Insights from the Great Books
Johnathan Bi
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Nov 9, 2026
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The Incredible Results of AI Learning | A New Philosophy of Education 09.01.2026 1:19:32
Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-interview-with-mackenzie-price We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/cosmos Get full access to Johnathan...
How a $17B Investor Beat Wall Street By Reading Shakespeare | Jim O'Shaughnessy 03.01.2026 1:39:04
An interview with Jim O’Shaughnessy. Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-interview-with-jim-oshaugnessy We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p...
Answering Tough Questions on Machiavelli’s Ethics | Q&A 29.11.2025 35:24
Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-lecture-on-machiavellis-ethics Companion interviews: - The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton’s Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God: https://youtu.be/cE6gz40RRV8 - Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | H...
Why Good People Make Terrible Leaders | Machiavelli's Ethics Explained 28.11.2025 1:11:34
Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com/ Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-lecture-on-machiavellis-ethics Companion interviews: - The Forgotten 11th Commandment | Princeton’s Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli's God: https://youtu.be/cE6gz40RRV8 - Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs |...
Capital is Cheap, This is The Last Scarce Resource | USV’s Albert Wenger 23.11.2025 1:46:12
Albert’s book, The World After Capital: https://amzn.to/489WtqS Companion lectures and interviews: Rebel Oxford Philosopher Declares War on Universities | Michael Gibson: https://youtu.be/YfLj1pHGfT4 Why America Needs Aristocracy | Palantir Co-founder Joe Lonsdale’s Political Philosophy: https://youtu.be/yvok-N_tj3U Marx & Nietzsche Are Better Than Any MBA | $16 Billion Guidewire Founder, Marcus R...
Reject Globalism, Embrace Patriotism | Maurizio Viroli 07.11.2025 46:15
An interview with Maurizio Viroli on patriotism. Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-maurizio-viroli-on-patriotism Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
Your Face Shapes Your Destiny | Shelley's Frankenstein Explained 31.10.2025 18:48
Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-video-essay-on-frankenstein Companion lectures and interviews: * Everybody Gets This Wrong in Modern Dating | Plato’s Symposium Explained: https://youtu.be/GNbrYMvwbWw Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johna...
A Masterclass on Machiavelli’s Unorthodox Christianity | Maurizio Viroli 24.10.2025 1:32:16
An interview with Maurizio Viroli on Machiavelli’s God. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr ... Companion interview: Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli: https://youtu.be/l21HUb4uunM Get full access to Johna...
Rebel Oxford Philosopher Declares War on Universities | Michael Gibson 09.10.2025 1:21:54
An interview with Michael Gibson on innovation and stagnation. Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-interview-with-michael-gibson-on-innovation We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved c...
The Next Best Alternative to Libertarianism | Palantir Cofounder Joe Lonsdale’s Political Philosophy 03.10.2025 59:56
Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-interview-with-joe-lonsdale We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: johnathanbi.com/cosmos Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnath...
How This Wittgenstein Scholar Built a $16 Billion Startup | Marcus Ryu, Oxford 27.09.2025 2:19:39
Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-interview-with-marcus-ryu-of-guidewire We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: johnathanbi.com/cosmos Get full access to Johnathan Bi at...
He Studied the Great Books and Built a $2 Billion Startup | Francis Pedraza 23.09.2025 2:03:37
Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-francis-pedraza-on-heroism We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: johnathanbi.com/cosmos Get full access to Johnathan Bi...
How Following His Curiosity Made Him a Fortune | Colin Moran, Oxford Historian 15.09.2025 1:41:28
An interview on faith, investing, and the humanities with Colin Moran of Abdiel Capital. Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johnathanbi Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-colin-moran We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get...
The One Thing You Must Never Outsource to AI | Brendan McCord 12.09.2025 2:08:02
Companion lectures and interviews: * AI & The End of Education: * Human vs. Machine Consciousness | Imperial’s Murray Shanahan: * The AI Use-Case No One is Talking About | Reid Hoffman: * Tyler Cowen on AI, US-China, Jobs, and War: * Focus on These AGI-Proof Areas | Nick Bostrom: * Don’t Believe AI Hype, This is Where it’s Actually Headed | Oxford’s Michael Wooldridge | AI History: * AI’s New Worl...
