Transcript
Introduction
Patrick
My guest today is Samo Burja. Samo is the founder of consulting firm Bismarck Analysis and has dedicated his life's work to understanding why there has never been an immortal society. His research focuses on the institutions, the founders behind them, how they rise and why they always fall in the end. As you'll hear, Samo has an encyclopedic grasp with history. And his work has led him to some fascinating theories about human progress, the nature of exceptional founders and the future of different societies across the world. Please enjoy my conversation with Samo Burja.
Implications of The Great Founder Theory
Patrick
Samo, your writing has been amongst the most interesting that I've encountered in the last couple of years, just a tremendous variety of ideas and ways of looking at the world and history. One of the overarching things that you're best known for is this lens on history, the called Great Founder Theory. I'd love you to just begin by laying out the core idea here how you came upon the idea and maybe what it opposes, the alternative view of history from the one that you've developed. I'd love to start there and then we'll dive into lots of nooks and crannies together.