POD OF JAKE

Doomberg is the pseudonymous group behind the #1 Finance Newsletter on Substack, Doomberg. The team’s background is in heavy industry, private equity, and the hard sciences. Read Doomberg at doomberg.substack.com. [0:16] - How Doomberg reinvented itself from a group of consultants to produce the #1 Finance Newsletter on Substack [4:28] - Leaving a steady and reliable career to pursue creative and entrepreneurial interests [9:15] - Replacing meetings with complete asynchronous communications, and polyphasic sleeping to write at 3am [15:11] - Why Doomberg chooses to remain pseudonymous [18:24] - Doom scrolling and defensive pessimism [21:33] - Public misunderstandings relating to energy [26:01] - Doomberg’s opinion on the optimal energy strategy [32:31] - Countering arguments against nuclear energy development [36:31] - Countries that most successfully embracing nuclear energy [38:57] - The politics around nuclear energy in The United States [42:41] - Doomberg’s perspective on the European energy crisis [47:30] - Why Doomberg predicts fossil fuel consumption will be greater in 2040 than it is today [51:28] - How energy proliferation can advance the development of humanity For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠, ⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠, ⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠, ⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠. Thank you!

Andy is the CEO of Eco, a crypto platform for everyday transactions. Prior to Eco, Andy was a Co-Founder of CoinList and a founding member of the Stanford Bitcoin Group. Follow Andy on X @andy_bromberg. [0:16] - Andy's story, from Stanford to startups [4:47] - The origins of the Stanford Bitcoin Group and Andy’s interest in crypto [11:45] - Andy’s perspective on Bitcoin maximalism [17:45] - Introducing Eco as an improvement to existing currencies [22:44] - Characteristics of currencies: mediums of exchange, stores of value, and monetary policies [33:31] - The role of human involvement in Bitcoin [35:48] - How and why Andy joined Eco as CEO [38:38] - Eco’s product suite [43:33] - Designing Beam as a super simple payments app For more episodes, go to ⁠⁠⁠podofjake.com⁠⁠⁠. Previous guests include ⁠⁠⁠Mark Cuban⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Brian Armstrong⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Keith⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Rabois⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Ali Spagnola⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Raoul Pal⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Julia Galef⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Jack Butcher⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Tim Draper⁠⁠⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠⁠⁠OpenAI⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Coinbase⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Solana⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Polygon⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠AngelList⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Oura⁠⁠⁠⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠Replit⁠⁠⁠, and investors from ⁠⁠⁠Founders⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Fund⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠a16z⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠Union Square Ventures⁠⁠⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠⁠⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠⁠⁠. Thank you!

Shane is an entrepreneur, investor, and the founder of Farnam Street, a renowned blog that shares timeless lessons, insights, and wisdom on fundamental topics like decision-making. He is also the host of The Knowledge Project podcast and the author of the Brain Food newsletter. Shane’s newest book, Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results, is available for purchase as of October 3, 2023. Follow Shane on X @ShaneAParrish. [0:17] - Shane's story and the decisions that have shaped it [7:15] - Shane’s perspective on pseudonymity, why he started writing that way, and how he reflects on revealing his identity [14:55] - The art of positioning and its ability to improve outcomes [20:54] - Shane’s fundamentals for positioning in everyday life [26:31] - The critical nature of conscious decision-making [35:33] - Why “automatic rules” are more effective than trying to increase willpower for achieving desired behaviors and objectives For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Guest Paul Skallas, known as LindyMan, discusses living a lifestyle based on The Lindy Effect. Topics include Lindy as a lens for life, the Lindy Diet, hydration and youthfulness, drug use from a Lindy perspective, the benefits of walking for thinking, modern employment and environmental design, and the changing dynamics of modern dating.

