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Pershing Square Foundation: https://pershingsquarefoundation.org
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
#310 – Andrew Bustamante: CIA Spy
#309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets
#308 – Ryan Graves: UFOs, Fighter Jets, and Aliens
#307 – Brian Armstrong: Coinbase, Cryptocurrency, and Government Regulation
#306 – Oriol Vinyals: Deep Learning and Artificial General Intelligence
#305 – Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang
#304 – Bishop Robert Barron: Christianity and the Catholic Church
#303 – Steve Keen: Marxism, Capitalism, and Economics
#302 – Richard Haier: IQ Tests, Human Intelligence, and Group Differences
#301 – Jack Barsky: KGB Spy
#300 – Joe Rogan: Comedy, Controversy, Aliens, UFOs, Putin, CIA, and Freedom
#299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind
#298 – Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts and Loneliness
#297 – Jonathan Reisman: The Human Body – From Sex & Sperm to Hands & Heart
#296 – Douglas Murray: Racism, Marxism, and the War on the West
#295 – Richard Wolff: Marxism and Communism
#294 – Tony Fadell: iPhone, iPod, and Nest
#293 – Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion – How Evolution Hid the Truth
#292 – Robin Hanson: Alien Civilizations, UFOs, and the Future of Humanity
#291 – Jonathan Haidt: The Case Against Social Media
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