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Joe Rogan Experience #2292 - Josh Waitzkin

Josh Waitzkin is a retired chess champion, martial artist, author, and foil surfer.

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Mar 19, 20252h 31mWatch on YouTube

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EPISODE INFO

Released: March 19, 2025
Duration: 2h 31m
Channel: The Joe Rogan Experience
Watch on YouTube: ▶ Open ↗

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, featuring Narrator and Narrator, Joe Rogan Experience #2292 - Josh Waitzkin explores Josh Waitzkin, Jiu-Jitsu, Foiling, and Preparing Minds For Super‑AI Joe Rogan and Josh Waitzkin explore how high-level learning principles connect across chess, jiu-jitsu, surfing/foiling, and life. Waitzkin explains why time spent in transitions, embracing failure, and seeking honest feedback are crucial to mastery. They then pivot into a deep discussion on AI, using chess engines as a metaphor for how far beyond us superintelligence can go, and what that implies for human agency, jobs, and decision-making. Throughout, Waitzkin emphasizes cultivating a beginner’s mind, living at your edge, and grounding yourself in real, bullshit-free feedback loops as AI rapidly reshapes reality.

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