Mark Gagnon

pre, you know, Berlin Wall coming down.

Yeah.

Which I just always find to be kind of a charming little detail.

You know, I mean, like, oh, you live in a country that wasn't really a country or it's not a country now.

Right.

And then his family immigrates to the United States when he's one years old and he lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

And then they're living in Ohio for a little bit.

And then they moved to South Africa and then they moved to Southwest Africa, modern day Namibia, before settling in Foster City, California, in 1977.

And then he goes to Stanford, gets a philosophy degree, and then becomes a lawyer, which is an interesting ripple because a lot of the tech guys, they're like computer science dudes.

They're not philosophy guys.

You know who's another philosophy guy?

Tell me.

Alex Karp.

Right.

Palantir man.

The CEO of Palantir.

Yeah.

Which, for the record, Alex Karp, I feel like if I met him in college, I'd be like, oh, this guy is like a G. He's just like the chillest dude ever.

I think he was a G in college, but... Wait, why'd you laugh at that?

Oh wait, that's right, he is half.