“If you tell the world, "I don't really know what I want to do. Can you help me? Can you tell me?" No one really gets behind that. You might get a mentor or two, but resources are not going to start flooding your way.” — Grant Mitchell on having…
“When [we] first started thinking about Castleman disease and whether we could solve it or not, … we first said, well, surely “they” must be working on this?” But there was no “they”. “Don't assume that they's out there in a little factory tinkering…You can be they. So get up…
“COVID was the greatest drug-repurposing effort ever globally…so there's just a ton of noise in an effort like that.” How to deal with such noise? “do your best to uncover objective reality with the proper scientific research tools that we have” — Grant Mitchell on the Corona Project… Full episode:…
“You [can] use AI not only to digest and understand medical literature, but use it to generate its own hypotheses…combine that with robotics and automated labs….and repeat until it actually advances science on its own.” — Grant Mitchell on the near-future of AI testing out its own hypotheses… Full episode:…
Grant Mitchell is a seasoned entrepreneur, operator, and investor in the areas of health, technology, and machine learning. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Every Cure, where he uses AI to research rare diseases and conduct drug repurposing. Grant joins the show to discuss the use of AI…
“At some point in their lives [geniuses] thought they were gigantic imposters, and some of them still do, and they still do it anyway.” — Jimmy Soni on how even geniuses suffered from impostor syndrome… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynxoEjMaSA
“There are editors at a big publisher that have wanted to really take a chance on a project, but they just weren't able to because of economic incentives or internal dissension…” — Jimmy Soni on taking chances on risky media ideas… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynxoEjMaSA
“Talk about the courage. You have Nike contracts. The world is watching you. People admire you, literally the entire planet thinks of you as an icon and you're like, “I’m going to go play baseball”. It blows my mind.” — Jimmy Soni on on taking creative risks… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynxoEjMaSA
“In the same way that Dwayne The Rock Johnson and Taylor Swift cultivated a direct relationship with your audience, you have to cultivate a direct relationship with your audience” — Jimmy Soni on maintaining direct links with your audience… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynxoEjMaSA
Author and friend-of-the-show Jimmy Soni returns to discuss the future of publishing, the changing world of book marketing, the courage of creative risk, and MUCH more! Important Links: - Jimmy’s website - https://jimmysoni.com - Jimmy’s Twitter - https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni - The Great Reshuffle - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHoZjyz2rEpl2qvR6Yw2CFn-RFTBXLW9J Show Notes: 0:00:00 Intro 0:00:48 Main…
"I think every utopia is a dystopia..." Here's Arjun Khemani on the pessimism of ultimacy… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4hEtKsgnY
"I think people make more progress if they just follow their interests..." ~ Arjun Khemani explains why he thinks altruism is inefficient… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4hEtKsgnY
If aliens visited Earth, would they want to steal our resources? "[T]hat's just the most absurd idea somebody could have. I think resources are just limited to the amount of knowledge that people have, and knowledge is what creates resources." ~ Arjun Khemani Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4hEtKsgnY
"I want to live a life without sacrifices and without compromises [...] Sure, you have to make trade-offs, but you choose the better option. And I wouldn't call choosing a better option a sacrifice." ~ Arjun Khemani Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew4hEtKsgnY
Arjun Khemani is a 17-year-old writer and podcaster who dropped out of high school to help lead support at Airchat, the social network co-founded by Naval Ravikant. As the host of the Arjun Khemani podcast, Arjun has spoken to a wide range of guests including David Deutsch, David Perell and…
"I just find it's a thrilling mental exercise because you're going against the masses and everyone's telling you you're wrong and you are planting a flag and saying, "No, I'm right and I'm going to put my money behind it, or the money of our investors.” -- EddyElfenbein Catch the…
"I think the larger theme is that the gatekeepers no longer play the role that they used to be..." -- Eddy Elfenbein Catch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPdi2PFnk0
"The stocks don't know you own them" -- Eddy Elfenbein Catch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPdi2PFnk0
"...That's one of the problems about quantitative things is you're trying to add numbers, you're trying to distill something that is at root is just highly emotional, and it's a very human entity." -- Eddy Elfenbein Catch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPdi2PFnk0
The Great Reshuffle touches every element of our lives, from where we live to how we work, play and communicate. Faced with such seismic change, legacy institutions are choosing to stick their head in the sand. Even as the old models collapse, the knee-jerk deference to the default way of…
Eddy Elfenbein is an OG finance blogger, ETF manager, and FinTwit legend, with over 25 years of experience working in and around Wall Street. Eddy joins the show to discuss the story behind his longtime blog - Crossing Wall Street - https://www.crossingwallstreet.com/ (CWS), the origins of his famous Buy List,…
Anna Gat on why "making life beautiful for other people is more important than making it beautiful for yourself" Catch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrSpO2-o6Q
"…unless you're a psychopath, you are not necessarily driven by hubris. You are driven by the weird and strange realization that anybody could do it." -- Anna Gat Catch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrSpO2-o6Q
Anna Gat on the falsification of "startup fridge-magnets" Catch the full episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErrSpO2-o6Q&t=0s