My Chat with Vivek Ramaswamy, Author of Woke Inc. (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_293)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

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🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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We discuss woke capitalism, interdisciplinary pursuits, entrepreneurship, the biotech and asset management industries, the need for passion in life, happiness, career changes, and life stages among other topics. _______________________________________ Vivek is the author of the recently released New York Times bestseller book Woke, Inc.: Inside Corporate America’s Social Justice Scam. He founded and served as executive chairman of Roivant Sciences, a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the use of technology to drug development. In 2016, Forbes Magazine listed Vivek as the 24th richest American entrepreneur under 40 (net worth of $600 million). He holds a Harvard undergraduate degree in biology and a Yale University law degree. _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad _______________________________________ This chat was posted earlier today (October 6, 2021) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1309: https://youtu.be/uy5cee96yAE _______________________________________ The Parasitic Mind: How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense (paperback edition) was released on October 5, 2021. Order your copy now. https://www.amazon.com/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= https://www.amazon.ca/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Parasitic-Mind-Infectious-Killing-Common/dp/162157959X _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________

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0:00.0	Today I have Vivek Rama Swami.
0:02.8	Okay, so let me just tell people a bit about your background,
0:05.1	Harvard undergrad in biology and Yale University Law School,
0:08.8	two Ivy League schools, but of course you went to those two schools
0:11.3	because you couldn't get into the really top
0:13.7	Ivy League school which is my alma mater Cornell but hey no shame in going to
0:19.0	Harvard or Yale you were a partner at an investment, you founded and served as executive chairman of,
0:24.8	how do you pronounce it, Royvent, or
0:26.8	Royvent?
0:27.8	Royvent, yeah.
0:28.8	Sciences, which is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in using technology in developing drugs.
0:35.0	In 2016 Forbes magazine listed you as the 24th richest American entrepreneur under 40.
0:44.0	Really?
0:45.0	I think if I had one tenth of your net worth,
0:48.0	I would be doing a lot more things with my freedom.
0:52.0	And then you are the author of which will be the
0:54.4	the launch pad of what we're talking about today people you have to get this book
0:58.8	Woke Inc this is how I discovered Vivek. Uh, so let's start Vivek with the following question, personal question.
1:08.0	What I love about your background is you're not a straight stay in your lane kind of guy as you know as you probably know I'm a professor who doesn't sort of just stay in my lane do only the research that I'm supposed to be doing so you went from being in biology to being a law student to being an investment to
1:24.7	founding an incredible company to now becoming a pundit all over national media.
1:29.6	Tell us how you were able to pivot through all of these different endeavors?
1:33.0	Yeah, well, I don't know that I have a lane and I don't know that I have expertise either.
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