Scaling Theory
Episodes
#29 – Albert-Laszlo Barabasi: The Hidden Order of Networks
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Scaling Theory. My guest today is Albert-László Barabási, Professor of Network Science at Northeastern University and one of the mo...
#28 – Scott Page: Why Diversity Beats Genius
19 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to scaling theory. My guest today is Scott E. Page, Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Manageme...
#27 – Cass Sunstein: On Scaling Liberalism
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Cass R. Sunstein, University Professor at Harvard and one of the most influential legal and political thinkers of our time. A proli...
#26 – W. Brian Arthur: On Economies, Santa Fe, and a Life in Ideas
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the very first episode of Scaling Theory, I mentioned a few scientists who have shaped my understanding of the world. At the very top of that list ...
#25 – Cristina Bicchieri: The Scaling of Norms
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Scaling Theory. My guest today is Cristina Bicchieri, Professor of Social Thought and Comparative Ethics at the University of Pennsylv...
#24 – Robin Hanson: The Scaling of Futarchy
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Scaling Theory. My guest today is Robin Hanson, Associate Professor of economics at George Mason University. Robin has long been one o...
#23 – Thibault Schrepel: Adaptive Regulation
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is the first solo episode of Scaling Theory, where I take a deep dive into the literature. Building on a working paper titled “Adaptive Regulat...
#22 – Vint Cerf: How Internet Scaled
01 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Vinton G. Cerf, widely regarded as a “father of the Internet.” In the 1970s, Vint co-developed the TCP/IP protocols that define ...
#21 – Melanie Moses: From Cells to Algorithms
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Melanie Moses, a Professor of Computer Science at the University of New Mexico, an External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute, and C...
#20 – Melanie Mitchell: The Science of Artificial Thinking
07 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Melanie Mitchell, a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute, author of "Complexity: A Guided Tour" and "Artificial Intell...
#19 – Paul Seabright: How to Scale a Religion
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Scaling Theory. Today, we are taking on a surprising but deeply relevant topic: religion. We are not entering the realm of theology,...
#18 – James Evans: Science in the Age of AI
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is different from all the previous ones, as for the first time on Scaling Theory, we focus on research methodology, exploring how A...
#17 – Eric von Hippel: Freeing Innovation
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Eric von Hippel, Professor of Technological Innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management. Eric is the author of numerous academi...
#16 – David Krakauer: Scaling Intelligence
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Krakauer is an American evolutionary biologist. He is the President and William H. Miller Professor of Complex Systems at the Santa Fe Institute...
#15 – Larry Lessig: Code, Law, and Business Models in the Age of AI
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Larry Lessig, Professor of Law and Leadership at Harvard Law School. Larry is the author of numerous influential books and articles,...
#14 – Eric Beinhocker: “New Economics” Is Coming For You
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Eric Beinhocker, Professor of Practice in Public Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford, and the founder...
#13 – Kevin Kelly: How Technology Evolves, And What To Do About It
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Kevin Kelly, the author of 14 books, a public speaker who has delivered TED talks with tens of millions of views, and a technology e...
#12 – Rory Linkletter: Scaling Up to the Olympics
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Rory Linkletter, a professional athlete who recently ran the Paris Olympic Marathon and the New York Marathon. Rory’s current pe...
#11 – Stefan Thurner: The Scaling of Everything
08 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Stefan Thurner, A Professor of theoretical physics, and the President of the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna. Stefan has published over 2...
#10 – Allison Stanger: Political Science Behind Large Tech Companies
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Allison Stanger. Allison is a Middlebury Distinguished Endowed Professor; an Affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and ...
#9 – Arvind Narayanan: Myths and Policies in Scaling AI
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Arvind Narayanan, a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, and the director of the Center for Information Technology Polic...
#8 – Sara Hooker: Big AI, The Compute Frenzy, and Grumpy Models
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Sara Hooker, VP of Research at Cohere, where she leads Cohere for AI, a non-profit research lab that seeks to solve complex ma...
#7 – Michael Mauboussin: The Fascinating World of Increasing Returns
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest today is Michael Mauboussin (@mjmauboussin), one of the world’s leading experts in finance. Michael serves as Head of Consilient Research a...
#6 – Glen Weyl: Scaling Plurality
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Glen Weyl, an influential economist and social technologist known for his interdisciplinary work at the intersection of economics, compute...
#5 – Yann LeCun: AI Dynamics and Regulation
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
My guest is Yann LeCun, a pioneering French-American computer scientist, known for his groundbreaking work in machine learning, computer vision, and n...
#4 – Doyne Farmer: Chaos Theory & Complexity Economics
06 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
J. Doyne Farmer is the Director of the Complexity Economics programme at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, a Profes...
#3 – Thomas Wolf: Open-Source AI Scaling Laws
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Thomas Wolf is the co-founder and Chief Science Officer of Hugging Face, the company at the center of the open-source AI ecosystem. He has a Ph.D. in...
#2 – Geoffrey West: The Scaling Laws Behind Living Organisms, Cities, Businesses, and Technologies
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Geoffrey West is a physicist, former president and distinguished professor of the Santa Fe Institute. His book, “Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, ...
Why “Scaling Theory”
16 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode, Dr. Thibault Schrepel (@ProfSchrepel) introduces “Scaling Theory”, a podcast dedicated to the power laws behind the g...