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Jan 2024
2h 3m

Guy Spier — Wealth, Wisdom & Enlightenme...

Jim O'Shaughnessy
About this episode
Guy Spier runs the Aquamarine Fund, an “investment partnership closely modeled on the original Buffet Partnerships.” He is also a podcast host, YouTube creator, author of The Education of a Value Investor and the host of the annual investment gathering VALUEx. He describes his life’s project as “a quest for wealth, wisdom and enlightenment.” Guy joins the show to discuss the differences between Switzerland and the US, how to unlock the British class system, what he learned from Warren Buffett, and MUCH more! Important Links: Show Notes:
  • The Differences Between New York, Switzerland & Paris
  • Exploring the Dark Underbelly of New York Nightlife
  • Psychedelics, Guns & Regulation
  • The Advantages of Swiss Democracy
  • Don’t Short the United States
  • The Branding Skill of the Royal Family
  • Unlocking the Rules of the Class System
  • Life Paths & Premeditation
  • Luck, Opportunity & Non-Canonical Science
  • Jim’s Music Taste
  • Mathematical Shenanigans
  • Guy as Emperor of the World
  • MORE!
Books Mentioned:
  • How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us about Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence; by Michael Pollan
  • The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (a Little) Craziness and (a Lot Of) Success in America; by John Gartner
  • Write It Down, Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want and Getting It; by Henriette Anne Klauser
  • Invest Like The Best; by Jim O’Shaughnessy
  • Outside, the Sky is Blue: The story of a family told with searing honesty, humour and love; by Christina Patterson
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