Nir is a behavioral product designer and the author of two bestselling books, ⁠Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life⁠ and Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products. He previously co-founded and sold two tech companies and taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. Follow Nir on X @nireyal. [0:16] - How Nir’s interest in habit formation led him to work in behavioral design [5:15] - Behavioral factors at the route of America's obesity epidemic [12:56] - Distractions, the negative externalities of abundance [18:09] - Combining scientific research with practical advice in writing [22:03] - Writing as a means for thinking and a tool for iteration [26:15] - The psychology of human motivation and distraction [33:31] - Nir’s fundamental principles for preventing distraction [38:16] - Why identifying and controlling internal triggers is more important than limiting external triggers in conquering distraction [42:38] - Using timeboxing to turn distractions into periods of productivity [52:10] - Balancing inspiration and spontaneity with timeboxing For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Brent is the founder and CEO of Permanent Equity, a long-term focused private equity firm investing (with no intention of selling) in small to midsize, privately held companies throughout North America. He is also the author of The Messy Marketplace: Selling Your Business in a World of Imperfect Buyers and previously operated several businesses as an entrepreneur. Follow Brent on X @BrentBeshore. [0:16] - How studying poverty in college helped Brent develop a unique investing outlook [3:07] - Brent’s takeaways from growing up in Missouri’s farmlands under the guidance of his grandmother [6:57] - Gaining wisdom from unplanned career experiences and optimizing for optionality [12:47] - Permanent Equity’s long-term private equity model [15:57] - Why Brent has avoided using debt to finance Permanent Equity’s investments [19:34] - How Permanent Equity has changed since accepting its first outside capital [22:19] - Breaking down Permanent Equity’s operating model [25:11] - How Brent determines whether to reinvest cash flows or make distributions [28:28] - Considering adjacent investments for existing portfolio companies vs. newer, riskier opportunities [33:14] - Discovering and investing in overlooked industries and businesses [40:40] - The benefits of sourcing deals using a team-based approach [45:45] - How Permanent Equity divides work with distinct operating and investing teams [49:46] - Why Brent prefers buying businesses over starting them from scratch For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Soren is a designer at Cash App where he is responsible for designing the investing product. He has become well known for posting new "sometimes unhinged, sometimes useful" design ideas daily. Soren has previously held design positions at Square and Envoy while also running his own freelance design business. Follow Soren on X @soren_iverson. [0:16] - Soren’s experience starting from scratch as a freelance designer [3:08] - Learnings from his art/business education and early startup work [12:56] - How Soren thinks about his creative work at Cash App [14:45] - Why Soren has been creating and posting daily designs on X [19:12] - Soren’s approach to prolifically producing new ideas daily [31:46] - How Soren leverages Figma as the primary tool in his work [37:24] - AI’s role in design work now and in the future [39:35] - The trade-offs of going niche when building a brand online For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Peter is the Founder & Executive Chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation and the Executive Founder of Singularity University. He has started over 25 companies in the areas of health-tech, space, venture capital and education. Among other roles, Peter is the Co-founder and Vice-Chairman of two public companies, Celularity and Vaxxinity. He is also the Co-founder & Chairman of Fountain Life, and the Co-founder of BOLD Capital Partners, a venture capital firm focused on longevity and other exponential technologies. Peter is a bestselling author of four books: Abundance, Bold, The Future is Faster Than You Think, and Life Force which he co-authored with Tony Robbins. He was named one of the “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders" by Fortune. Follow Peter on Twitter @PeterDiamandis. [0:16] - How Peter became fascinated by the concept of age reversal [4:02] - Peter’s transitioning of focus from space to longevity [10:26] - Making sacrifices to reach longevity escape velocity [18:58] - Why underpopulation is riskier than overpopulation [20:23] - Escaping the “pro-aging” trance [22:22] - Peter’s take on the current state of longevity technology [26:20] - The history and purpose of Peter’s XPRIZE competition [35:03] - Why Peter champions the development of positive mindsets [40:24] - How to turn a scarcity mindset into an abundance mindset [44:15] - Why you should define your Massive Transformative Purpose (MTP) [50:30] - How Peter manages to make progress across so many projects in parallel For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Mike is the CMO at Founders Fund and the Editor-in-Chief at Pirate Wires. Pirate Wires is a media company that focuses on the intersection of technology, politics, and culture. Follow Mike on Twitter @micsolana. [0:16] - How Mike met Peter Thiel and got his start at Founders Fund [2:53] - Mike’s interests in seasteading, charter cities, and local politics [10:51] - Why he hosted Hereticon, a conference for thoughtcrime [17:20] - Contributing to Zero to One and growing with Founders Fund [19:23] - Why he felt compelled to create his media company, Pirate Wires [25:10] - Technological optimism and the real meaning of progressive [29:45] - The role of science fiction in real-world technology and progress [36:18] - How open & honest writing accelerated Mike’s audience growth [46:30] - Mike’s thoughts on the current state of San Francisco For more episodes, go to ⁠podofjake.com⁠. Previous guests include ⁠Mark Cuban⁠, ⁠Vitalik Buterin⁠, ⁠Brian Armstrong⁠, ⁠Balaji Srinivasan⁠, ⁠Keith⁠ ⁠Rabois⁠, ⁠Ali Spagnola⁠, ⁠Anthony Pompliano⁠, ⁠Raoul Pal⁠, ⁠Julia Galef⁠, ⁠Jack Butcher⁠, ⁠Tim Draper⁠, and over 100 others alike. Learn from founders and CEOs of companies like ⁠OpenAI⁠, ⁠Coinbase⁠, ⁠Solana⁠, ⁠Polygon⁠, ⁠AngelList⁠⁠, ⁠Oura⁠⁠, and ⁠Replit⁠, and investors from ⁠Founders⁠ ⁠Fund⁠, ⁠a16z⁠, ⁠Union Square Ventures⁠, and many more. I appreciate your support and hope you enjoy. Thanks to ⁠⁠Chase Devens⁠⁠ for the show notes and ⁠⁠Yiction⁠⁠ for the music. Lastly, I love hearing from fans of the pod. Feel free to email me any time at ⁠jake@blogofjake.com⁠. Thank you!

Andy Galpin, a Professor of Human Performance Science, discusses the importance of hydration and nutrition for overall health, including the risks of dehydration and overhydration. He emphasizes the significance of nutritional variety and proper protein intake while debunking misconceptions. The conversation also delves into the present and future of fitness technologies and the potential advancements in improving human health through technology.