Samo Burja: Building an Immortal Society

About this episode

Arjun Khemani interviews Samo Burja about building an immortal society and various related topics.

My conversation with Samo Burja, founder of Bismarck Analysis. He chairs the editorial board of Palladium Magazine. Topics we discuss are well captured by the timestamps below. Watch on YouTube or X . Listen on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , or any other podcast platform. Follow me on X for updates on future episodes. Click here to support my work. Timestamps 0:00 - Intro 1:18 - Live players 5:41 - Great Founder Theory 11:20 - Our material technology rests on our social interactions 14:23 - Optimism, pessimism, and human agency 23:21 - Operationalized knowledge 25:22 - Lost and dead traditions of knowledge 27:34 - Tradition of criticism 29:36 - The most important piece of knowledge to preserve 32:27 - Common features of declining societies 39:18 - Are the Spartan warriors overrated and just had very good PR? 42:07 - DOGE and bureaucracy in America 45:28 - The machinery of freedom 47:43 - Tech Samo is most excited about over the next 5 years 50:10 - Curtis Yarvin and the orbital authority 55:01 - Samo’s advice for young people Follow me on X . Follow Samo on X . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit…

People in this episode

Host: Arjun Khemani

Guest: Samo Burja

Topics covered

• immortal society
• social interactions
• human agency
• knowledge preservation
• declining societies
• technology
• youth advice

Keywords

• Great Founder Theory
• material technology
• optimism
• pessimism
• traditions of knowledge
• Spartan warriors
• bureaucracy
• freedom
• Curtis Yarvin

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bismarck Analysis, Palladium Magazine

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