What I learned from rereading "Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick, and the Bitter Partnership That Changed America" (https://a.co/d/3dYEpwU) by Les Standiford. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/9553578/senra-andrew-carnegie-henry-clay-frick-the-bitter-partnership-that-changed-america David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20
What I learned from rereading "The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie" (https://a.co/d/5kQavZb) by Andrew Carnegie. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/24811534/senra-andrew-carnegie David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20
Here's Ben Reinhardt on Andrew Carnegie's lessons for government + philanthropy partnerships... "Carnegie would go to these towns and he'd say, 'Hey, I will pay for this library to be built, but you, the town, need to commit to paying operational expenses for this library.'" Links, highlights & transcript: https://newsletter.osv.llc/p/speculative-technologies-ep-248 Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49KOKVnGJAg&t=2426s
Friends-of-the-show David Senra & Liberty RPF return for a characteristically wide-ranging conversation. Enjoy! Important Links - [Founders Podcast](https://founders.simplecast.com) - [Founders on Colossus](https://www.joincolossus.com/episodes?prod-episode-release-desc%5BrefinementList%5D%5BpodcastName%5D%5B0%5D=Founders) - [David’s Twitter](https://twitter.com/founderspodcast?s=21&t=oezc-LL8G-zUPojezhmS5w) - [Liberty’s Substack](https://www.libertyrpf.com) - [Liberty’s Twitter](https://twitter.com/libertyrpf?s=21&t=5zgiqre1xxL8QfaEZfhy0Q) - [David Bowie Predicts the Impact of the Internet on Newsnight](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QAiJ5rJALE) Show Notes: 00:00 Start 01:06 Main Podcast 16:54 Information can build a fortune 21:38 Persist, persist, persist 29:47 Burning the ships 32:31 Customising education 41:13 Where are the Teddy Roosevelt’s of today? 47:16 Embracing our evangelical side 59:56 “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” 01:09:42 Fighting fear of technological development 01:12:57 Is anything truly ‘new’? 01:16:57 "Properly understood technology is just a better way to do something." 01:22:11 Towards positive sum games 01:26:40 How to cultivate voluntary engagement 01:37:41 Unleashing the scenius 01:46:35 Finding better explanations 01:51:09 Risk-taking and the origins of the USA 01:55:36 Explore and create 01:57:06 Read biographies 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