The Ledger
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Khosrowshahi: Shah era in Iran was absolutely better than current Islamic regime
“Now, do I think that the time under the Shah was a better time? Absolutely. I think what's happened with the Islamic regime you know, there's a regime that isn't I think doing the Iranian people right and cares about things other than the benefit of the people…”
Bryan Johnson: Very few high-functioning people routinely use cannabis
“I don't know of many high functioning people who routinely use marijuana, maybe occasionally for enjoyment, but very few like actual regular practitioners.”
Bryan Johnson: Birthing superintelligence is the only thing that matters on Earth
“I think there's only one thing going on. We're giving birth to super intelligence. Nothing else matters besides that. We're giving birth to a form of intelligence that's going to change our existence unfathomably, and in timeframes which are hard for us to und…”
Chouksey: All Shilajit research studies are corporate-funded by PrimaVie
“All Shilajit studies are funded by the company that makes Shilajit formulation, Prima V.”
Chouksey: Fasting is no better than a standard calorie deficit
“In fact, fasting is no better than just being in a state of calorie deficit.”
Kamath: Modern Wokeness Is Often Generational Conformity Rather Than Deep Thought
“But I think my generation being woke is also conforming to being woke. I don't think anybody has thought deeply enough about the contrarian viewpoints of the prior generation that we are taking. We are woke today because it's cool to be woke.”
Shankar: Land will never decline in value over the long term
“So if you look at it over a long period of time, I don't think land will ever decline in value.”
Badshah: AI Will Not Succeed at Creating Art
“And that is also one of the reasons why AI might not be, I think it will not be successful. But eventually of creating art, and for a consumer or for an audience to discover it, the way they discover it, is what it is all about. That beauty can't be quantized.”
Poddar: Paying influencers or celebrities never works for new fashion brands
“For someone young, starting a brand, paying an influencer, actor. Never. No? No. Why is that? For me, you'll think differently because it's a women category. On influencer, I think differently. Even influencer in fashion, I would think differently. Yeah, but I…”
Bhat: Most CMOs do not know how to grow social distribution
“Most CMOs don't know how to do this. Most CMOs would not know where to spend money to make this happen.”
Kamath: Nine out of ten therapists are terrible
“The problem with therapy is nine out of 10 are f***ing horrible.”
Kamath: Personal evolution is highest in isolation due to mimetic bias
“Your ability to evolve is probably highest
In isolation.
Mimetic theory.
If you're around people, you're going to be biased by virtue of your surroundings.
If you want to truly evolve, you need objectivity.”
Nikhil Kamath: Equal wealth redistribution would inevitably revert due to human nature
“If I were to divide all the money on the planet equally amongst everybody tomorrow, one will work harder than another day after tomorrow, one will be more skilled at a certain thing. And we will come back to where we are today, maybe not in five, 10 years, but…”
Gaurav Munjal: Massive entrepreneurial impact requires completely rejecting work-life balance
“I have been a fan of this notion that if you have to be truly, truly big, and if you have to create something that impacts, creates a huge impact, I hate balance. I mean, I believe that you do enough so that it's utility. You figure out a way to balance family…”
Kamath: Current capitalist society is the best system for everyone
“The world we live in right now under capitalism is the best version of the world, not just for the affluent, but for all sections of society.”
Kamath: High-tax Nordic welfare models have failed financially
“One could argue Nordic, Scandinavian countries have experimented the most by taking taxation to 50% plus level and giving free education, hospitalization, housing, all of that. It hasn't worked for them in a capitalistic world. So if you look at like a Sweden,…”