Here's my conversation with @JTLonsdale We explore: - immigrant roots, philosophy, and warfare - chess & investing billions with Peter Thiel - founding stories behind Palantir and 8VC Plus, US & Japanese bond markets, what drives him, the University of Austin, and much more. YouTube link below and I hope you enjoy this as much as I did! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:24 Poor Irish Immigrants and Holocaust Survivors 6:44 A 20-Year Chess Dynasty 9:37 Why Great Men Quit Chess 13:15 Stanford Nerds, Protests & Palantir Recruiting 14:25 Rejected from PayPal and Arguing with Max Levchin 23:23 Investing Billions With Peter Thiel 30:25 A Year of Loss and Failure 33:54 The Painful Beginnings of Palantir 39:15 The Palantir CIA Conspiracy Theory 41:18 Losing a $300M Military Contest 46:44 Raising the Largest VC Fund Since 2000 55:57 Most People are Cowards

Here’s my conversation with @RyanSerhant SERHANT is global real-estate brand widely known across social media. That being said, there’s a deeply human side to Ryan (as is with everyone) separate from his business and public persona. We spoke about his family, upbringing, and such extreme hardship before the bright lights. In Ryan’s words, “in [his] 18 years of doing media, [he’s] never been asked about [his] grandparents.” This conversation gives you a glimpse into the sheer obstacles he’s overcome, the AI-native software he built to boost performance, and how he got to where he is. Ryan is full of life and truly one of a kind. Enjoy!

Here’s my conversation with @RyanSerhant SERHANT is global real-estate brand widely known across social media. That being said, there’s a deeply human side to Ryan (as is with everyone) separate from his business and public persona. We spoke about his family, upbringing, and such extreme hardship before the bright lights. In Ryan’s words, “in [his] 18 years of doing media, [he’s] never been asked about [his] grandparents.” This conversation gives you a glimpse into the sheer obstacles he’s overcome, the AI-native software he built to boost performance, and how he got to where he is. Ryan is full of life and truly one of a kind. Enjoy!

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The friendships you spend the most time on are the ones that will die first. -The clients. -The colleagues. -The parents at your kid's school. People who need something from you and give something back. There's nothing wrong with friendships of convenience. They're useful and often enjoyable. But they end when the convenience does. They are context-dependent. When the kids graduate or the job ends, they follow the course. And the people you spent ten years with — who never knew your spouse's middle name, or couldn't tell you what your father did for a living — disappear like they were on rented time. In contrast, the friendships that last have no interest underneath them. No deal. No return. No hidden goal. The Greeks called it atelic — without telos, without purpose. A friendship with no telos doesn't serve anything. It just is. So it can outlast all sorts of contexts. Research shows the friendships we need are less deal and more real. Because real friends are useless. Cosmically, contextually, beautifully useless. I have a friend who texts me holy verses from a religion that isn't mine. He has no reason to. He gains nothing from it. But he keeps doing it anyway. That's exactly why I'll still hear from him in twenty years. You can't build these friendships in the nick of time. You can't reach the end of your life and order one up the way you'd order a meal. It takes years. The work doesn't look like work — it's just choosing someone who can't give you anything, and giving them time anyway. So start before you need it.

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This being said, I've also found it difficult to meditate daily. It takes real effort. I schedule send myself a text / email every morning so I don't forget and can continue to (re)build the habit. For me, it's like going to the gym. I feel great after but it's tough to get into a consistent routine.