Embrace the Erotic | Plato's Symposium Explained 31.08.2025 1:36:34
A Lecture on Plato’s Symposium. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-of-lecture-on-platos-symposium Companion lectures and interviews: * What Young Men Do Wrong in Dating | David O’Connor on Nietzsche, Plato, Christ: https://youtu.be/LOJfVZ7DhAA Refere...
The Problem with Modern Dating | David O’Connor on Nietzsche, Plato, Christ 22.08.2025 2:23:15
Companion lectures and interviews: * Plato on Love Lecture: Coming Soon Reference Texts (affiliate): * David O'Connor, Plato's Bedroom: Ancient Wisdom and Modern Love (https://amzn.to/4myirtv) Get full access to Johnathan Bi at www.johnathanbi.com/subscribe
Harvard Professor’s Masterclass on Machiavelli | Harvey Mansfield 16.08.2025 1:56:50
Companion lectures and interviews: * Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality Explained: Reference Texts (affiliate): * Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Effectual Truth (https://amzn.to/4oImTb0) * Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's New Modes and Orders: A Study of the Discourses on Livy (https://amzn.to/4luj7iA) * Harvey Mansfield, Machiavelli's Virtue (https://amzn.to/4lscehq) Get full access to Johnathan B...
Debate: Can AI Write a Great Book? 08.08.2025 44:11
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Plato’s Guide to Virtue | Cornell’s Rachana Kamtekar 05.07.2025 1:37:34
An interview with Rachana Kamtekar on virtue in Plato, Stoicism, and Indian Philosophy. Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-rachana-kamtekar-on-plato-virtue-ethics Companion lectures and interviews: * Rachana Kamtekar on Plato's Mora...
A Systematic Critique of Stoic Philosophy | Cicero's Definibus 27.06.2025 1:21:24
A Systematic Critique of Stoic Philosophy building off of Nietzsche's Gay Science and Cicero's Definibus Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://www.johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-critique-of-stoicism-lecture If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my co...
Why You Self-Sabotage | Rachana Kamtekar on Plato’s Moral Psychology 09.06.2025 1:06:37
Rachana Kamtekar on Plato's Moral Psychology Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-rachana-kamtekar-on-plato-moral-psychology If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbook...
Introduction to Ancient Skepticism | Tad Brennan on Sextus Empiricus 01.06.2025 1:40:42
Tad Brennan on the Ancient Skepticism of Sextus Empiricus Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-tad-brannen-on-sextus-empiricus If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbo...
How Stoics Reconcile Determinism & Free Will | Cornell's Tad Brennan 24.05.2025 56:55
An interview with Tad Brennan on Stoic determinism Subscribe to my newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: johnathanbi.com Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-tad-brennan-on-stoic-fate If you want a chance to attend my lectures and be kept up to date on all my content subscribe to my newsletter: greatbooks.io Compan...
The Signs that AI is Conscious | Imperial's Murray Shanahan 10.05.2025 1:28:34
An interview with Murray Shanahan on philosophy and AI consciousness. For more on how you can get involved with Cosmos including roles we are hiring for & how to receive our grants, visit: https://johnathanbi.com/cosmos You can read the full transcript here: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-murray-shanahan-on-ai Companion Interviews: * Reid Hoffman on the Killer App of A...
AI's Killer-App Isn't Chatbots, It's Social | Linkedin Founder Reid Hoffman 03.05.2025 1:22:21
An interview with Reid Hoffman For more on how you can get involved with Cosmos including roles we are hiring for & how to receive our grants, visit: https://johnathanbi.com/cosmos You can read the full transcript here: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-interview-with-reid-hoffman-on-ai Companion Interviews: * Tyler Cowen on AI, US-China, Jobs, and War: https://youtu.be/t6Je8EKhUyw * Ni...
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