Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2025-05-29

Dwarkesh Patel & Victor Shih: books mentioned on Dwarkesh Podcast

Xi Jinping’s paranoid approach to AGI, debt crisis, & Politburo politics — Victor Shih

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On this episode, I chat with Victor Shih about all things China. We discuss China’s massive local debt crisis, the CCP’s views on AI, what happens after Xi, and more.

Dwarkesh Patel discussed The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   The Power Broker

   Robert A. Caro · at 1:06:16

   The Power Broker by Robert A.

   Discussed

   “If you read the Caro biography of Robert Moses and you look at the strategies he employed, it’s actually very similar to what you’re mentioning here. It was in every single faction’s interest that the bridge that Robert Moses was working on gets done, through some of the mechanisms you mentioned.”

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