Learn from history's Greatest Minds — and find Timeless ideas you can apply to business and life. Every episode we explore a Lindy book: We strive to become polymaths like our investing and business icons, pulling the Big Ideas from a wide range of disciplines. For the curious-minded seeking Worldly Wisdom. rationalvc.com
"In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time — none, zero. [...] I constantly see people rise in life who are not the smartest, sometimes not even the most diligent, but they are learning machines. They go to bed every night a little wiser than they were when they got up, and boy does that help, particularly when you have a long run ahead of you." — Charlie Munger
#055 - Poor Charlie’s Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Learn from history's Greatest Minds — and find Timeless ideas you can apply to business and life. Every podcast episode we explore a Timeless book: We strive to become polymaths like our investing and business icons, pulling the Big Ideas from a wide range of disciplines to help us become better investors and operators. For the curious-minded seeking Worldly Wisdom. Join thousands of readers by subscribing @ rationalvc.com to get free access to essays and exclusive content.
For the video version of this episode click here.
Free digital version of Poor Charlie's Almanack: stripe.press/poor-charlies-almanack
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro chit chat
(11:26) Foreword
(16:20) Introduction by Kaufman
(21:00) Munger's childhood and family
(31:48) Munger and Buffett meet
(34:45) Munger's kids tales
(37:59) Munger's discipline
(51:34) Mental models
(1:01:39) Investing checklist
(1:07:30) Eleven Talks intro
(1:09:16) Talk One
(1:17:12) Social proof
(1:24:45) Circle of competence
(1:35:00) Talk Two Advice
(1:38:55) Talk Three
(1:40:50) Ideology
(1:42:42) Talk Three Q&A
(1:49:00) Talk Four - Coca Cola Case
(2:01:45) Talk Nine - Economics
(2:05:20) Talk Ten - Perseverance
(2:13:21) Talk Eleven Intro
(2:16:09) Important: 25 Biases and Tendencies
(2:49:06) Outro
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Our investment fund: rational.fund
Our Discord: discord.gg/JZbqu3Cjjn
Cyrus' Twitter: twitter.com/CyrusYari
Iman's Twitter: twitter.com/iman_olya
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Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s).
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12 Sept 2024
#054 - The Bed of Procrustes: Nassim Taleb (Incerto Series)
Learn from history's Greatest Minds — and find Timeless ideas you can apply to business and life. Every episode we explore a Lindy book: We strive to become polymaths like our investing and business icons, pulling the Big Ideas from a wide range of disciplines. For the curious-minded seeking Worldly Wisdom. Join 3,000+ others by subscribing @ rationalvc.com to get free access to essays and exclusive content.
For the video version of this episode click here.
A rare episode where we invited guests to join us, in this case due to the book being a unique format and also wrapping up our entire 5-episode Incerto Series. We discussed the application of the Incerto teachings in the real world, with two of the biggest Incerto practitioners we know.
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(08:57) Our Favourite Aphorisms
(16:04) Special Guests Join & Their Intros
(17:59) Dangers of Monthly Salary
(24:25) Golden Handcuffs, Legacy vs. Lifestyle
(28:00) Our DNA as Hunter-Gatherers
(31:50) Learn Sales Before Technical Skills
(36:00) Practice Before Theory
(37:04) Conventional Education
(43:00) Convexity, Agency, & Mediocristan
(57:21) More Aphorisms
(1:00:19) Ergodicity, Rationality & Survival
(1:08:32) Venture Capital & Startups
(1:23:53) Asymmetry of Information, & Honour
(1:29:20) Bureaucracy
(1:34:05) Fat Tony
(1:43:11) Small Bets
(2:09:51) Via Negativa & Making Money Online
(2:18:19) Gathering Vs. Elicitation Mindset
(2:21:52) Incerto Practice in the Real World
(2:31:06) Closing Thoughts
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Our website (all essays and podcasts): rationalvc.com
Our investment fund: rational.fund
Cyrus' Twitter: x.com/CyrusYari
Iman's Twitter: x.com/iman_olya
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Guests:
Daniel Vassallo's Twitter: x.com/dvassallo
Seb Lees' Twitter: x.com/sebs_tweets
Daniel's company: smallbets.com (https://smallbets.com/)
Seb's Podcast & Community: fattonys.net (https://fattonys.net/)
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Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s).
#Timeless #wisdom #knowledge #books #polymaths
25 Jul 2024
#053 - Skin in the Game: Nassim Taleb (Incerto Series)
Learn from history's Greatest Minds — and find Timeless ideas you can apply to business and life. Every podcast episode we explore a Lindy book: We strive to become polymaths like our investing and business icons, pulling the Big Ideas from a wide range of disciplines to help us become better investors and operators. For the curious-minded seeking Worldly Wisdom. Join 3,000+ curious minds and avid readers by subscribing @ rationalvc.com (https://www.rationalvc.com/) to get free access to essays and exclusive content.
For the video version of this episode click here (https://youtu.be/jt0BJkH5KCI).
Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(08:16) Core Concepts
(12:10) Important Prologue One
(29:10) Important Prologue Two
(45:04) Prologue Three
(49:42) A First Look at Agency
(1:05:00) Ethics Problems in Scaling
(1:09:00) The Minority Rule
(1:29:40) Employment & FU Money, Freedom
(1:47:26) Status, Manners & Competence
(1:49:55) On Taking Risks
(1:55:35) The Intellectual Yet Idiot
(2:04:17) The Lindy Effect Recap
(2:09:10) Deeper Into Agency
(2:11:58) The Illusion of Business Plans
(2:15:00) Charlie Munger, Show Rather Than Be
(2:17:15) Financial Minimalism, Mimesis
(2:24:22) Virtues & Advice for Young People
(2:26:37) The Interventionistas
(2:28:36) Religion, Belief, & SITG
(2:31:10) Most Important, Book 8: Risk & Rationality
(2:51:05) Epilogue
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Our website (all essays and podcasts): rationalvc.com
Our investment fund: rational.fund
Cyrus' Twitter: x.com/CyrusYari
Iman's Twitter: x.com/iman_olya
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Referenced Material:
Cyrus on "Financial Minimalism", Viral Essay:
https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/minimalism
Also listen to the prior three podcast episodes - each covered the other books of Taleb's Incerto Series.
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Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s).
#Timeless #wisdom #knowledge #books #polymaths
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