The CEO Retort How the privileged see equality as injustice | Isvari Maranwe
A deep discussion with an award-winning cyber and national security attorney and former particle physics and supernova cosmology researcher at CERN, Isvari Maranwe.
Isvari is a young prodigy, tech entrepreneur, social media political science influencer, former particle physics and supernova cosmology researcher at CERN, Fermilab, and the Lawrence Berkeley Lab.
She is a Georgetown-educated cyber and national security attorney who has represented the U.S. Department of Defence, the Department of State, the Federal Communications Commission, and Fortune 500s.
Her work on legislation to expand civic education and national service earned the Outstanding Achievement Award from the Office of the Secretary of Defence. All of this while she's in her twenties!
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) – Preview
(00:04:10) – Introduction to Isvari's rich journey despite her young age
(00:09:26) – How parents have no idea what entrepreneurs and Tim's loss of both parents
(00:15:06) – Isvari's career path shift from physics to law to social impact
(00:16:58) – Transitioning to political science, politics and Isvari's parents' impact
(00:19:46) – The dangerous consequences of banning children from accessing social media
(00:23:09) – Government interventions online enhance their illegal surveillance of populations
(00:24:44) – Isvari's anti-regulation argument and the EU-AI Act
(00:33:23) – Education and the generational divide that created the current economic issues
(00:38:42) – Advocating for responsible innovation and where Silicon Valley went wrong
(00:44:45) – How regulations empower US monopolies and produce irresponsible tech
(00:49:18) – Why Tim wants to abolish shareholders
(00:53:08) – The real dangers of unchecked tech power and AI
(00:55:29) – Has Trump worsened the political and monopolistic corruption?
(00:57:41) – Racism in the US has now become worse and normalised, including Silicon Valley!
(01:08:42) – Is now the right time to challenge the status quo and misinformation?
(01:13:36) – Isvari's rise on social media: TikTok and LinkedIn
(01:21:32) – Does LinkedIn hate women and the meaning of being an "influencer"
(01:26:09) – Isvari's nonprofit work and why more young people focus on social impact
(01:36:58) – What people get wrong about taxation, public investment and democratic socialism
(01:44:19) – Does America have any hope for a positive future after Trump and MAGA?
(01:52:51) – Technology failed to make the world a better place. But it's not too late!
(02:00:00) – Time to question everything and build new knowledge
(02:04:30) – Tim and Isvari's total confusion about where they are in the world!
(02:12:05) – Why is Tim setting up business in Finland in a world that's become more siloed?
Episode Notes & Citations:
https://ceoretort.com/journal/2025/07/21/isvari-maranwe-discrimination-is-the-root-cause-of-global-problems/
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