Arjun Khemani is a 17-year-old writer and podcaster who dropped out of high school to help lead support at Airchat, the social network co-founded by Naval Ravikant.

As the host of the Arjun Khemani podcast, Arjun has spoken to a wide range of guests including David Deutsch, David Perell and Naval Ravikant. His Substack, Progress Good, “serves as a defense against the anti-Enlightenment tradition, exploring progress, rationality, and optimism.”

Arjun joins the show to discuss why education should be voluntary, the moral case for selfishness, the pessimism of ultimacy and MUCH more!

Important Links:

• Arjun’s Twitter
• Progress Good (Arjun’s Substack)

Show Notes:

• The Myth of the Good Old Days
• The Citadel of Science
• Generational Warfare
• Why Education Should Be Voluntary
• Misunderstanding Money
• Escaping the Altruism Trap: the Case for Selfishness
• Coercion & Moral Righteousness
• The Pessimism of Ultimacy
• The Hunt for Better Problems
• Arjun’s Leap Into the Unknown
• Reimagining Education
• What’s Next?
• Arjun as Emperor of the World
• MORE!

Books Mentioned:

• One Summer: America 1927; by Bill Bryson
• The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science; by Robert Anton Wilson
• The Road to Serfdom; by Friedrich Hayek
• The Lessons of History; by Will & Ariel Durant
• Power vs. Force: The Hidden Determinants of Human Behaviour; by David R. Hawkins
• Deschooling Society; by Ivan Illich

Eddy Elfenbein is an OG finance blogger, ETF manager, and FinTwit legend, with over 25 years of experience working in and around Wall Street.

Eddy joins the show to discuss the story behind his longtime blog - Crossing Wall Street (CWS), the origins of his famous Buy List, his ETF journey, his philosophy as an investor, and much more!

Important Links:

• Eddy’s Twitter
• Eddy’s Blog (Crossing Wall Street)
• Eddy’s Substack
• The Myth of 1926

Show Notes:

• Origins of a Wall Street Blogger
• Bypassing the Gatekeepers
• Eddy’s Buy List
• Many Paths to Stock Market Success
• The Last Sustainable Edge in Public Markets
• The Great Truths of Investing
• Stocks Don’t Know You Own Them
• The Market and the Casino
• Debating Academic Finance
• Major League Buy List
• Down with Perma-Bears
• Unpacking ETFs
• The Next Avatar of Market Intelligence
• The Moat of the Stock Picker
• MORE!

Books Mentioned:

• What Works on Wall Street; by Jim O’Shaughnessy
• THE MISBEHAVIOR OF MARKETS: A Fractal View of Financial Turbulence; by Benoit Mandelbrot and Richard L Hudson
• Stocks for the Long Run; by Jeremy Siegel
• The Myth of 1926: How Much Do We Know About Long-Term Returns on U.S. Stocks?; by Edward F. McQuarrie
• Fama and French Three Factor Model Definition: Formula and Interpretation (Investopedia)

Friend-of-the-show Anna Gát returns to discuss… well… pretty much everything!

On April 13th, O’Shaughnessy Ventures and Interintellect are co-hosting a Future of Publishing event at the beautiful Pratt Mansion in NYC.

We’re bringing together established publishers, online writers, new publishing houses, journalists, technologists, authors and more to rethink and reimagine how ideas are spread in our changing world. Confirmed speakers include Coleman Hughes, Tara Isabella Burton, Tamara Winter, Sahil Lavingia and many more!

Here’s the best part - we want YOU to be there! To buy in-person tickets and for more information on live-streaming, scheduling, speakers, and more, just follow this link.

We hope to see you there!

Important Links:

• Interintellect
• Anna’s Twitter
• Anna’s Website
• Interintellect Substack

Show Notes:

• The Shock of Losing a Parent
• Interintellect & the Post-Tribe Internet
• How to Facilitate Better Conversations
• Surprising Salons
• Faker Spotting & the Temptations of Power
• Avoiding Audience Capture
• The Humanness of Casablanca
• Greatness, Co-Creation & Doing the Work
• Misconceptions About Leadership
• The Personality of Language
• What’s Next for Anna
• Cities as Ideas
• Anna as Empress of the World
• MORE!

Books Mentioned:

• The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity; by David Graeber and Wengrow
• Adventures of a Bystander; by Peter Drucker
• Mating; by Norman Rush
• The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York; by Robert A. Caro
• Power vs. Force; by David R. Hawkins
• Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
• The Number Sense: How the Mind Creates Mathematics; by Stanislas Dehaene
• Embers; by Sándor Márai
• The Hunger Games; by Suzanne Collins