Feb. 23, 2023

David Senra & Liberty RPF — Unleashing the Scenius (EP.148)

Friends-of-the-show David Senra & Liberty RPF return for a characteristically wide-ranging conversation. Enjoy! Important Links Show Notes: David’s lunch with Sam Zell Optimizing for freedom Information can build a fortune Persist,...

Friends-of-the-show David Senra & Liberty RPF return for a characteristically wide-ranging conversation. Enjoy!

Important Links
Show Notes:
  • David’s lunch with Sam Zell
  • Optimizing for freedom
  • Information can build a fortune
  • Persist, persist, persist
  • Burning the ships
  • Customising education
  • Where are the Teddy Roosevelt’s of today?
  • Embracing our evangelical side
  • “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”
  • Fighting fear of technological development
  • Is anything truly ‘new’?
  • "Properly understood technology is just a better way to do something”
  • Towards positive sum games
  • How to cultivate voluntary engagement
  • Unleashing the scenius
  • Finding better explanations
  • Risk-taking and the origins of the USA
  • The explore and create framework
  • Read biographies
  • MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
  • Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel; by Sam Zell
  • The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey; by Candice Millard
  • Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill; by Candice Millard
  • Cinema Speculation; by Quentin Tarantino
  • Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work; by Ian Nathan
  • The WEIRDest People in the World; by Joseph Henrich
  • Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future; by Peter Thiel
  • The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie; by Andrew Carnegie
  • All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger - A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense; by Peter Bevelin
  • The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness; by Eric Jorgenson
  • Enzo Ferrari 2018: Power, Politics and the Making of an Automobile Empire; by Luca Dal Monte
  • The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
  • One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson