Every episode we explore a Lindy book, and find Timeless ideas you can apply to business and life. We strive to become polymaths like our investing and business icons, pulling the Big Ideas from a wide range of disciplines to help us become better investors and operators. Join 3,000+ curious minds and avid readers by subscribing @ rationalvc.com to get free access to essays and exclusive content. For the video version of episode click here.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro
(11:39) Antifragile definition
(19:13) Introduction to the core concepts
(22:04) Hormesis, naïve interventionism, iatrogenics
(33:55) Peter Kaufmann and Charlie Munger
(35:57) Modernity, Switzerland, political systems
(55:21) Concavity vs Convexity and Black Swans
(1:07:30) FU Money and wealth
(1:13:12) Optionality and wealth
(1:21:47) Barbell strategy
(1:43:02) Rational Flaneur
(1:47:23) The Lindy Effect
(2:01:22) Raising antifragile kids
(2:12:19) Green Lumbar fallacy
(2:23:53) Signal vs Noise
(2:29:00) Via Negativa
(2:51:07) Ethics of Antifragility and Skin in the Game
(2:57:36) Deep dives and quotes
(3:35:32) Closing thoughts

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Our website (all essays and podcasts): rationalvc.com
Our investment fund: rational.fund
Cyrus' Twitter: x.com/CyrusYari
Iman's Twitter: x.com/iman_olya

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Links mentioned in the episode:

Cyrus referenced Tweets:
https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1792279103862681603
https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1757715505819906419
https://x.com/CyrusYari/status/1679174178195353600

Peter Kauffman Rational VC episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMiOFC07X8M&t=8s

The Black Swan episode:
https://youtu.be/HVGJQ25Cr2k?si=8b2DPBPX80Pgbgag

Vizi Andrei:
https://twitter.com/viziandrei

Daniel Vassallo:
https://twitter.com/dvassallo

Cyrus essay on Angel Investing (incl. Barbell Investing):
https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/angel

WhosAria Bars of Wisdom newsletter:
https://www.barsofwisdom.com

Fat Tony's Community:
https://fattonys.net/

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Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s).

#Lindy #knowledge #books

Every podcast episode we explore a Lindy book, and find ideas you can use in business and life. Join 3,000+ curious minds and avid readers by subscribing @ rationalvc.com to get free access to essays and exclusive content. For the video version of episode click here.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro / chit-chat
(09:26) Structure of the show
(10:36) What is a Black Swan?
(19:34) Human blindness to Black Swans
(01:02:45) Mediocristan vs Extremistan
(01:30:45) Bell Curve / Gaussian fraud
(01:37:18) Why the Midwit meme is wrong
(01:47:27) Leveraging Black Swans
(01:58:34) Chapter overviews
(02:19:16) Chapter 19 deep dive
(02:27:58) Favourite quotes / our lives
(02:37:09) Fat Tony
(02:43:33) 10 Principles for Black Swan robustness
(02:48:54) Amor Fati

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Our website (all essays and podcasts): rationalvc.com
Our investment fund: rational.fund
Cyrus' Twitter: x.com/CyrusYari
Iman's Twitter: x.com/iman_olya

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Links mentioned in the episode below:

Iman Tweet on daily routines of creatives:
https://twitter.com/iman_olya/status/1764721995743121415

Table 1 - Extremistan vs Mediocristan:
https://capitalideasonline.com/wordpress/mediocristan-vs-extremistan/

Vizi Andrei:
https://twitter.com/viziandrei

Cyrus being interviewed on the Brick by Brick podcast:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/54RvagfMSIWNtVwAe2193a?si=1cb28db259814326

Cyrus essay on Angel Investing (incl. Barbell Investing):
https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/angel

Cyrus essay on Tech Markets are Irrational:
https://www.rationalvc.com/articles/irrational

Jack Raines FU Money ZeroHedge essay:
https://www.youngmoney.co/p/fck-money

WhosAria Bars of Wisdom newsletter:
https://www.barsofwisdom.com

Fat Tony's Community:
https://fattonys.net/

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Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s).

#Lindy #knowledge #books

Every podcast episode we explore a Lindy book, and find ideas you can use in business and life. Join 3,000+ curious minds and avid readers @ rationalvc.com to get free access to essays and exclusive content. For the video version of episode click here.

Timestamps:

(00:00) Intro / chit-chat
(20:11) Randomness & Luck
(24:46) Monte Carlo Simulation
(31:09) Ergodicity
(31:39) Hindsight Bias
(38:00) Survivorship Bias
(39:50) Asymmetric Bets / John & Nero
(49:53) Skewness & Asymmetry
(57:19) Pascal's Wager
(1:00:53) Induction & Chaos Theory
(1:03:22) Chapter 11
(1:08:45) System-1 vs System-2 Thinking
(1:10:03) Satisficing
(1:20:08) Normative vs Positive Thinking
(1:25:52) Signal vs Noise
(1:28:20) Heuristics
(1:33:45) Final Part of Book (Part 3's Importance)
(1:44:41) Favourite Quotes / Our Lives
(2:06:11) Final Thoughts

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Our website (all essays and podcasts): rationalvc.com 
Our investment fund: rational.fund 
Cyrus' Twitter: x.com/CyrusYari 
Iman's Twitter: x.com/iman_olya

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Disclaimer: The materials provided are solely for informational or entertainment purposes and do not constitute investment or legal advice. All opinions expressed by hosts and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of their employer(s).

#Lindy #knowledge #books