A $1M Bitcoin Bet, Preventing Hangovers, AI Companions, Affordable Luxuries, Hi-Fi Audio, and More!

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Technologist, serial entrepreneur, world-class investor, self-experimenter, and all-around wild and crazy guy Kevin Rose https://twitter.com/kevinrose rejoins me for another episode of The Random Show.

In this one, we discuss affordable luxuries for priceless lives, suiting up for a visit to the Magic Castle, Eliza Ivanova’s art, my secret for supple skin, nineteenth-century Nintendo, Balaji’s bet, the science of hangover remedies, Moonbirds over Tokyo, an unexpected Sanbo Zen inquisition, Japanese death poems, escape rooms, high-fidelity immersive sound, Nanoblocks, and much more.

Enjoy!

[00:00] Start
[00:14] The important juice.
[04:24] Discount downfalls and luxury lettuce.
[09:24] Becoming suitable for The Magic Castle.
[13:33] Affordable luxuries for a priceless life.
[16:16] A pipe dream.
[18:42] A skincare secret.
[19:49] Later life dating and alcohol abating (#hangover).
[27:24] The current and anticipated state of AI.
[43:28] Balaji’s bet.
[1:01:03] Kevin practices his ABCs.
[1:04:32] Eliza Ivanova.
[1:06:31] TimTimsPrivacyScreens dot com.
[1:09:25] Nintendo: Hanafuda to Zelda.
[1:12:50] Untranslatables.
[1:13:50] Tokyo Moonbirds and Zen karaoke.
[1:19:02] Japanese Death Poems and other uplifting reading.
[1:23:59] Some escape rooms are better than others.
[1:28:28] High-fidelity immersive sound.
[1:33:16] A whispering Replika and a vibrating “chest.”
[1:37:35] Nanoblocks!

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