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Cameron

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Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And so I am delusionally optimistic on the impact that podcasts have because I say podcasts are a miracle. And so I do hope it happens.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Yeah, but I'm worried. I'm worried that I'm overestimating. I think we both are. How many people, like I change my behavior. I'm obviously not a perfect person, but like I literally say every single person I've read about, and I have no ego attached to this, they are smarter and more productive than me. That's a fact. That's not hyperbolic. That's a fact.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Yeah, but I'm worried. I'm worried that I'm overestimating. I think we both are. How many people, like I change my behavior. I'm obviously not a perfect person, but like I literally say every single person I've read about, and I have no ego attached to this, they are smarter and more productive than me. That's a fact. That's not hyperbolic. That's a fact.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

Yeah, but I'm worried. I'm worried that I'm overestimating. I think we both are. How many people, like I change my behavior. I'm obviously not a perfect person, but like I literally say every single person I've read about, and I have no ego attached to this, they are smarter and more productive than me. That's a fact. That's not hyperbolic. That's a fact.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So what is the point of me spending all my time studying and learning from them if I don't change my behavior? That means my entire life was a waste and I refused to waste my life. So I changed my behavior. And so I'm just worried that a lot of people don't. So I would love it to be 70%, 60%. My also thing is people are always like, oh, do you have to grow up poor to like have outsized?

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So what is the point of me spending all my time studying and learning from them if I don't change my behavior? That means my entire life was a waste and I refused to waste my life. So I changed my behavior. And so I'm just worried that a lot of people don't. So I would love it to be 70%, 60%. My also thing is people are always like, oh, do you have to grow up poor to like have outsized?

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

So what is the point of me spending all my time studying and learning from them if I don't change my behavior? That means my entire life was a waste and I refused to waste my life. So I changed my behavior. And so I'm just worried that a lot of people don't. So I would love it to be 70%, 60%. My also thing is people are always like, oh, do you have to grow up poor to like have outsized?

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And no, the answer is of course not. It's just most people grow up poor. Like if we, I'm sure we're in a bubble inside of a bubble inside of a bubble. Even if you look at like the top 1% in the world, you know, all across 8 billion people, what is this, like $40,000 a year or something like that? Let's say just in America, I think it's like $70,000 a year.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And no, the answer is of course not. It's just most people grow up poor. Like if we, I'm sure we're in a bubble inside of a bubble inside of a bubble. Even if you look at like the top 1% in the world, you know, all across 8 billion people, what is this, like $40,000 a year or something like that? Let's say just in America, I think it's like $70,000 a year.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

And no, the answer is of course not. It's just most people grow up poor. Like if we, I'm sure we're in a bubble inside of a bubble inside of a bubble. Even if you look at like the top 1% in the world, you know, all across 8 billion people, what is this, like $40,000 a year or something like that? Let's say just in America, I think it's like $70,000 a year.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

It's like, we're in a bubble inside of a bubble inside of a bubble. Um, and so I, I, I, I'm very, uh, and I, I think also human nature is constant. So I'm a little worried that we can shift the variance by that much.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

It's like, we're in a bubble inside of a bubble inside of a bubble. Um, and so I, I, I, I'm very, uh, and I, I think also human nature is constant. So I'm a little worried that we can shift the variance by that much.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

It's like, we're in a bubble inside of a bubble inside of a bubble. Um, and so I, I, I, I'm very, uh, and I, I think also human nature is constant. So I'm a little worried that we can shift the variance by that much.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

You don't get to go in and we talk about like the, the, the impact that your relationship with your father could have on increasing your drive. Well, Was Francis Ford Coppola's siblings that way? I just did this episode and this guy named James J. Hill, right? And again, same way I found him. Munger's like, hey, there's this great... James J. Hill is a great operator like Rockefeller and Carnegie.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

You don't get to go in and we talk about like the, the, the impact that your relationship with your father could have on increasing your drive. Well, Was Francis Ford Coppola's siblings that way? I just did this episode and this guy named James J. Hill, right? And again, same way I found him. Munger's like, hey, there's this great... James J. Hill is a great operator like Rockefeller and Carnegie.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

You don't get to go in and we talk about like the, the, the impact that your relationship with your father could have on increasing your drive. Well, Was Francis Ford Coppola's siblings that way? I just did this episode and this guy named James J. Hill, right? And again, same way I found him. Munger's like, hey, there's this great... James J. Hill is a great operator like Rockefeller and Carnegie.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I'm like, what? Like, I know Carnegie and Rockefeller. Who's this guy? He's the greatest railroad entrepreneur in American history. He created this... The only... At the time, railroad industry, right, in the 1800s, whereas it was by far the most important industry in America by far. It's like what the internet or AI would be now.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I'm like, what? Like, I know Carnegie and Rockefeller. Who's this guy? He's the greatest railroad entrepreneur in American history. He created this... The only... At the time, railroad industry, right, in the 1800s, whereas it was by far the most important industry in America by far. It's like what the internet or AI would be now.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

I'm like, what? Like, I know Carnegie and Rockefeller. Who's this guy? He's the greatest railroad entrepreneur in American history. He created this... The only... At the time, railroad industry, right, in the 1800s, whereas it was by far the most important industry in America by far. It's like what the internet or AI would be now.

Modern Wisdom
#878 - David Senra - 15 Harsh Truths From History’s Greatest Founders

In 1885, the railroad industry took in twice the amount of revenue as the federal government. Holy fuck. Yeah, yeah. It was the nation's largest employer. The railroaders, which were the railroad entrepreneurs, that's why they were called railroaders, owned over 10% of the landmass in the United States.