Kai-Fu Lee is a venture capitalist, technology executive, writer, and an artificial intelligence expert. He’s invested in 15 unicorn startups, with 5 startups focused in AI. He’s also one of the most respected educators of entrepreneurs in the world. Impact Theory is proudly sponsored by: Skillshare. Start learning on Skillshare today at skillshare.com/impact Four Sigmatic: Visit foursigmatic.com/impacttheory for 15% off your order Audible; Try Audible Free here: audible.com/impact ButcherBox. Use the discount code: “IMPACT” at butcherbox.com to get 20$ off and FREE BACON SHOWNOTES Kai-Fu Lee talks about the pressure to excel in Chinese culture [2:30] Why Kai-Fu Lee won’t enforce the typical Chinese notion of hard work with his own kids [3:29] How coming to America was more important than anything else for helping Kai-Fu Lee find his passion [4:38] What facing cancer taught Kai-Fu Lee and why hard work is not the meaning of life [7:21] The 9-9-6 “balance” that Chinese companies used to attract top employees [8:05] What Kai-Fu Lee says he was a good “optimizer” but never put his family first [9:38] Kai-Fu Lee talks about what accomplishment feels like and how his employees called him Iron Man [11:13] Why Kai-Fu Lee started to regret working so hard [12:25] The big wake up call Kai-Fu Lee received from a Taiwanese monk and how it forced him to change his purpose in life [13:51] Why Kai-Fu Lee now puts family first instead of work [16:48] How to overcome the inevitable disruption that AI will bring to the world [19:31] The 2 buckets of jobs that AI won’t be able to do and how they will become more valuable for humans [21:00] How to combine your passion with AI [23:14] Why you need to do something you love if you want to become amazing [25:49] How Kai-Fu Lee approaches learning [26:40] Why we need to believe we have a soul [27:45] How we’ve been brainwashed to think the meaning of our life is our work (and what we need to do instead) [31:50] BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: AI Superpowers https://amzn.to/2P6L5S7 [2:04] Neon Future https://comics.impacttheory.com/ [19:52] Top 5 Regrets of the Dying https://amzn.to/2P7SeSi [13:21] PEOPLE MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Malcolm Gladwell [26:39] Bronnie Ware [13:21] Master Hsing Yun [13:55]