At the Third Thursday event for the Central Texas Objectivist group, Ryan Puzycki gave a talk about how we can fight to improve our rights here in Austin. Many of those in the audience are transplants from other states like California and New York, as is Ryan Puzycki, who recently moved from San Francisco.
On this episode I sit down with my friend Ryan Puzycki to discuss how Austin politics works and how we can convince him to run for a local office. We also discussed the book by Ben Sass "The Vanishing American Adult: Our Coming of Age Crisis." There are many issues that impact our lives, and we often think that we have no control over what happens to us. This simply is not true. And when it comes to politics, it may be true that your individual actions have little sway over national politics, you have a very powerful voice when it comes to city and state politics.
On this episode I talk with Marco Romero, a successful real estate investor living in San Antonio, TX. Starting from zero he has built a sizable real estate portfolio. We discuss his entire real estate journey and how he got to his current position. We also discuss some of the more creative real estate investment markets out there.
I have purchased a house and I'm in the process of moving, so I am not able to do full episodes right now. I hope you'll enjoy this shorter episode where I read a classic American poem.
On this episode I chatted with my friend, Tom Nowak, about being a recent Canadian immigrant to America. He is a civil engineer. We read and discussed the poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus, and we talked about his experience of moving to America. We also discussed some of the similarities and differences between the two countries.Here is the poem, which is engraved on a pedestal of the Statue of Liberty.The New ColossusBY EMMA LAZARUSNot like the brazen giant of Greek fame,With conquering limbs astride from land to land;Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall standA mighty woman with a torch, whose flameIs the imprisoned lightning, and her nameMother of Exiles. From her beacon-handGlows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes commandThe air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries sheWith silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
On this second part of my conversation with the General Manager of the Valorant Team, 100 Thieves, Daniel Kapadia (ddkesports, 4kddk) and I discuss some of the astounding financial numbers that are being seen by the video game industry. We talk about esports, commentating, and we get into the artistry of video games.If you missed part one click here.
I had such a fantastic discussion with Kaniel Kapadia (DDKEsports, 4kddk) that I broke this podcast into two episodes. Part one consists of us discussing a variety of topics such as the world of sports casting, why do Americans say "soccer" for "football," how to be a good person, what is unique about living in America (and Austin) and much more. In part 2 we dive into the world of gaming and the esports industry.
On this episode I had Dr. Mike Mazza, Associate Fellow at The Ayn Rand Institute over to discuss his work at The newly formed Ayn Rand University. We discussed What is a University, where it is going wrong and how it can be improved in America.We also discussed the philosophy of science and why peer review may be inappropriate for both the humanities and the sciences.You can read more about Mike Mazza and his work at ARU and The New Ideal through Ayn Rand Institute's channels.
On this episode Ann and I make arguments about why every human should increase their exposure to great literature; we give advice on how to do this amidst a busy life; we discuss the role (and failure) of modern literary critics; we explain how tragedy is uplifting and inspiring; we discuss some passages of Shakespeare and discuss America's unique contribution to world theatre!Ann Ciccolella is artistic director of Austin Shakespeare. And I believe we should all champion great local professional theatre companies. Visit their website and become a supporter today.
Chad Mills led data science teams on the News Feed Experience team at Facebook, created AI tools to enable government intelligence analysts to more effectively deal with the massive amount of data they work with, and spent over a decade at Microsoft where he led applied machine learning teams protecting users from large-scale Internet abuse. He worked at Grammarly, an AI startup, where he led a team of applied researchers, machine learning engineers, and computational linguists with the mission of helping people communicate more effectively. Most recently he worked at Twitter.In this conversation we discussed intelligence and consciousness, what is AI, popular misconceptions about AI, how AI is used to determine what is and what is not spam, cybercrime and much more.
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