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Compound Growth

Compound Growth

Billionaires Dodging a Wealth Tax, New England's Housing Rally, and Mortgage Rates Jumping Two Full Points

Sep 21, 2026 · 54 min · 11 segments

This week opens with a genuinely funny mishap — one host asked Gemini to research video ideas and got rickrolled by the AI itself, complete with a self-aware "busted" when called out — before the show…

This week opens with a genuinely funny mishap — one host asked Gemini to research video ideas and got rickrolled by the AI itself, complete with a self-aware "busted" when called out — before the show turns to a much bigger AI story: a wave of doomer warnings from Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and now Elon Musk, including a widely repeated claim that there's a 10% chance AI ends humanity by 2030. The hosts push back on the framing, walking through Musk's proposal that AI companies test each other's models instead of grading their own homework, and making the case that the loudest call...

This week opens with a genuinely funny mishap — one host asked Gemini to research video ideas and got rickrolled by the AI itself, complete with a self-aware "busted" when called out — before the show…

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Show signals: SuitabilitySafeBiasNot politicalAudience≈124 followers

Speakers: Wheeler CrowleyHostColin WalkerHost

Top entities: Artificial intelligence×13 California×21 JetBlue×17 Elon Musk×6 Boston×8

AI Regulation and the Doomer Narrative3:49 – 16:22

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

3:49

So today we're going to talk about some of this noise with the AI leaders all chiming in to say that we need to slow down.

C

Colin WalkerHost

3:56

Yeah, this is big news.

C

Colin WalkerHost

3:57

This has been

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

3:57

everywhere the last few days.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

3:59

We're going to talk about 30 year mortgage rates.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:01

We're going to talk about the wealth tax and what might not work about it.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:04

Yeah.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:05

Behavioral finance with interest rates.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:06

Yeah.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:07

Yeah.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:07

Yeah.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:08

All right.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:08

So why don't we, why don't we start with the AI thing?

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:11

Let's do it.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:11

Kick it off.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:12

Corey's

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:12

favorite topic.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:13

Yes.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:13

So this past weekend, which I guess when people hear this will be the weekend prior, but, and not just this past weekend, but for a while, there's been a series of Doomer noise coming out of The big AI companies, OpenAI, Anthropic.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:32

10% chance the world will end in a decade.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:35

Yeah, right.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:35

By 2030, actually.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:36

Not even a decade.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:38

2030, there's a 10% chance that AI might kill all of

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:42

humanity.

