#2394 - Palmer Luckey
Palmer Luckey discusses his path from building virtual reality headsets as a teenager and founding Oculus to running the defense technology company Anduril. He and the host explore VR's impacts, robot combat and training, UFOs and government secrecy, U.S. defense waste and reform, China's industrial and military buildup, as well as Anduril's autonomous weapons like AI fighter jets and the Eagle Eye augmented-reality combat helmet. They also delve into media manipulation, interspecies communication, uplifted animals, simulation theory, nostalgia in product design, and the ethics of working on advanced weapon systems.
Oct 16, 2025
Comedy