Village Global Podcast
Description
Samo Burja (@SamoBurja), founder of Bismarck Analysis, joins Erik for this episode. You can find him on Medium at medium.com/@samo.burja.
In this episode they discuss:
- Why certain societies flourish while others decay
- Where Samo stands on the nature versus nurture debate
- Why he has “yet to hear a satisfying description of human social life”
- The lessons we can learn from places like Singapore
- The difference between the view of government as resource for the people versus the view of people as resources for the government
- Why he’s skeptical of happiness research as it relates to countries
- Why neither Obama nor Trump were inevitable
- The future of China, the US, and globalization
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.
In this episode they discuss:
- Why certain societies flourish while others decay
- Where Samo stands on the nature versus nurture debate
- Why he has “yet to hear a satisfying description of human social life”
- The lessons we can learn from places like Singapore
- The difference between the view of government as resource for the people versus the view of people as resources for the government
- Why he’s skeptical of happiness research as it relates to countries
- Why neither Obama nor Trump were inevitable
- The future of China, the US, and globalization
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.