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99%13 mentions
CaliforniaAdministrative AreaUS state
98%21 mentions
JetBlueAirlineAirline
96%17 mentions
Elon MuskPersonIndustrialist and former Senior Advisor to the President of the United States
95%6 mentions
BostonCityCity in Massachusetts
93%8 mentions
AppleCompanyTechnology company
91%3 mentions
GeminiEntity
90%11 mentions
OpenAICompanyGenerative AI company
88%5 mentions
New EnglandAdministrative AreaRegion in the United States of America
87%7 mentions
ClaudeSoftware ApplicationSoftware
85%3 mentions
Sam AltmanPersonCEO of OpenAI
84%3 mentions
Northeastern United StatesPlaceRegion in the United States of America
82%2 mentions
New HampshireAdministrative AreaUS state
80%7 mentions
RickrollingEntity
79%2 mentions
Dario AmodeiPersonAmerican entrepreneur
77%2 mentions
Donald TrumpPerson45th and 47th U.S. President
76%2 mentions
Federal Reserve SystemGovernment OrganizationCentral bank
74%14 mentions
Warren BuffettPersonAmerican investor and former CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
73%2 mentions
Logan International AirportEntityInternational airport in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
71%4 mentions
Peter ThielPersonGerman-American entrepreneur and former CEO of PayPal
70%1 mention
Rick AstleyPersonEnglish singer-songwriter
68%3 mentions
JPMorgan ChaseCompanyInvestment banking company
66%1 mention
DoomerEntity
65%2 mentions
SpringfieldCityTown in Vermont
63%1 mention
Monetary policyEntity
62%1 mention
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60%2 mentions
XEntitySocial networking service
59%4 mentions
GoogleCompanyTechnology corporation
57%1 mention
Southwest AirlinesAirlineAirline
55%3 mentions
Tim CookPersonChairman of the board of directors of Apple
54%1 mention
ChinaCountryCountry in East Asia
52%2 mentions
MassachusettsAdministrative AreaUS state
51%4 mentions
Bernie SandersPersonUnited States Senator
49%1 mention
Samsung ElectronicsCompanyConsumer electronics company
48%2 mentions
AnthropicCompanyArtificial intelligence company
46%4 mentions
PortsmouthCityCity in New Hampshire
45%3 mentions
ChatGPTSoftware ApplicationSoftware
43%1 mention
GrokSoftware ApplicationComputer program
41%1 mention
NvidiaCompanyAI company
40%1 mention
PortlandCityCity in Maine
38%1 mention
NantucketPlaceIsland in Massachusetts
37%2 mentions
The Washington PostPeriodicalAmerican newspaper
35%1 mention
Generation ZEntity
34%1 mention
Priority PassEntity
32%1 mention
Kevin WarshPersonFormer Member of the US Federal Reserve Board of Governors
30%1 mention
The Wall Street JournalPeriodicalAmerican newspaper
29%1 mention
Yahoo!CompanyWeb services company
27%1 mention
AOLCompanyOnline service provider company
26%1 mention
Paul ReverePersonAmerican silversmith and military officer
24%1 mention
Freddie MacCompanyFinance company
23%1 mention

Interest RatesFinance
Monetary PolicyFinance > Interest Rates
AI RegulationTechnology > Artificial Intelligence > AI Safety
Open-Source AI and Independent Model TestingTechnology > Artificial Intelligence > AI Safety > AI Regulation
Mortgage RatesFinance > Interest Rates > Monetary Policy
Mortgage Points and Refinancing DecisionsFinance > Interest Rates > Monetary Policy > Mortgage Rates
Residential Property PricesReal Estate > Housing Market > Homeownership
Tax Avoidance and MobilityEconomics > Taxation > Wealth Tax
Airport Lounges and Loyalty ProgramsTravel > Aviation > Airline Industry
JetBlue Premium Access and Airline PricingTravel > Aviation > Airline Industry > Airport Lounges and Loyalty Programs
AviationTravel
Airline IndustryTravel > Aviation
Wealth TaxEconomics > Taxation
AI SafetyTechnology > Artificial Intelligence
Housing MarketReal Estate
HomeownershipReal Estate > Housing Market
Economics
Technology
Finance
Artificial IntelligenceTechnology
TaxationEconomics
Travel
Real Estate

AI Regulation and the Doomer Narrative3:49 – 16:22

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

3:49

So today we're going to talk about some of this noise with the AI leaders all chiming in to say that we need to slow down.

C

Colin WalkerHost

3:56

Yeah, this is big news.

C

Colin WalkerHost

3:57

This has been

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

3:57

everywhere the last few days.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

3:59

We're going to talk about 30 year mortgage rates.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:01

We're going to talk about the wealth tax and what might not work about it.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:04

Yeah.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:05

Behavioral finance with interest rates.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:06

Yeah.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:07

Yeah.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:07

Yeah.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:08

All right.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:08

So why don't we, why don't we start with the AI thing?

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:11

Let's do it.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:11

Kick it off.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:12

Corey's

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:12

favorite topic.

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:13

Yes.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:13

So this past weekend, which I guess when people hear this will be the weekend prior, but, and not just this past weekend, but for a while, there's been a series of Doomer noise coming out of The big AI companies, OpenAI, Anthropic.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:32

10% chance the world will end in a decade.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:35

Yeah, right.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:35

By 2030, actually.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:36

Not even a decade.

W

Wheeler CrowleyHost

4:38

2030, there's a 10% chance that AI might kill all of

C

Colin WalkerHost

4:42

humanity.

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