James Altucher
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316 appearances
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2 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 1 Apr
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No, I'm not dancing on there. I don't think. I think I took that one down.
I had at least one TikTok video with a million views, but I just use it mostly for viewing because this Gen Z generation, it's like they're superheroes. You see people doing like triple backflips out of an airplane and somehow staying alive. You got the four-year-olds playing, you know, Beethoven's Fifth Symphony on the piano and clarinet at the same time. It's amazing.
I don't know. A lot of it looks real and they're like superheroes. I'm so impressed with the current generation that's coming up. This is going to be a great generation. I can't wait to see what they do.
I'm Gen X. Yeah, yeah, you are.
Don't be angry. Don't ever be angry. That's the one thing.
It always takes away energy. It never gives you any energy and you need energy to live in this life and it's a hard life. So just don't be angry.
Yeah. So, you know, and I also call it idea sex. I call it a couple of things. And the idea is, it's sort of like that sports and business example, is that you want to come up with two things that you're either interested in or know about and explore what the intersection of those things are. So, you know, for instance, Apple does this quite a bit. So they were a computer company for 30 years.
And then suddenly they wanted to combine, let's combine the radio with computers. And the idea that resulted was the iPod, the first iPod. Oh, let's combine... the iPod with phones. And the result was the smartphone, the iPhone. Oh, let's combine computers with this flat surface we've been doing with our phones. Oh, so now they have the iPad. So IdeasX could create completely new industries.
Yeah. So, you know, and I also call it idea sex. I call it a couple of things. And the idea is, it's sort of like that sports and business example, is that you want to come up with two things that you're either interested in or know about and explore what the intersection of those things are. So, you know, for instance, Apple does this quite a bit. So they were a computer company for 30 years.
You know, Let's say you're making a restaurant. Okay, there's a million Mexican restaurants on this street. But there's people who might, in the next town over, there's a lot of sushi restaurants. So let's make the Sushi Rito restaurant. We're going to make burritos of raw fish or whatever. This might be a bad idea, but you always can combine two concepts to find something interesting.
And then suddenly they wanted to combine, let's combine the radio with computers. And the idea that resulted was the iPod, the first iPod. Oh, let's combine... the iPod with phones. And the result was the smartphone, the iPhone. Oh, let's combine computers with this flat surface we've been doing with our phones. Oh, so now they have the iPad. So idea sex could create completely new industries.
Let's say you love guitars and you love history. Well, how about looking at the history of the world in terms of the evolution of guitars? Because obviously they went from very primitive guitars to all the way up to electric guitars. And in a weird way that describes the history of technology, the history of music, the history of civilization as we know it.
So idea sex is a very powerful tool when coming up with ideas.
You know, Let's say you're making a restaurant. Okay, there's a million Mexican restaurants on this street, but there's people who might, in the next town over, there's a lot of sushi restaurants. So let's make the Sushi Rito restaurant. We're gonna make burritos of raw fish or whatever. This might be a bad idea, but you always can combine two concepts to find something creative.
Yeah, so for instance, let's say... you know, let's say you're, well, let's say you have a podcast and now you want to, what are ways to multiply this podcast? Well, by multiplying, it means kind of taking the podcast and scaling it in ways that you wouldn't be able to do individually.
Let's say you love guitars and you love history. Well, how about looking at the history of the world in terms of the evolution of guitars? Because obviously they went from very primitive guitars to all the way up to electric guitars. And in a weird way, that describes the history of technology, the history of music, the history of civilization as we know it.
So you can start a podcast network, for instance, and you bring on other podcasts and your job is now to place the ads and you get a cut of all those ads. So now you not only have the business of your podcast, but you have, This network where you already were placing ads on your podcast, but now you get to spread around to more podcasts and place those ads. You've now multiplied your podcast.
So idea sex is a very powerful tool when coming up with ideas.
Or here's another way. You do your podcast and you release it on all the platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts. iHeartRadio, Sirius, and on and on. But what about putting your podcast on TikTok or YouTube? Or guess what? If you upload your podcast to Amazon Prime, your video version of your podcast to Amazon Prime, it would actually become an Apple Prime TV show.
Yeah. So for instance, let's say, you know, let's say you're, you're, well, let's say you have a podcast and now you want to let's, what are ways to multiply this podcast? Well, by multiplying you, It means kind of taking the podcast and scaling it in ways that you wouldn't be able to do individually.
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