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Shawn (Sean) Ryan

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1034 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

That was fun.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

But yeah, so I know we were getting ready to talk about the helmet that you guys are making.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

Yep.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

But we went down some rabbit holes there on the break.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

So about getting into college was the first one.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

Yep.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

So you got rejected from sounds like just about everywhere you applied.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

I probably should have dug into that a little bit more and then you enlightened me on the break.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

So why did you get rejected?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

I mean, you're making good grades, obviously bored because you're ahead of your class, graduated top of the class.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

What is going on?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

Thank you for sharing that.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

I kind of meant is, you know, with, with, with poor white kids getting denied university who deserve to be there.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

I mean, what, I mean, you know, now there's a lot of people and, you know, let's say that, you know, is college even necessary at this point, if you're not going into, you know, some type of a specialized occupation, a lot of people don't think it's worth it.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

I've had a lot of, you know,

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

your types on here, tech innovators, most of them, I think, did not go to school and started innovating right out of, I mean, I think that, doesn't Founders Fund kind of encourage that?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

Yeah, yeah.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

That's what I meant.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

So, I mean, what do you think this has done to the workforce, to schools, to people's sentiment about going to college?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#245 Trae Stephens - Inside Anduril’s AI Superweapons: Eagle Eye Helmet and Autonomous Tech

I mean, by starving poor white kids the opportunity of education.