TR41: Mandate of Heaven (Nov 2025 Edition)

About this episode

The episode discusses the current AI Mandate of Heaven and compares the AI bubble to the historical railroad boom.

In today's episode, Doug, Dylan, Jordan, and Wei discuss who now has the AI Mandate of Heaven and then compare the AI bubble to the railroads.

People in this episode

Hosts: Doug, Dylan, Jordan

Guest: Wei

Topics covered

• AI Mandate
• AI bubble
• railroads
• technology
• discussion

Keywords

• AI
• Mandate of Heaven
• railroads
• technology
• bubble

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Mandate of Heaven

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