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Martin Sandquist co-founded Lynx asset management, a 8 billion dollar hedge fund Do you want to learn more about investing? Check out https://theinvestingcourse.com/

Pippa Malmgren, award-winning author, former US Presidential Advisor and tech entrepreneur drpippa.substack.com Do you want to learn more about investing , timeless value investing methods? Check out https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ ⁠

We conclude Season 1 of Future Skills with an extra-long discussion about the top tips and ideas we learned from the following 15 guests: Even if you’ve listened to all their episodes, the Season Finale will provide some much-needed spaced repetition and nuance on those ideas. Do you want to learn more about investing? Check out https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ Reading recommendations: *Read a wri...

In today’s episode we pick up the talk from episode 34 with investor, author, podcast showrunner and technology entrepreneur Erik Townsend . Once again we cover a lot of ground, including Erik's views on decision making & strategy, technological progress such as automation, and his current views on gold, oil and Tesla. We also talked about the process of writing and publishing his book &qu...

❄ Merry Christmas! ❄ In today's Christmas episode we talk to futurist Martin Ford , popular speaker and author of bestselling books  Rise of Robots and now  Architects of Intelligence . Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ This episode can be seen as the finale to the last three (#43 - robotics and #44 - global problems ). We discuss where the...

We discuss 5 global problems (water, food, climate, energy, health and 5 big technologies that may be used in solving them (AI, automation, biotech, nanotech, 3D printing/additive manufacturing).  We call this the 5x5 Matrix: Click for image (if it doesn't show below). Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ 3 more problems are discussed: Educati...

Alternate headline: "How You Can Own a Little Robot Butler, Like Rocky in 1984" We delve into Mikael's strong interest for robotics and automation. Mikael makes a strong case for why robotics will be "the new auto industry", with lots of other industries converging into one massive industry. And how YOU can position yourself to get in early, working for or with robotics mak...

Today we talk to Dr Philippa Malmgren Pippa, short for “Philippa”, is a tech entrepreneur and a geopolitical consult. She has authored several books, including “Signals”, and “Geopolitics for investors”. Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ In this conversation we focus on her most recent book “Leadership Lab” and learn about important neglected s...

We answer questions from listeners and subscribers to our newsletter . Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠   The following questions are answered in the episode:   What is the distinction between perseverance vs. bull-headedness? What websites do you often visit? What have you had to give up to get where you are today? What motivates you? What wa...

We talk to Seth Godin , who is a serial entrepreneur, author, and one of the world’s biggest experts on marketing. Seth has written as many as 18 bestselling books. His writing is about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, leadership and how change happens. His new book is called This is Marketing . Seth is also the founder of the altMBA and the Marketing Seminar—two ve...

Tyler Cowen is an American economist, academic, and writer. He is the author of books like The Great Stagnation , Average is Over , The Complacent Class , and more. Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ He occupies the Holbert L. Harris Chair of economics, as a professor at George Mason University, and is co-author, with Alex Tabarrok, of the popul...

We answer questions from listeners on our newsletter . The following 11 questions are answered in the episode: 1) How can I change careers and become a real estate copywriter? 2) Will biotech become a big industry? Does Free Will exist? 3) Should you work in finance? How can I study better? How does one become a renaissance man? Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinv...

Grandmaster of Memory Mattias Ribbing joins us today. He is an author, educator, and 3-time Swedish champion of memory sport. He’s also become a Grandmaster of Memory internationally. Mattias sits down for a conversation about mnemonics, biohacking, self-improvement, minimalism, and his thoughts on improving the school system. Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinves...

How To Avoid Herd Mentality. Stephenie Meyers broke all the rules and created a $3 Billion Dollar franchise (just with movies), sold 120 million books, and in the process, created a new genre: “Vampire-Romance”. So don’t underestimate her powers. Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ We talk about how to get started diverging from the crowd. Before...

There are 4 modes of being: Herd Animal, Stoic, Independent, and Contrarian. You can look at it visually like this: Herd Animal------------------------Stoic------Independent------------------Contrarian Herd Animal = Go with the crowd, fit in, be nice, and stampede in collective panic. Stoic = Self-centered and serene, focused on one’s own world and work. Independent = Going with/against crowd, but...

Erik Townsend is a retired software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager and host of Macrovoices Podcast . Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. A teenage computer protégé, he spent most of his high school years at MIT's Artificial Intelligence laboratory, where he taught himse...

In this second episode with Walter Kiechel, we continue where we left off last time in our discussion about Strategy, and Walter’s  popular  book “ The Lords of Strategy ”. Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ In case you didn’t listen to the last episode, Walter has over 30 years of experience in the media industry and among other things --- he&#...

We talk to Walter Kiechel III . This episode will be particularly interesting if you'd like to get into the media business and understand how it works. Walter has more than 30 years of experience in the media industry; first as a business journalist, then as an author. Walter has served as the Managing Editor of Fortune Magazine and the Editorial Director of Harvard Business Publishing (which,...

In thís episode you'll learn: why celebrating high stock prices is wrong why next year's, any year's, Price/Earnings ratio is irrelevant that one strategic shareholder selling to another rarely means anything useful ... and a few more things, Mikael Syding picked up on his way from total beginner to the head of The European Hedge Fund Of The Decade. Do you want to learn more about inve...

The 2x Rule is a practical application of the Experience Curve. It's a guideline for how you can plan your career. The 2x Rule states that you should be willing to take half the entry salary of a prestigious company in order to maximize on learning for some time while you are still young. Do you want to learn more about investing?⁠ Check out ⁠https://theinvestingcourse.com/⁠ In this episode we...

Stop thinking linearly. Start thinking exponentially. Everyone who has read economics knows about scale effects. Like economies of scale or economies of scope. But a lot of people don’t know about  the scale effects of experience and learning... The Experience Curve  states that things become cheaper and more effective to produce over time as you get better at it. The experience curve explains why...

Elkhonon Goldberg , Ph. D., is an author, scientist, educator, and clinician, internationally renowned for his clinical work, research, writings and teaching in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience. He is a Clinical Professor of Neurology at New York University School of Medicine. Diplomate of The American Board of Professional Psychology in Clinical Neuropsychology and Director of Luria Neu...

In this week's episode Syding and Sunström recommends a wide array of physical tools and gadgets for improving your life, and making sure you stay healthy, happy and productive longer. Mikael's two favorite things are noise cancelling in-ear headphones and a Kindle Paperwhite (B&W) e-reader. Ludvig recommends a physical almanack and a whiteboard ========== If you liked this episode, be sure to che...

These are tools and resources we use. All free and readily available. Everything from Noisly (ambient sound) to Inflation Calculations. The top advice we give is to try: (1) Have I been pwned (2) Just Delete Me, and (3) Unroll. Me. This will really do wonders if you get lots of spam email. Email us at admin@futureskillspodcast.com if you want to recommend a tool/resource to us! Much obliged, -Jabb...

In Survivorship Bias we go over 6 practical tips: (1) Remind yourself of the concept of Survivorship Bias. It's very tricky and (2) it's only becoming "stronger" due to social media and network effects (3) Train yourself to be more Contrarian/Stoic, and less pop-culture, (4) Acknowledge success is often the result of a complex combo of things (5) avoid unrealistic expectations, like comparing your...