Shane Parrish

Do you think there's a world in the future where you and I are watching the same show and the actual show is different, even though we think we're watching the same show with content on demand and AI and it goes, your political dispositions and what I know about you, I'm going to give you this version, and my political dispositions and what I know about you, I'm going to give you a slightly different version?

What are you looking for when you're skimming?

I like those tells.

One of the most interesting answers I've heard to that question is Warren Buffett.

And he says when he's reading, he's not reading for your opinion.

He's reading for the facts.

So he's reading to collect factual information and formulate his own opinion.

But he basically ignores the opinion of the writer.

There's a quote in your book, and I'm going to paraphrase here, but it basically says, mediocrity is invisible until passion shines a light on it.

What did you mean by that?

I will say if you're going to go socialist, I much prefer the New York path of you go from capitalism to extreme socialism because I feel like the system will reject that versus Canada, which is like a slow march into kind of socialism.

I liked Michael Bloomberg when he was mayor of New York.

I loved the fact, whether you agree with his politics or not, I love the fact that somebody so experienced and so successful in business came in.

It doesn't make any sense to me.

Do you think if somebody like Mike Bloomberg comes in, it seems from the outside, at least from my perspective, he's immediately successful when he comes in.

The momentum builds right away.

And I'm curious as to other aspects of life.

Do you think if something works, it tends to work right away and you can feel it, you can see it, and the momentum's building?

Or is it a slow process where it's like, give me more time, give me more time?

I'm curious if you were putting together a business education, what would be on the curriculum?