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Samo Burja is the founder of a consultancy called Bismarck Analysis, but he's interesting to me primarily as a theorist and researcher who has carved out an impressive niche for himself as an independent intellectual. I've invited Samo on the podcast to learn more about his ideas, but also to look under the hood of his larger operation because I think there's a lot to learn there, especially for all the rest of us who are finding our own ways to conduct professional-level intellectual work outside of traditional institutions.Samo's website: samoburja.comSamo's book, Great Founder Theory: samoburja.com/gftSamo's Twitter: twitter.com/samoburjaBismarck Analysis: bismarckanalysis.com✦ If you're doing intellectual work outside of institutions, check out IndieThinkers.org★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Launch your Urbit ship at https://tlon.io/Apply for an Urbit grant at https://grants.urbit.org/Follow Jacob at https://twitter.com/cryptochamomile✦ Text me anything at +1 (303) 529-2047, I'll reply personally✦ Working on your own intellectual project? Go to https://IndieThinkers.org★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Recorded in-person during the recent collapse of the Texas electrical grid, 20-year-old Sierra Armor explains everything you ever wanted to know about the difference between Gen-Z art hoes, edgelord e-girls, quirked up shawties, and what these mysterious young women are looking for in a potential podcaster BF. We also learn what the younger e-girls think about: Deanna Havas, Cum Town, Tim Dillon, Kantbot, Anna Khachiyan, Thomas777, Paul Town, and many more.Connect with Sierra Armor aka Unbridled Id✦ Sierra on Twitter: @unbridled_id✦ Sierra on Instagram: instagram.com/unbridled_id✦ Sierra's quirked up Substack: sierraarmour.substack.comConnect with the Other Life podcast✦ Text me anything at +1 (303) 529-2047, I'm trying to connect with listeners more✦ I write a free weekly letter to 6k indie thinkers: OtherLife.coSupport the Other Life podcast✦ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts✦ Support Other Life on Patreon at patreon.com/jmrphyAre you working on a long-term intellectual project?✦ Request an invitation to IndieThinkers.org★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We react to schizo TikTok simps and Eric Weinstein's paranoia.✦ Please leave a review for the podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/other-life/id1195362330✦ My free weekly newsletter on philosophy, science, and tech: https://otherlife.co/newsletter✦ Fans of the podcast can join the tokenized Discord server: https://otherlife.co/join✦ If you're working on your own intellectual projects, check out https://IndieThinkers.org✦ Subscribe to Ben's Twitter at twitter.com/b_well_insomnia★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

✦ Subscribe to the podcast and leave a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/other-life/id1195362330✦ My free weekly newsletter on philosophy, science, and tech: otherlife.co/newsletter✦ Fans of the podcast should join the Discord server: otherlife.co/join✦ If you're working on your own intellectual projects, request an invite to IndieThinkers.org★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Check out IdeaMarket at https://ideamarket.io and learn more about Mike's writings at ribbonfarm.com/author/harmonylion.✦ Every week I send a letter to more than 5,000 writers, creators, founders, and investors: otherlife.co/newsletter✦ Subscribe to the Other Life podcast and leave a review at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/other-life/id1195362330★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Barrett just moved to Austin too—we talk about quirked up shawties and normie bug ontology so don't listen if you only like my serious podcasts. I'm launching a course on Carl Jung with John David Ebert! Learn more at https://otherlife.co/jung/Contain Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/contain-podcast/id1534719132Contain Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/contain___Contain Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/contain★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week was one of the craziest weeks in the history of American finance. Jacob explains the whole story of how the Reddit community Wallstreetbets is tanking a prestigious Wall Street hedge fund.✦ Find Jacob on Youtube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkAiIqyVMwIolQnlDQ2af4g✦ Find Jacob on Twitter, @cryptochamomile✦ My newsletter is read by thousands of creators, academics & founders: otherlife.co/newsletter★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

I discuss my recent move to Austin TX, chaos at the Capitol, and the parallels between Bitcoin and Christianity with Jacob (@cryptochamomile).➡️  Jacob's Youtube channel★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

