305 Robert Caro on power, poverty, ruthlessness, & obsession — transcript highlights
Founders · David Senra · 2023-05-29
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What the transcript keeps returning to
Product
“Seeing something for yourself always makes you understand it better.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: product.
Focus
“And they're naming stuff like, "Oh, it's about, uh, you know, it's as simple as, like, it's mathematical equations about population density…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: focus.
People
“The people at Newsday hired me as a joke on him while he was on vacation.”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: people.
Persistence
“And when Lyndon gets the opportunity to escape the mistakes of his father, he was willing to do everything, to do everything…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: persistence.
Capital
“Scores and scores of times this happened." And so what he's talking about is this almost deliberate, inefficient way where he's like…”
The useful question here is not whether this sentence is a universal rule. It is what operating choice the episode places behind it: capital.
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