422 - George Gilder: How to Think Like a Futurist

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2018

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

George Gilder is a 79 year old super futurist. He's the author of #2 book in China, "Life after Google The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy." I had him on the podcast because he's somehow been able to predict the future for decades. Steve Jobs read his book in 1990 and passed it around to friends. "So I believe I had some vague influence on the evolution of iPhone," George said. Now he's investigating the future of blockchain, bitcoin and more. And in this episode, I ask him to teach me how to think like a futurist so I can profit (financially, creatively intellectually and personally). I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Links and Resources: George's latest book, "Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy" Ronald Reagan's favorite book from George, "Wealth and Poverty: A New Edition for the Twenty-First Century" "Life After Television: The Coming Transformation of Media and American Life" by George Gilder Follow George on Twitter Also Mentioned: Carver Mead Forbes ASAP Paul Romer Alibaba Tencent Baidu ByteDance Satoshi Nakamoto Hashgraph Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.4	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.6	Well, first off, you've been an amazing futurist.
0:18.4	You've been able to predict stuff with stunning accuracy based on kind of your experience as a policy maker,
0:26.6	your experience as a technologist.
0:29.0	Now you have this book Life After Google which predicts what's coming next in terms of innovation.
0:35.4	And you point out some really interesting things about innovation over the past 20 or 30 years.
0:40.0	And we'll talk about these predictions.
0:42.4	What I'm also really fascinated by is what you just said, which is how does one become a futurist?
0:50.0	Like, I don't want to just read a futurist stuff.
0:53.4	I want to be smart enough to be to know what's coming.
0:56.6	You want to know how to be a futurist?
0:58.8	Yes.
1:07.6	That's sort of what I, my sense of I've just been two weeks in China.
1:13.6	My birth was allegedly number two in China.
1:17.0	I don't believe it.
1:18.6	And I would believe it because they hate Google so much.
1:22.4	Well, something happened and I did 40 appearances in nine days after an earlier trip
1:29.8	where I did a press conference for five hours with 200, 300 reporters.
1:37.2	It's really amazing.
1:39.0	China has grasped Life After Google.
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