About this episode

Michael Gibson discusses his journey, the Thiel Fellowship, and the philosophical insights of Aristotle on human greatness.

In this episode: Michael Gibson's origin story Meeting Peter Thiel and launching the Thiel Fellowship The importance of Aristotle Aristotle on "The Gigachad" Is intelligence enough? Failure of philosophy is present in Plato's work...not Aristotle's Alexander the Great's major influence Inspiration from the immortals Why victory is better than happiness Friends as a second self

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