Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Podcasts & Slide Presentations

These podcasts and presentations cover a range of topics from investing and business to politics and general interest. Enjoy them at your leisure. 

Adam Robinson on Farnam Street's Knowledge Project
This is an incredible 2 hour interview. Here are some highlights:

  • The Great Game is life.
  • Our views of the world are reflected back to ourselves by the internet.
  • By quantitative measures, people should be happier, and yet they’re not. 
  • One of the problems with self-help books is they rivet your attention on exactly the one thing it ought not to be focused on: yourself. 
  • Focus on others; be of service to others. 
  • In America, we’ve deified “intelligence." That works against you. 
  • I think it’s important that parents let their children know that learning is hard. 

Barry Ritholtz Interviews Jeremy Grantham 
Sobering comments on the environment, climate change, and investing. 69 minutes.

GOP Strategist Rick Wilson
Conservative Republican campaign consultant and author of Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President. 53 minutes.

Rick Ferri Interviews Jack Bogle
In this 68-minute interview, Ferri walks Jack through the founding of the Vanguard Group and the core principles that inform sound investing. If you're an experienced investor or just getting started, this is worthwhile.

Hey, 49ers Fans. Jed York Here.
Freakonomics Radio goes long and deep into the industry, the team, the players. 60 minutes.

Mary Meeker's 2018 Internet Trends Report
Curious about where digital technology is headed? This is a 294 slide presentation. Quite informative and sometimes even shocking. Start at Page 4, the Table of Contents; pick and choose your interest.