Eureka Misha Saul

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How did Georgia, with its unique language, survive sandwiched among empires?


Georgian histography and the origins of the Georgian language


How has the perception of Napoleon change over time


Is history fake?


Did Napoleon only eat one meal at the academy so that he could afford to buy himself books?


Napoleon, Jørgen Jørgensen, Mehmet Ali (Albanian founder of modern Egypt): the charisma and power of the outsider


Mamluks and the prominent roles of Georgians, their continued involvement with Georgia and how their nepotistic preference for Georgian slaves generated demand for Georgian captives


Georgian cuisine


What is most striking thing about living in Louisiana?


The role of Great Men in history

Lewis Grafton left private equity to cofound and raise US$55m for a pre-launch crypto-native game (SolChicks)
I have profound admiration for anyone who takes the leap to start something new, and I was excited to talk to Lewis to see how he did it. Cherry on top: he’s expecting his second baby with his wife shortly.
We speak about:
What is SolChicks
What’s special about gaming on the blockchain
How do you back yourself as finance guys to build a winning game experience
Working remotely from Australia and the global team
Day-to-day work in the early days
What SolChicks is doing differently, including innovations in fundraising
Going from zero to one
Taking the leap to a new career
Why gaming is a such a powerful sector and systemically underrated
Is Play-to-Earn dystopian?
0 to 1 to 2 to 3 kids

We cover a lot:

the immigrant impulse


rascality as a temperament


fatherhood


Judaism


unchosen obligations as the nexus to a meaningful life


the intellectual life as respite to depression


+ more

The history of the Jews, including Ashkenazim, Sephardim and smaller communities like Greek, Yemenite, Moroccan, and Chinese Jews, and how their experiences diverged around the world. Plus, the miracle of modern genomics.“I’m imagining a future where genomics gives us a window onto the biochemical metabolic processes that are going on. We shall be as gods. We are biting of the apple”
“The first human genome was $3bn. In 2010 the human genome was $20,000, and now it’s $200.”

Noah as a Lithuanian yeshiva student
American growth and decline
Critical Race Theory
How the left dominates academia and has cut off the right’s head
2020 riots and how we know anything
Noah's conversion out of Judaism and into 90s gamer culture
Cultural preservation, including Judaism
Christian revivalism
The misguided fixations of the right and the left
The fertility crisis
Noah’s cultural composition: Jewish, Texan and Japanese
What Noah invests in
+ Much more