Benjamin Franklin, every mention
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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Benjamin Franklin comes up
Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment [Outliers]
- ▶ 15:35 Shane Parrish Ben Franklin understood this perfectly when he said an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
- ▶ 52:06 Shane Parrish Ben Franklin, who said a small leak will sink a great ship.
Andrew Mellon: America’s Secret Banker [Outliers]
- ▶ 6:38 Shane Parrish The farm boy who dreamed of mansions found his roadmap in an unlikely place, Benjamin Franklin's autobiography. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:24 Shane Parrish When Thomas opened his second bank, Team Mellon & Sons, he placed Ben Franklin's statue above the door.
Chris Davis: Three Generations of Wealth
- ▶ 1:39:19 Christopher Davis You know, he was a great man, and it was important that he, and, you know, Ben Franklin did the same with a wheelbarrow in the streets of Philadelphia. 10 times in the scene
#121 Walter Isaacson: Curiosity Fuels Creativity
- ▶ 0:00 Walter Isaacson What Leonardo da Vinci had, just like Benjamin Franklin had, just like Steve Jobs had, was an insatiable curiosity, and a willingness to be curious about those things that you and I sort of quit noticing after a while.
- ▶ 1:33 Shane Parrish He's also the author of several acclaimed biographies on Einstein, Ben Franklin, Steve Jobs, and Da Vinci.
- ▶ 2:22 Shane Parrish You started writing about Ben Franklin and then Einstein and then Steve Jobs and then Da Vinci. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 7:20 Walter Isaacson I didn't write Ben Franklin to say how to be a diplomat or a leader. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 16:26 Walter Isaacson You can look at Ben Franklin. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 29:15 Walter Isaacson But Leonardo da Vinci, and Ben Franklin for that matter, were not necessarily the highest powered 8 times in the scene
- ▶ 49:39 Walter Isaacson Same with Ben Franklin.
- ▶ 1:03:48 Walter Isaacson And I think being able to inspire people with their stories, it may not make me, uh, certainly doesn't make me a Leonardo da Vinci or Steve Jobs or, uh, Ben Franklin. 2 times in the scene
#18 Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher
- ▶ 1:15:37 Naval Ravikant Go read Benjamin Franklin and his aphorisms and understand how to live your life.
- ▶ 1:23:58 Naval Ravikant Um, the Benjamin Franklin had great mental models.