Kevin Simler – Exploring the Frontier - [Invest Like the Best, EP.12]

Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Colossus

Investing, Business, Technology

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2016

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

Today’s episode features one of my favorite thinkers and writers: Kevin Simler. Kevin has a background in technology and was one of the earliest employees at Palantir Technologies. Palantir specializes in big data and has worked closely with clients ranging from the Department of Defense to the world’s largest hedge funds. In this conversation, Patrick and Kevin explore startup culture, how to spark creativity, how social status functions like money, and how to think about the universe. This will be one of the most unique conversations you will hear on this podcast. Please Enjoy!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome everyone, I'm Patrick O'Shaughnessy and this is Invest Like The Best.
0:08.6	This show is an open-ended exploration of markets, ideas, methods, stories, and of strategies
0:13.9	that will help you better invest both your time and your money.
0:17.2	You can learn more and stay up to date at InvestorFieldGuide.com.
0:24.6	Patrick O'Shaughnessy is a principal and portfolio manager at O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.
0:28.6	All opinions expressed by Patrick and podcast guests are solely their own opinions and do
0:32.5	not reflect the opinion of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management.
0:35.3	This podcast is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon as a basis
0:39.2	for investment decisions.
0:40.5	Clients of O'Shaughnessy Asset Management may maintain positions in the securities discussed
0:44.2	in this podcast.
0:46.9	My guest this week is Kevin Simlar, who along with the great Paul Graham is my favorite
0:50.9	essay writer operating today.
0:53.2	Light Graham Simlar has a background in technology.
0:56.1	He was one of the earliest employees and engineers at Palantir Technologies, which specializes
1:00.7	in big data and has worked closely with clients ranging from the Department of Defense to the
1:05.0	world's largest hedge funds.
1:06.9	We discuss a wide range of topics, including startup culture, how to spark creativity,
1:11.9	how social status functions like money, and as you would expect from two philosophy majors,
1:16.6	how to think about the universe.
1:18.5	You can find show notes for this episode at InvestorFieldGuide.com forward slash Simlar,
1:23.3	S-I-M-L-E-R, which will include links to some of his best essays.
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