Modern Wisdom Key Takeaways IQ is not destiny: While IQ can predict some abilities, it only explains about 40% of performance variation You can improve your skills and develop unique aptitudes regardless of your IQ Personality traits outpredict IQ for life outcomes: Traits like conscientiousness and neuroticism are stronger drivers of GPA, income, …

A16z Podcast Key Takeaways Future historians will look back on this era and wonder why we needed a license to cut hair but not a license to own and operate a computer – the most powerful device ever created There is a power law for M&A just like there is a power law for startups: the best M&A can completely transform a company, but only about 10% o…

Infinite Loops: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- Ed Latimore: boxer, physicist, and author of Hard Lessons from the Hurt Business makes his third appearance on the show to discuss hard-won wisdom about impulse control, self-forgiveness, t…

Shawn Ryan Show: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Blake Scholl is the Founder and CEO of Boom Supersonic, a company he started in 2014 to revive commercial supersonic flight with the Overture airliner, designed to fly at Mach 1.7 and carry…

A16z Podcast: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- In this episode, Erik Torenberg is joined in the studio by Dwarkesh Patel and Noah Smith to explore one of the biggest questions in tech: what exactly is artificial general intelligence (AGI)…

A16z Podcast Key Takeaways Human labor may become less valuable, but the property that humans own – such as the S&P 500 – will experience significant value growth Value will accrue to property owners, via capital income A practical definition of AGI: AI that can do 98% of jobs as well as humans and can automate 95% of white collar work People often…

Shawn Ryan Show Intro Advice for future innovators: Work on something that you would be proud to fail at “There’s a whole generation or two that did not go into aviation because the door was closed to innovation.” – Blake Scholl Great people do not want to work for bosses who do not know what they are doing: There is no substitute for actually know…

Founders✓Claim: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Jiro Ono is the greatest living sushi chef. He was kicked out his house when he was 9. He started working in a restaurant so he wouldn't have to sleep under a bridge. He never stopped. Over …

A16z Podcast: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- What really caused the breakdown between tech and media—and what comes next? Erik Torenberg sits down with Balaji Srinivasan (entrepreneur, investor, and author of The Network State) to explo…

A16z Podcast Key Takeaways Distribution was so scarce not too long ago: The Unabomber killed all those people so he could get an op-ed in the Washington Post; today, he could have published his manifesto on Substack Founders should go directly and build their distribution channel “The founding creator is as important as the founding engineer. The f…

A16z Podcast: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz sit down with Erik Torenberg— General Partner at a16z and founder of the media company Turpentine—to …

Econtalk: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- Many students graduate high school today without having read a book cover to cover. Many students struggle to learn to read at all. How did this happen? Listen as educator and author Doug Lemov t…

Crazy Wisdom: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- On this episode of Crazy Wisdom, Stewart Alsop speaks with Rory Aronson, CEO of FarmBot, about how his open-source hardware project is transforming home gardening into a more automated and ac…

Naval's Podcast and Periscope Sessions: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- Transcript: http://nav.al/inspiration

Crazy Wisdom Key Takeaways FarmBot is a robotic farmer for your garden, designed to take care of your garden by performing functions such as planting seeds, watering, weeding, and monitoring Simply being open source is not enough. For a project to be genuinely useful, it must also have extensive, clear documentation and use open, affordable file fo…

Modern Wisdom: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Dr Mike Israetel is a Professor of Exercise and Sport Science at Lehman College and the Co-Founder of Renaissance Periodization.How do you boost motivation and actually follow through on the …

Founders✓Claim: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Those on the margins often come to control the center. That maxim ties together the three remarkable people profiled in this episode:Colin Chapman, known as “the mad scientist of F1”, did mo…

Moonshots and Mindsets with Peter Diamandis✓Claim: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Get access to metatrends 10+ years before anyone else - https://qr.diamandis.com/metatrends Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google. Dave Blundin is the f…

Moonshots and Mindsets with Peter Diamandis✓Claim Key Takeaways We will have artificial superintelligence by 2035: “Superintelligence” implies intelligence that is beyond the sum of what humans can do As important as nuclear fusion and fission may be for the future, they will not arrive soon enough to meet the immediate surge in global power demand…

Found My Fitness - Rhonda Patrick: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- Get access to 130 episodes of my premium podcast, The Aliquot, as a FoundMyFitness Premium Member Insulin resistance silently shapes the trajectory of nearly every major …

Founders✓Claim: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Your dad dies before you’re born. Your mom can’t afford to take care of you. You grow up without a family and in an institution. You learn a trade and start working full time at the age of 1…

Rich Roll Podcast: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Will Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Whoop, the wearable device that's quietly revolutionizing how elite athletes and everyday people optimize their bodies.This conversation explores Will…

Modern Wisdom: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Jeffrey Katzenberg is a media mogul, film producer, and co-founder of DreamWorks.Hari Ravichandran is a serial entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Aura.From bringing joy to millions of childhoo…

How to Take Over the World: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Jefferson rebounds from his disastrous and governorship and personal loss to create a political legacy that would define a nation.00:00 Introduction and Recap02:30 Jefferson's Ro…

How to Take Over the World: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------How did Thomas Jefferson overcome failure after failure to become the most significant politician of the early American Republic? On this episode we examine his habits, tactics, …

How to Take Over the World Key Takeaways Leveraging the press was one of Jefferson’s superpowers; he knew that controlling the narrative was key Despite claiming to hate politics, Jefferson was adept at the behind-the-scenes machinations that party-building required Turn opposition into strength: In essence, Thomas Jefferson helped found and shape …

How to Take Over the World The Ironies of Thomas Jefferson A writer, not a speaker: Jefferson was a poor public speaker but turned it into a strength by becoming a master writer; his pen, not his voice, made him influential Lifelong self-improver: He rigorously tracked habits, avoided laziness, exercised daily, and studied constantly – living a dis…

Stuff You Should Know✓Claim: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the most famous fictional character in the world, and for good reason. More than a hundred years on, Arthur Conan Doyle’s 60 Holmes stories are still…

A16z Podcast: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday--------- What if now is the best time in decades to start a company? In this episode, taken from Speedrun, a16z’s accelerator for early-stage founders, Marc Andreessen joins games General Partner Jona…

Modern Wisdom: Read the notes at at podcastnotes.org. Don't forget to subscribe for free to our newsletter, the top 10 ideas of the week, every Monday---------Mark Manson is a writer, entrepreneur, and a New York Times best-selling author.Mark is one of my favorite thinkers. His blog, books, and X account are packed with timeless lessons I come bac…