Hosted by Daniel Stih · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 205 episodes
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Solve the right problem. So the right answer becomes clear.I'm Daniel Stih—an engineer and first-ascent mountaineer. This podcast is about thinking clearly in a noisy world. Through conversations with experts and practitioners, I explore assumptions, test narratives, and examine how conclusions are formed—especially in problems where the obvious answer may not be the right one.Solo episodes focus on thinking perspectives. Guest episodes are conversations as research into how people think. Each centers on a simple question: What problem are we actually trying to solve? Across science, health, technology, and society, the goal isn't to tell you what to think— it's to show how clear thinking leads to better solutions. I also work with teams and individuals to make sure they're solving the right problem before committing serious time and money. If that resonates, connect with me at danielstih.com or on LinkedIn.Website: https://www.danielstih.com
Daniel Stih hosts The Daniel Stih Podcast, a education show with 205 episodes published.
An exploration of how the questions we ask—and the models we build—can influence narratives that shape technology, investment, and public policy. A widely cited paper estimated the water footprint of AI models. The resul
Matthew McConaughey once asked a simple question: Why can't we put the Ten Commandments back in public schools? That seems reasonable. Many of the principles most people would agree with. That question led me somewhere u
What if part of the Israel – Iran conflict is not about oil, politics, or ideology — rather about how states behave once survival and continuity become the organizing principle? In this episode, I explore the logic of th
This episode is not about choosing sides. It's about how: nations define threats the public simplifies wars into moral stories labels compress complexity incentives shape policy systems behave differently than people ass
This conversation started as a discussion about texting and dating. Underneath it is a broader question about communication, ambiguity, projection, and how technology changes human interaction. How much meaning do people
What does the word "ceasefire" actually mean? Most who hear the term assume: fighting stopped, peace is beginning both sides agreed In practice, the term is less absolute than the assumptions attached to it. In this epis
The headline is simple: "Weedkiller fight hits the Supreme Court." The story most people hear is even simpler: A company failed to warn users → people got sick → lawsuits followed. That's a collapsed version of what's ha
Words like "war," "crisis," and "bubble" feel as they come with clear meaning. They don't. In this episode, I break down how the words we use shape what we think, and how we attach assumptions that aren't actually there.
A recent AI paper claims models are starting to "protect" themselves—and even each other. They resist shutdown. They modify systems. They break rules. At first glance, it looks like something new. Maybe even dangerous. W
When you hear that data centers use "millions of gallons of water," what is that number measuring? This episode breaks down how water use is calculated, how electricity and manufacturing get bundled into a single figure,
[ Audio updated on March 22 to correct a brief overlap around 8:00 ] I came across a video analyzing beers like Michelob Ultra, Stella Artois, Coors Light, Bud Light, and Heineken—and it's a perfect example of how reason
My guest is Noah Healy , inventor of the Coordinated Discovery Market (CDM) — a proposed structural change to how commodity markets are priced and stabilized. Noah's patent application for CDM was initially allowed, then
This episode is the conversation that led to my solo essay and episode, Division Isn't a Mystery. It's a System. In this mostly unedited discussion, I'm joined by John Abrons to think through why so many issues in Americ
America feels divided in a way that goes beyond disagreement. Disagreement is normal. What we're experiencing feels different, urgent, harder to resolve. In this solo episode, Daniel Stih expands on his essay Division Is
In this companion episode, I make the reasoning path explicit behind the idea that battery fire safety on airplanes is focused on the symptom, not the cause. I walk through the assumptions I questioned, the sequence of t
Lithium battery fires on airplanes are rare. When they happen, they're dangerous, disruptive, and costly. What's interesting is how we've chosen to deal with that risk. The aviation safety strategy what to do after a dev
What the iPhone's latest UI change reveals about a recurring design failure mode A recent iPhone UI update sparked a broader question: what happens when style starts to lead function? I explore why highly stylized interf
If you've ever looked at credit cards, student loans, or mortgages and thought, "If I pay responsibly, why does this feel harder over time—not easier?" this episode is for you. Modern credit is framed as a tool for stabi
If you've ever looked at the U.S. strategy toward China, the Arctic, or Greenland, and thought, "We say we don't want war — so why does every serious option still feel like pressure, coercion, or force?" this episode is
Most people think banks lend money. They don't. They create it. I sit down with economist Steve Keen to explain how money, banking, and the Federal Reserve actually work. Our conversation tackles one of the biggest sourc
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