Alex Danco — On Self-Delusion, Sancho Panza, Safe Words & Seinfeld (EP.156)

Alex Danco returns for his seventh (yes, SEVENTH) appearance on Infinite Loops to discuss, as usual, pretty much everything other than the topics we had prepared in advance.

This week, we discuss: The two types of lawyers, what Alex learned from reading Don Quixote, Elon the Reply Guy, the psychology of Seinfeld, the best Wall Street Movies, and much more.

Important Links:

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/Alex_Danco
• Website: https://alexdanco.com/
• Newsletter: https://danco.substack.com/

Show Notes:

• The two kinds of lawyers
• Medicine, placebo, Don Quixote & theatre
• Heroes, villains & main characters
• Elon the Reply Guy
• Safe words, scams & narrative collapse
• Self-deception is multiplayer
• The psychology of Seinfeld
• To what extent are great innovations already baked into the systems?
• Margin Call: The two schools of thought
• The best Wall Street movies
• MUCH more!

Books Mentioned:

• The Theory And Practice Of Gamesmanship Or The Art Of Winning Games Without Actually Cheating; by Stephen Potter
• Don Quixote; by Miguel de Cervantes
• The Fifth Science; by Exurb1a
• The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It; by Will Storr
• The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History; by Howard K. Bloom
• Games People Play: The Psychology of Human Relationships; by Eric Berne
• Mendel's Dwarf; by Simon Mawer
• The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine; by Michael Lewis
• The Bonfire of the Vanities; by Tom Wolfe
• The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron; by Peter Elkind & Bethany McLean