Samo Burja - Founders, Markets, & Collapse

<p>Samo Burja is the founder of Bismarck Analysis and a Research Fellow at the Long Now Foundation. Samo writes and speaks about history, institutions, and strategy, and he is the creator of the Great Founder Theory of history.</p><p>Watch on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/q_X13jNOQTk">YouTube</a>. Listen on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/20-samo-burja-founders-markets-collapse/id1516093381?i=1000547409434">Apple Podcasts</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/6KlwcIAxkIyar4EioJlcIf?si=dD9uPxVwSmG4q3Z1QM8NbQ">Spotify</a>, or any other podcast platform.</p><p></p><p>Episode website <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.dwarkeshpatel.com/p/ samo-burja">here</a>. </p><p>Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/SamoBurja">Samo&apos;s Twitter.</a> Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/dwarkesh_sp">my twitter </a>for updates on future episodes. </p><p>Subscribe to Bismarck Brief: <a href="https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com/" class="linkified" target="_blank">https://brief.bismarckanalysis.com/</a></p><p>Thanks for reading The Lunar Society! Subscribe to find out about future episodes!</p><p>Timestamps:</p><p>(0:00:00) - Intro</p><p>(0:00:17) - Are individuals causally responsible for history?</p><p>(0:04:34) - Was Napoleon a great founder?</p><p>(0:08:47) - What can great founder theory predict?</p><p>(0:11:17) - How many live players are there?</p><p>(0:15:40) - Is the market full of live players?</p><p>(0:18:37) - How to cozy up to both sides?</p><p>(0:22:58) - How do you become an intellectual?</p><p>(0:27:34) - Aligning incentives for intellectuals</p><p>(0:30:40) - What makes someone a great founder?</p><p>(0:39:29) - Why is the centralized internet inevitable?</p><p>(0:42:21) - Samo and I debate odds of civilizationa