Tuesday Apr 09, 2024
We Don't Need Nuclear (Right Now) - Samo Burja | #39
Today, Santiago & Josh interview Samo Burja, President of Bismarck Analysis and Author of the "Bismarck Brief." We discuss:
What is a Live Player?
They said Schwarzenegger was just an actor
French colonialism ends (in 2020)
Modern education is bad for you
Live players need dead players
How committees kill
How to build a real research team
The haystack of the world
Africa and the Greying Planet
#SamBurja #BismarckAnalysis #BismarckBrief #ElonMusk #SpaceX #LivePlayers #JeffBezos #SamAltman #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Space #Civilization
Samo Burja is the Founder & President of Bismarck Analysis, a consulting firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society. He is a Research Fellow at the Long Now Foundation where he studies how institutions can endure for centuries and millennia. Samo is also a Senior Research Fellow in Political Science at the Foresight Institute where he advises how institutions can shape the future of technology. He writes and speaks on history, institutions, and strategy with a focus on exceptional leaders that create new social and political forms.
Learn more about Sam Burja's work:
https://samoburja.com/
https://www.bismarckanalysis.com/
https://twitter.com/SamoBurja
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