Exploring Historical Paradigms, Venture Capital, & Problems- Michael Gibson-Learning with Lowell 189

May 30, 2023

Michael Gibson is the co-founder of the venture capital fund 1517, which is devoted to backing dropouts and people who never stepped foot on a college campus. Before his academic apostasy, he was working towards a doctorate in philosophy at the University of Oxford. He has written on innovation and technology for MIT’s Technology Review, National Review, the Atlantic, and City Journal.

Over 321 books from 170 plus interviews over 5 years

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The Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.

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Michael Gibson Links

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/michael-gibson-4

https://www.1517fund.com/

timestamps/show notes

00:00 Intro Michael Gibson

00:25 Peter Thiel and 1517

08:45 Innovation

11:00 Stay under Peter Thiel’s umbrella and history

15:04 Martin Luthor and reformation

18:25 Auth system for people

23:50 Problems and big ideas

30:30 Small things representing big parts of personality

35:05 Staying on cutting edge / weirdo brokers

42:30 George Church people

50:10 Education system / unlocking brains

59:30 Mentorship

1:01:50 Advice to give and avoid

1:06:55 Life Philosophy 

1:08:55 History of the renaissance 

1:10:55 Books

1:13:44 Who over what

1:16:44 Unanswered question

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