovation.

- The challenges posed by system decay.

- The way out of overregulation.

- How to fix government grants.

- How China balances innovation and regulation and how that compares to the US.

- The challenges relating to intellectual property.

- Where he agrees or disagrees with other thinkers in the space.

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