The Abstractable Podcast

By Ryan Griffin & Lachlan Smith

This is a podcast for entrepreneurial spirited, the curious and those hungry to learn about the world around them. We distill the ideas from the world's best thinkers in startups, business, creativity... more

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November 16, 202032 : Eric Weinstein – Contrarian thinking, violence, growth and preference falsification
An extremely thought provoking episode of The Portal featuring Peter Thiel. Weinstein and Thiel cover a lot of ground discussing beliefs they hold about how the world works. These aren’t viewpoints that we hear a lot about in our daily newsfeeds.
Today’s episode is inspired by podcast The Portal (Ep 1) by Eric Weinstein.
[00:00] Introduction: Podcast the portal episode 1 |

[01:56] Chats to obsolete machines use at different fields |

[09:00] Brief Intro: Peter Thiel, a contrarian |

[14:08] Overview: Life of Eric Weinstein |

[17:06] The portal: Contrarian thinking |

[24:58] The portal: Changes in inventions and discoveries |

[36:34] Thoughts about universities being business oriented |

[40:42] Why does Thiel and Weinstein think that growth is important? |

[45:34] Start to think big again |

[48:36] How violence is everywhere |

[56:58] What if things stop growing? |

[ 1:05:17] Progress that can be made |

[ 1:13:25] Episode’s takeaways |
As with each episode, we pluck out what most resonated from the podcast and how we would like to bring it into our lives.
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1h 18min
November 11, 2020 31 CLIPS: Abstract Chat III – Reflecting on episodes 21 - 30
Selected clips from ep31:
[0:00] Why we love The Obstacle is the Way |
[4:17] Why Lessons from History keeps you coming back for more |
[11:03] What Ross Ulbricht can teach us about Libertarianism.
These are Clips taken from Abstract Chat III.
In this episode, we look back on episode 21-30 and talk about our favourite concepts. We also give a bit of an update on the podcast and our plans moving forward
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15min
November 08, 202031 : Abstract Chat III – Reflecting on episodes 21 - 30
In this episode, we look back on episode 21-30 and talk about our favourite concepts. We also give a bit of an update on the podcast and our plans moving forward.
Outline:
[00:00] Introduction: Abstract Chat |

[01:46] Trivia: Breathing Techniques |

[11:15] Ryan’s favourite book: Fooled by Randomness |

[21:12] Lach’s favourite book: The Obstacle is the Way |

[26:04] Timeless lessons from History |

[33:20] Special Mention: American Kingpin |

[34:30] What the Silk Road can teach us about the Libertarian Political Philosophy |

[36:48] Lessons from Shoe Dog: Phil Knight |

[37:40] Talks about Ross Ulbricht |

[39:40] Talks about Yvon Chouinard |

[40:40] Plans for the coming episodes of Abstractable |

[45:30] Wrap Up: Personal Update Chats
As with each Abstract Chat, we pluck out what most resonated from the last 10 episodes of the show.
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50min
October 29, 2020 30 CLIPS: Peter Thiel – Building billion dollar start ups
Selected clips from ep30:
[0:00] What Peter Thiel says has made him so successful |
[4:11] Has innovation and technology development stagnated? |
[9:19] The 7 must answer questions to build a great business.
These are Clips taken from our chat about Zero to One by Peter Thiel.
This is a book about how to build the future. Peter Thiel is one of the most respected names in building high impact start ups. He was the first external investor in Facebook and has been involved in many many multi-billion dollar start ups.
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19min
October 25, 202030 : Peter Thiel – Building billion dollar start ups
This is a book about how to build the future. Peter Thiel is one of the most respected names in building high impact start ups. He was the first external investor in Facebook and has been involved in many many multi-billion dollar start ups.
Today’s episode is inspired by the book Zero to One by Peter Thiel.
[00:00] Introduction to the book Zero to One |