John David Ebert is a cultural critic and the author of 26 books, including Art After Metaphysics, The New Media Invasion, The Age of Catastrophe and Dead Celebrities, Living Icons.This is a warm-up for an 8-week course on Carl Jung, starting on February 20th.✦ Get our Carl Jung reading list at otherlife.co/jung✦ John David Ebert on Twitter: @johndavidebert

Dryden Brown is building a new kind of city, from the cloud, in a style he calls hero-futurism.✦ bluebookcities.com✦ @drydenwtbrown✦ https://www.drydenbrown.org/

Get the free, expertly curated reading list at otherlife.co/straussThis is probably the single best podcast on the main ideas of Leo Strauss. A warmup for Michael's 8-week online course that starts on January 23. Signup to be notified when the full course opens: https://otherlife.co/straussMichael Millerman received his PhD from the University of Toronto. He's taught and published extensively on Leo Strauss. Michael's website: michaelmillerman.ca

I discuss my theory of reality forking with two tech entrepreneurs who specialize in community business models.✦ Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg) is CEO of product studio Late Checkout✦ Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) is co-founder of On DeckWe discuss:- How society got to a place where it lost its collective sense-making abilities.- Why calibrating what is real is harder than ever.- Signs that your community is working and what makes it flourish. 

What percentage of my net worth is in crypto? Is the future of academia on Youtube, or where? Would I cut ties with Patreon? Do I consider myself uncensorable? What is the value of my brand? Where is it heading? Why am I launching a social token? Where do I locate myself in relation to other professionals becoming indie creators, like journalists going to Substack?✦ Every week I send my best ideas & links to ~5k galaxy brains just like you: otherlife.co/newsletter✦ Working on your own intellectual projects? Check out IndieThinkers.org

Tom Kaczynski is a successful indie thinker in a most challenging niche: Philosophy comics. Over 10 years, Tom K. has built an impressive little empire as an independent illustrator, teacher, and publisher. In this podcast, he teaches us how he did it.➡️  Tom's Cartoon Dialectics: https://uncivilizedbooks.com/shop/cartoon-dialectics/➡️  Tom's Blog: http://www.transatlantis.net/blog/➡️  Tom's column at The Comics Journal: http://www.tcj.com/category/columns/event-horizon/➡️. Uncivilized Books: http://uncivilizedbooks.com✦ If you're working on your own independent intellectual project, check out IndieThinkers.org (where I first met Tom!)

After all the scams of the 2017 ICO craze, there's a new wave of genuine creators and communities creating serious value with social currencies. Bradley Miles is the CEO of a startup called Roll, which facilitates this process for creators.➡️  https://tryroll.com/➡️  Bradley on Twitter: @Bradley_Miles_A few weeks ago I started talking with Bradley, who is one of the founders of a startup called Roll. What they're doing is they're trying to make it super easy for creators and communities to create their own social tokens on the blockchain, on Ethereum.  It's interesting because this was a practice that became somewhat notorious a few years ago in what's known as the ICO craze, the initial coin offerings of around 2017. There were basically just a lot of scammers. There were a lot of people who would launch a token, and would hype it up, get a bunch of people to buy into it, and then just sell it and basically profit off of the people that got in on it.But now there's this new wave of genuine creators and durable communities that are using social tokens. And they're creating real value, and they're working and they're sustaining. And many of them are trading on the open market, for sometimes very good amounts of US dollars. And it just seems to me like a very real way in which creators and communities are generating real value and wealth potentially, in the long run, for themselves, in this autonomous bootstrapped way. So obviously I'm just super interested in that.I'm definitely still thinking about how I might do it because I don't want to do anything like this unless I have a clear model in my mind of how it works and what I'm trying to do. So I'm still researching and thinking, but I think I'm going to launch a social currency for my community and I'm quite excited by it. I think there could be real upside and I want to take it seriously and try my best shot at making something really interesting and valuable for everyone who listens to or participates in my various projects . And I've been talking with Bradley quite a lot over the past few weeks. Thinking about it and strategizing and yeah... He's super cool, I think he's super legit. And I think he really believes in the project and he has also investors that I know and trust like Balaji Srinivasan.I figured I'd have him on the podcast so he could share what he's doing and we can introduce the idea to the audience of the podcast and my broader community. So I'd love to hear what you think.