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Michael Ovitz: The Psychology of Power Feb 3, 2026 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 0:16 Shane Parrish You had a front row seat to Hollywood for a long time.
  • ▶ 8:19 Shane Parrish You've had a front row seat to Hollywood for a long time. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 36:07 Michael Ovitz I had never seen that look in Hollywood, but we sat down and we started talking.
  • ▶ 59:10 Michael Ovitz They took it, instead of letting it go from one side of the metronome to the middle, they took it all the way to the other side, and I think it contributed to the demise of the content business in Hollywood right now. 2 times in the scene

Ray Kroc : How McDonald’s Took Over America Jan 27, 2026 · 1 mention

The Outlier Playbook: The Patterns Behind Enduring Success Dec 30, 2025 · 1 mention

Barry Diller: Building IAC Sep 30, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 0:05 Shane Parrish You've worked with some of the biggest egos in Hollywood and some of the most ruthless tycoons.
  • ▶ 13:43 Shane Parrish You've worked with some of the biggest egos in Hollywood and some of the most ruthless tycoons.
  • ▶ 19:55 Barry Diller It's the furthest you could ever go to say the difference between instinct and ones and zeros or technology, which is, as we know, quite fact-based and numerical as to making any content is instinctive, and those tech companies essentially…

The Science of Lasting Love with Dr. Sue Johnson Aug 19, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 51:30 Dr. Sue Johnson And I think we should all be asking ourselves this, because Hollywood gives us nonsense, and porn gives us nonsense, and journalists who say they're experts in relationships give us nonsense.

Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World May 13, 2025 · 4 mentions

Rose Blumkin: Women of Berkshire Hathaway [Outliers] May 6, 2025 · 1 mention

David Segal: Building a $200m Business Apr 16, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:05 David Segal Like it's, it's like watching a Hollywood movie, you know, something that is actually two minutes is actually five to 10 years, and it's, it feels like a lot longer when you're in it, living it, and

Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity Nov 28, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 16:08 Todd Herman An actor in Hollywood.
  • ▶ 1:28:29 Todd Herman There's many different reasons why someone might be employing the, the, the alter ego, but at the end of the day, it comes back to the quote that I share all the time from Cary Grant, the Hollywood golden era actor who was, uh, grew up in… 2 times in the scene

Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 2): Failure and Success Nov 14, 2023 · 1 mention

Rey Flemings: A Different Definition of Success Aug 22, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:36 Shane Parrish His unique perspective was honed during his 30 year career bridging Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and family offices.

Kevin Kelly: Excellent Advice for Living May 16, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 56:45 Kevin Kelly The, the, the fantasy, the Hollywood fantasy of the lone villain on the mountaintop who has all this technology that works, and there's no, there's no IT support, it just works the first time, and they can gain control of these very…

Reid Hoffman: Better Decisions, Fewer Mistakes Sep 20, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 36:49 Reid Hoffman And, and, and, you know, Hollywood, you know, is a technology companies through CGI and streaming and distribution.

Marshall Goldsmith: The Essentials Of Leadership Jul 12, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:14:58 Marshall Goldsmith They didn't interview the thousand waitresses in Hollywood who envisioned being movie stars, and they didn't interview the basketball team that lost.

Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire May 31, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 3:10 Shane Parrish You left an investment banking job in Hong Kong and came back and started a very unsexy company out of Hollywood. 2 times in the scene

Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State Apr 5, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 51:01 Balaji Srinivasan And with, you know, comedians and, you know, lots of folks in Hollywood who felt that, you know, some of the stuff is maybe merited, but a lot of the cancellation went overboard. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:08:55 Balaji Srinivasan There were, there's a small oligopoly of a few dozen folks who effectively had a hammerlock on Hollywood and, you know, media corporations and so on and so forth.
  • ▶ 2:40:38 Balaji Srinivasan For movies like Tenet, for example, all these Hollywood movies, if you look at the credits, it looks like a New Delhi phone book.

#105 Seth Godin: Failing On Our Way To Mastery Feb 23, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 39:17 Seth Godin I'm not sure I completely agree because the imagery of, uh, Hollywood movies and free fall and people pushing off with puffs of air and stuff, I think it, uh, diminishes two things, friction and luck.

#97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking Nov 24, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 57:05 Roger Martin And my, you know, my observation is that people understand this and understand the debilitating aspect of fear, and that's why I, that's why I argue that in Hollywood, the number one box office star of every era of movies played one…

#93 Matt Holland: Zero Day Sep 29, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:06 Matthew Holland I say offensive, but the whole, it's that traditional hacking, which, um, you know, has largely been glorified thanks to Hollywood.

#83 Brian Koppelman: What Really Matters May 12, 2020 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 42:43 Brian Koppelman Well, I think it's really important to say that a long career in Hollywood has a lot of ups and downs. 2 times in the scene

#70 Scott Adams: Avoiding Loserthink Nov 26, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 43:00 Scott Adams Imagine if you will, and I think it's inevitable we're going to end up there, in more of a Hollywood model, where anybody can monetize their training class.

#65 Shep Gordon: Trust, Compassion, and Shooting Friends from Cannons Sep 3, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:36 Shep Gordon I was a Hollywood kind of, you know, more coke, more cars, more girls, more fame, more all that shit.

#62 Dr. Sue Johnson: Cracking the Code of Love Jul 23, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 46:46 Dr. Sue Johnson And I think we should all be asking ourselves this, because Hollywood gives us nonsense, and porn gives us nonsense, and journalists who say they're experts in relationships give us nonsense.

#39 Tyler Cowen: Thinking About Thinking Aug 21, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 47:08 Tyler Cowen I don't know how to do that other than by being walled off, which I, I cannot manage, but I think if you watch a lot more foreign films, they rely less on that kind of revelation, and now is a wonderful time to watch films from South Korea…

#35 Robert Greene: Alive Time vs. Dead Time Jun 27, 2018 · 3 mentions

#31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn Apr 10, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:21:50 Barbara Oakley I mean, it's, I, I always like to say that on, the online world is a mixture of academia and Silicon Valley mixed with a little bit of Hollywood.

#11 Ryan Holiday: The Stoic Whisperer May 16, 2016 · 1 mention

#6 Philip Tetlock: How to See the Future Dec 8, 2015 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:40 Philip Tetlock And putting aside what Hollywood says about it, let, let, let's just do a little thought experiment.
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