The Local Maximum with Max Sklar

Returning after a Hiatus * Today is just going to be a hangout with me and Aaron if you’re... more

Author, entrepreneur, and AI professor Graham Morehead joins the Local Maximum to talk abo... more

The Local Maximum returns from a hiatus with today’s interview of James Barnes, founder of... more

Today’s guest is Eric Daimler, co-founder and CEO of Conexus (conexus.com). Max talks to E... more

Max and Aaron go deeper into the ideas of the singularity and the law of accelerating retu... more

Max and Aaron discuss Ray Kurzweil’s new book, The Singularity is Nearer, and talk about t... more

On Freund, co-founder and CEO of Wilco, talks to Max to explore the future of software dev... more

Max talks to Codium.ai Founder Itamar Friedman about the rise of LLMs, the evolution of AI... more

Max and Aaron discuss Max's new initiatives in startups and academia, his concerns about t... more

Max talks to Tiffany Grossman, a blogger, marketing specialist, and co-host of the 'Spill ... more

Today’s interview is with Fused.io cofounder Isaac Brodsky. We talk about geo-spatial visu... more

Today’s discussion is on Cellular Automata by looking at Conway’s Game of Life, William Po... more

Max reflects back on his podcast and radio show as he turns forty, and discusses the non-s... more

Fresh off of his trip to the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation for the Yale Alumni Service Co... more

Max talks about the intensifying AI trends in 2024, including video creation and context w... more

Get full access to The Local Maximum at [localmaximum.substack.com/subscribe] (https://loc... more

Michael Callahan, host of "Where We Go Next" (wherewegonext.com) comes onto the Local Maxi... more

Max appears on the podcast Where We Go Next with Michael Callahan to talk about technology... more

Max and Aaron welcome 2024 by talking about the most interesting episodes of 2023, and pos... more

Max and Aaron finished their discussion on "The Fourth Turning is Here" and talk about wha... more

Max just finished reading the 450-page book "The Fourth Turning is Here" by Neil Howe, so ... more

Max's talks about the constitution and shifts in the language with Christopher Nesbitt of ... more

In today's December news update, Max talks about industry events like the layoffs at Spoti... more

Today's guest is Ilana Yurkiewicz, author of Fragmented: A Doctor's Quest to Piece Togethe... more

Max covers the dramatic conflict between the board of directors of OpenAI, and former CEO ... more

Max talks to Alexander Hool, author of Pharaoh: Biblical History, Egypt, and the Missing M... more

Max and Aaron talk about this year's retreat at Sturbridge Village, MA. They go over the b... more

Max and Aaron continue their conversation last week, this time covering the reaction to wo... more

Max and Aaron react to the terror attack in Israel earlier this month, and discuss both it... more

Max talks to investor, founder, and podcaster Sam Kamani about Web 3.0, Crypto, AI, and Po... more