We're Not Limited by Talent

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We are not limited by talent, we're limited by vision. We're limited by mindset. A more productive civilization could be right here in 1500 or something. I feel like if people don't dream it first, you need a dream generator. You need to put the dream in the people and then they act.

Friends-of-the-show David Senra & Liberty RPF return for a characteristically wide-ranging conversation. Enjoy! Important Links

Show Notes:

David’s lunch with Sam Zell
Optimizing for freedom
Information can build a fortune
Persist, persist, persist
Burning the ships
Customising education
Where are the Teddy Roosevelt’s of today?
Embracing our evangelical side
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see”
Fighting fear of technological development
Is anything truly ‘new’?
"Properly understood technology is just a better way to do something”
Towards positive sum games
How to cultivate voluntary engagement
Unleashing the scenius
Finding better explanations
Risk-taking and the origins of the USA
The explore and create framework
Read biographies
MUCH more!

Books Mentioned:

Am I Being Too Subtle?: Straight Talk From a Business Rebel; by Sam Zell
The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey; by Candice Millard
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill; by Candice Millard
Cinema Speculation; by Quentin Tarantino
Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work; by Ian Nathan
The WEIRDest People in the World; by Joseph Henrich
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future; by Peter Thiel
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie; by Andrew Carnegie
All I Want To Know Is Where I'm Going To Die So I'll Never Go There: Buffett & Munger - A Study in Simplicity and Uncommon, Common Sense; by Peter Bevelin
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness; by Eric Jorgenson
Enzo Ferrari 2018: Power, Politics and the Making of an Automobile Empire; by Luca Dal Monte
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch
One Summer: America, 1927; by Bill Bryson