"He was very Dionysian. His books went with music more than stuffed shirts and long, boring dry sentences. Bob was Joe Strummer on the typewriter..." ~ Gabriel Kennedy on the rock & roll philosophy of Robert Anton Wilson... YouTube: https://youtube.com/watch?v=i7LkO8tHLBc&t=2s Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/the-life-and-thought-crimes-of-robert…
“It's tremendous, the amount of information we're always taking in, but the human biological mechanism seems to be all about closing the aperture. We can't let in that much light, it's just it's too much. And so [Robert Anton] Wilson's role then is to teach people to just let in…
"Some writers, they write just from the top of their cerebral cortex. They haven't distilled it. The coffee hasn't dripped through the bean yet, and you haven't gotten the good cup of java yet." ~ Gabriel Kennedy unpacks what made Robert Anton Wilson such a talented writer... Full episode: https://youtube.com/watch?v=i7LkO8tHLBc&t=2s…
If you’ve heard me speak for more than five minutes you’ve probably caught me dropping a Robert Anton Wilson reference (or several). Wilson is one of the most interesting (and underappreciated) writers I’ve ever come across — a Nostradamus for modern times. I was delighted to sit down with Gabriel…
"We talk a lot about asset allocations...but the most precious resource that any of us has is our time on earth. And [you should] just make sure that you are being super mindful about how you're spending that precious time." ~ Christine Benz... Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_y-kNwdXyU
"[The forecast for equities] should be a wake-up call for retirees, [and they should] think about having at least some component of fixed income assets in their portfolio..." Christine Benz on how to think logically about diversifying... Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_y-kNwdXyU
I've gotten so much feedback from actual investors over the past couple of years... [that] when we've had trying market environments, people have said, "[the bucket approach] gives me a ton of peace of mind"... ~ Christine Benz Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_y-kNwdXyU
“I have become a huge fan of lifetime giving...But I believe that you can make a bigger impact on your kids' lives earlier and with smaller sums of money." Christine Benz on shifting our mindset around the act of giving... Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_y-kNwdXyU
Christine Benz is the Director of Personal Finance and Retirement Planning at Morningstar, where she has spent over three decades helping investors navigate the complexities of financial planning. She is also the author of "How to Retire: 20 Lessons for a Happy, Successful, and Wealthy Retirement" and serves as the…
"[Metascience] involves ... turning the scientific method of experimentation and testing ... back on the process of funding and conducting science." Luke Fehily on why more and more think tanks are adopting Metascientific principles to fund novel research... Full vid: https://youtu.be/4q1Xmd4JTwQ
Ireland was one of the last countries to digitize their archaic postal system. "But because they hadn't done anything [previously], they were able to implement a system that was much, much more sophisticated than anywhere else." Luke Fehily on how countries can sometimes leap-frog others in development... Full video: https://youtu.be/4q1Xmd4JTwQ
"I know anecdotally from some companies in America that they don't wish to very heavily invest in more jobs in Europe, because the layoff procedure is so expensive..." Luke Fehily on how Europe's strong prioritization of labor has made it uncompetitive on the global stage... Full video: https://youtu.be/4q1Xmd4JTwQ
Politicians 'change the world' by talking about policies, "but then that policy is actually breathed into life by a whole cadre of street-level bureaucrats". Luke Fehily on the practicalities of political decision making... Full video: https://youtu.be/4q1Xmd4JTwQ
Luke Fehily is the Director of Innovation Policy at Progress Ireland — an independent think tank backed by the likes of the Collison brothers — that’s on a mission to connect Ireland to proven policy solutions from around the world. Before joining Progress Ireland, Luke cut his teeth in both…
“Cluelessness is a big problem in our society, especially at our major institutions.” ~ Rudy Havenstein... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability
"That's something Washington and Madison and Monroe would agree on." ~ Rudy Havenstein makes the bipartisan case for political term limits... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability
"I've quoted Karl Marx before. I've quoted Lenin [...] Does that mean I support Lenin? No, but I mean sometimes people you disagree with can say things that are very pertinent." ~ Rudy Havenstein... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability
"Why don't we go to a supermarket and you could tell everybody about how low inflation is.” “You don't see anybody middle class on CNBC. Ever. “ ~ Rudy Havenstein has some choice words for those who downplay inflation... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg0rDrogMFg Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-fix-americas-accountability
Rudy Havenstein is a writer and satirist known for his sharp critiques of America’s sprawling institutions and the elites who run them. He joins the show to discuss the accountability crisis in America — how it manifests across political life and, most importantly, what we can do to fix it.…
"It is always the guy who's out of shape who's asking about push-up variations in the gym." ~ Mark Daniel on why the best solutions are usually the simplest... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-find-a-kaleidoscopic-alien
"They've had some bizarre set of life experiences that have shown them the fourth dimension..." "You often find them coupled to these highly irrational obsessions at a pre-commercial point in time..." ~ Mark Daniel on how to spot a "kaleidoscopic alien"... Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-find-a-kaleidoscopic-alien
"When we think about making an investment, there's this visceral feeling that is more powerful than all of our strategies and frameworks, which is that if I wasn't building our firm, would I go and beg the founder for a job?" ~ Mark Daniel Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights &…
"Each person who creates content on the internet should be limited to 10 posts..." ~ Mark Daniel Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x79M3EMQhI&t=17s Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/how-to-find-a-kaleidoscopic-alien
Mark Daniel is the co-founder and managing partner of the investment firm Digital XYZ, whose portfolio extends across accelerated computing, gaming, crypto, social networking, AI, extended reality, cybersecurity, creator tools, spatial computing, and immersive learning. Back in 2013, he was also one of the very first recipients of a Thiel…