{"podcast":{"title":"Infinite Loops","slug":"infinite-loops-259760","podcast_index_feed_id":259760,"rss_url":"https://infiniteloops.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://infiniteloopspodcast.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/5/8/b/8/58b8b50dd4cbba7427a2322813b393ee/Infinite_Loops_New_Podcast_Logo.jpeg","author":"Jim O'Shaughnessy","episode_count":332,"summary":"Every Thursday, join Jim O'Shaughnessy and his favorite people as they arm you with the tools & fresh perspectives required to upgrade your HumanOS and thrive in our messy, probabilistic world. Visit our Substack at newsletter.osv.llc for full transcripts, highlights, weekly doses of timeless wisdom, and a bounty of other goodies designed to make you go, \"Hmm that's interesting!\"","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T22:18:08.351287+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760"},"episode":{"title":"Arkady Kulik - The Psychology of Self-Deception (Ep. 305)","slug":"arkady-kulik-the-psychology-of-self-deception-ep-305","published_at":"2026-03-12T12:36:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760/arkady-kulik-the-psychology-of-self-deception-ep-305","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760","url":"https://infiniteloopspodcast.com/304","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/infiniteloops/OSV_Arkady_Episode_Audio_2.mp3?dest-id=1666472","summary":"In this episode of Infinite Loops, we sit down with venture capitalist and physicist Arkady Kulikov to explore the psychology behind founders, responsibility, and self-deception. Kulik discusses why the hardest problems in business are almost always human problems, how great founders deal with stress, and why the biggest lie entrepreneurs tell is often to themselves. He also explains how investors evaluate founder psychology, why difficult conversations are essential in business, and why resilience is more about adaptability than stubbornness. Important Links: Listen to our last conversation with Arkady here: https://www.infiniteloopspodcast.com/arkady-kulik-bridging-science-entrepreneurship-ep193/ Arkady's deep tech venture fund, rpv global: https://rpv.global/","meta_description":"In this episode of Infinite Loops, we sit down with venture capitalist and physicist Arkady Kulikov to explore the psychology behind founders, responsibil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5483,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/infinite-loops-259760/episodes/arkady-kulik-the-psychology-of-self-deception-ep-305/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/infinite-loops-259760/arkady-kulik-the-psychology-of-self-deception-ep-305.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}