Tech Investor Joe Lonsdale On How Philosophy Makes You Better at Business

<p>Ryan speaks with entrepreneur and investor Joe Lonsdale about the intersections of business and philosophy, what Cicero means to him, why so many people are relocating to Texas, and more.</p><p>Joe Lonsdale is a major Silicon Valley tech sector investor. A co-founder of <a href='https://www.palantir.com/'>Palantir Technologies</a>, Lonsdale was an early investor in companies including <a href='https://www.oculus.com/'>Oculus</a>, <a href='https://www.hioscar.com/'>Oscar</a>, <a href='https://www.illumio.com/'>Illumio</a>, and <a href='https://orcabio.com/'>Orca Bio</a>, and is a partner at <a href='https://8vc.com/'>8VC</a>, his venture capital firm. Lonsdale also started the <a href='https://www.ciceroinstitute.org/'>Cicero Institute</a>, a group dedicated to public-private partnerships to solve problems.</p><p>This episode is brought to you by <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell</a>, the best site for figuring out how and where to donate your money to have the greatest impact. <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell’s</a> team of researchers works countless hours to determine which charities make the most effective dollar-for-dollar contributions to the causes they support. Since 2010, <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell</a> has helped over 50,000 donors donate over 500 million dollars to the most effective charities, leading to over 75,000 lives saved and millions more improved. Visit <a href='http://givewell.org/stoic'>GiveWell.org/stoic</a> and your first donation will be matched up to 100 dollars.</p><p>This episode is also brought to you by <a href='http://blinkist.com/stoic'>Blinkist</a>, the app that gets you fifteen-minute summaries of the best nonfiction books out there. <a href='http://blinkist.com/stoic'>Blinkist</a> lets you get the topline information and the most important points from the most important nonfiction books out there, whether it’s Ryan’s own <a href='https://www.blinkist.com/en/books/the-daily-stoic-en'><em>The Daily Stoic</em></a><em>, </em>Yuval Harari’s <a