The Problem with the Presidency

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The notion of a group of smart people guiding the planet is challenged, as the speaker believes the systems are too complex for such centralized control. The problem is not specific presidents like Trump, Obama, or Bush, but rather with the institution of the presidency itself. The presidency was conceived in an era when the world was much smaller and easier to manage, but now, it encompasses responsibilities beyond any one individual's capacity. The speaker asserts that no single person can effectively handle running the military, education, economy, and healthcare simultaneously. The system has become unmanageable even for those operating within it.

Dubbed during his career as “The Man Who Knows What the World’s Richest People Want (and How To Get It),” Rey Flemings has years of experience dealing with success. He sees it every day as the co-founder and CEO of Myria, a company that provides concierge services to fewer than 100 elite clients with a combined wealth of over $400 billion. On this episode, Flemings discusses what he’s learned about wealth, money, success and happiness while on the job, how he makes impossible tasks possible, and what it was like to try and smuggle ventilators into New York City during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Flemings founded Myria in 2021 and has worked in the luxury services industry since 2017. He also served as the founder and CEO of Stripple, a web imagery monetization company, and CEO of Particle, an Internet services company acquired by Apple.

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