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Neri Oxman conversation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbPHojL_61U
Books mentioned:
The Intelligent Investor: https://amzn.to/3ONnaZy
America’s Cultural Revolution: https://amzn.to/3SDz1dY
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:55) – Investing basics
(13:47) – Investing in music
(22:08) – Process of researching companies
(26:47) – Investing in restaurants
(32:16) – Investing in Google
(37:58) – AI
(43:13) – Warren Buffet
(45:22) – Psychology of investing
(54:53) – Activist investing
(1:04:41) – General Growth Properties
(1:20:57) – Canadian Pacific Railway
(1:28:21) – OpenAI
(1:32:32) – Biggest loss and lowest point
(1:47:21) – Herbalife and Carl Icahn
(2:04:11) – Oct 7
(2:10:42) – College campus protests
(2:29:09) – DEI in universities
(2:50:00) – Neri Oxman
(3:15:30) – X and free speech
(3:19:54) – Trump
(3:27:30) – Dean Phillips
(3:34:36) – Future
#350 – Betül Kaçar: Origin of Life, Ancient DNA, Panspermia, and Aliens
#349 – Bhaskar Sunkara: The Case for Socialism
#348 – Nathalie Cabrol: Search for Alien Life
#347 – Michael Malice: Christmas Special
#346 – Ed Calderon: Mexican Drug Cartels
#345 – Coffeezilla: SBF, FTX, Fraud, Scams, Fake Gurus, Money, Fame, and Power
#344 – Noam Brown: AI vs Humans in Poker and Games of Strategic Negotiation
#343 – Roger Gracie: Greatest Jiu Jitsu Competitor of All Time
#342 – Todd Howard: Skyrim, Elder Scrolls 6, Fallout, and Starfield
#341 – Guido van Rossum: Python and the Future of Programming
#340 – Chris Tarbell: FBI Agent Who Took Down Silk Road
#339 – Climate Change Debate: Bjørn Lomborg and Andrew Revkin
#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness
#337 – Destiny: Politics, Free Speech, Controversy, Sex, War, and Relationships
#336 – Ben Shapiro: Politics, Kanye, Trump, Biden, Hitler, Extremism, and War
#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump
#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons
#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI
#332 – Kanye ‘Ye’ West Interview
#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA
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