[17:15] Early life of Peter Thiel |

[21:50] How was Paypal created? |

[25:59] Peter Thiel, the first external investor of Facebook |

[29:00] Thiel’s Controversies |

[32:54] Idea of mimetic desire |

[36:55] Blake Master’s connection to the Book – Zero to One – |

[38:22] Zero to One meaning |

[52:27] What important truth to very few people agree with you on? |

[58:47] Secrets in every great business |

[1:02:15] Two type of businesses, Monopoly and Perfect competition |

[1:12:20] Views from the business owners |

[1:27:32] The 7 must answer questions to build a great business |

[1:36:56] Closing Quote
As with each episode, we pluck out what most resonated from the book and how we would like to bring it into our lives.
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1h 40min
October 21, 202029 Clips : Phil Knight – The making of Nike
Selected clips from ep29:
[0:00] How early on Nike was a complete mess |

[2:30] What do Nike and Patagonia have in common? |

[6:46] The power of brand and leverage.
These are Clips taken from our chat about Shoe Dog by Phil Knight.
We talk about Phil’s page-turning memoir detailing the story of how he built Nike from an idea into one of the biggest companies in the world.
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10min
October 18, 202029 : Phil Knight – The making of Nike
We chat about Phil’s page-turning memoir detailing the story of how he built Nike from an idea into one of the biggest companies in the world.
Today’s episode is inspired by the book Shoe Dog by Phil Knight.
[00:00] Introduction |

[06:30] The Author: Phil Knight |

[11:28] First Company: The Blue Ribbon |

[16:16] Knight and his only employee - Jeff Johnson - |

[19:08] Birth of Nike |

[25:10] How early on Nike was a complete mess |

[27:53] The Book: Shoe Dog |

[31:00] The making of Nike |

[47:38] What do Nike and Patagonia have in common? |

[54:46] Power of brand and leverage |

[57:42] Result of Knight’s enthusiasm |

[1:02:00] Closing Quote
As with each episode, we pluck out what most resonated from the book and how we would like to bring it into our lives.
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1h 6min
October 07, 202028 Clips : Dale Carnegie – Principles to succeed, lead, and influence
Selected clips from ep28:
[0:00] The lost art of being indirect |

[3:23] Someone’s name is the most important sound to them in any language |

[8:33] Why being genuine is more important than any technique or strategy.

These are Clips taken from our chat about How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
This book was released in 1936, a vastly different world to today, however, something has remained constant - us. This book is full of time-tested and proven techniques. A definite read for anyone on the path to self-improvement. It includes: 6 ways to make people like you, 12 ways to win people to your way of thinking, and 9 ways to change people without creating resentment.
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14min
October 05, 202028 : Dale Carnegie – Principles to succeed, lead and influence
This book was released in 1936, a vastly different world to today, however, something has remained constant - us. This book is full of time-tested and proven techniques. A definite read for anyone on the path to self-improvement. It includes: 6 ways to make people like you, 12 ways to win people to your way of thinking and 9 ways to change people without creating resentment.
Today’s episode is inspired by the book How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
[00:00] Introduction: Overview of the Topic |

[01:36] Catching Up: Talking about everyday routines |

[08:58] Short statement about Dale Carnegie |

[10:40] The Author: Dale Carnegie |

[26:35] The Book: How to Win Friends and   Influence People |

[34:07] The lost art of Being Indirect |

[39:46] Six Ways to Make People like You |

[58:48] Why being genuine is more important   than any technique or strategy? |

[1:07:00] Ways to Change People without   Creating Resentment |

[1:10:56] Closing Quote
As with each episode, we pluck out what most resonated from the book and how we would like to bring it into our lives
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1h 13min
October 04, 202027 Clips : Stanford University – Startups and how they work
Selected clips from ep27:
[0:00] What is a startup? |

[4:03] Are startup founders just lucky? |

[7:56] Airbnb - Do things that don’t scale.|
These are Clips taken from our chat about How to start a startup by Stanford University.
We talk about the theories that are discussed in the lecture series as well as some of the famous presenters from Y-Combinator that ran this course.
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