Friends-of-the-show David Senra & Liberty RPF return for a characteristically wide-ranging conversation. Enjoy! Important Links * Founders Podcast * Founders on Colossus * David’s Twitter * Liberty’s Substack * Liberty’s Twitter * David Bowie Predicts the Impact of the Internet on Newsnight

Show Notes: * David’s lunch with Sam Zell * Optimizing for freedom * Information can build a fortune * Persist, persist, persist * Burning the ships * Customising education * Where are the Teddy Roosevelt’s of today? * Embracing our evangelical side * “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see” * Fighting fear of technological development * Is anything truly ‘new’? * "Properly understood technology is just a better way to do something” * Towards positive sum games * How to cultivate voluntary engagement * Unleashing the scenius * Finding better explanations * Risk-taking and the origins of the USA * The explore and create framework * Read biographies * MUCH more!

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