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Dave had personal experience working at IBM summers and evenings during his college years, and his wife Nicole also worked at the IBM data center during college, and her father spent more than 30 years working for IBM

Dave visited IBM engineers Matias Dian and Mike who each had about 20 years of working experience in CPU caching and core design

Glenn Arbuckle at sauna-times.com is a resource for people interested in building do-it-yourself saunas or directing contractors to build saunas.

The speaker personally took 5 years from first envisioning a backyard sauna to actually building it, due to time, resources, and knowledge constraints.

Hudner's 60-foot sailboat, custom-built 32 years ago for him and his first wife, was the primary material possession driven by genuine desire rather than status, reflecting his lifelong passion for maritime environments and long-distance sailing.

Hudner was overly focused on work during his early marriage, took excessive risks in the late 1980s, which nearly caused a split from his first wife, but they reconciled and recommitted to the relationship as their reunion project.

Hudner and his first wife chose not to have a third child (they already had two 'perfect children'), which is presented as a decision made consciously as part of their reconciliation and commitment to balance rather than continuous expansion.

As someone approaching 80, Grant notes that when dropping an object on the sidewalk, younger people quickly retrieve it; at his age he's reached the '$5 bill stage' of selectivity about what items to retrieve based on effort required.

Costa is currently relocating to Brazil and was recently moved there at the time of this interview.

Holiday recommends subscribing to the Daily Stoic email, which sends one bit of Stoic wisdom for free every day to the largest community of Stoics in existence.

Holiday has sent a daily Stoic wisdom email every day for the last 6 years with no spam and ability to unsubscribe anytime.

Readers can sign up for the Daily Stoic email at dailystoic.com.

Holiday's aunt gave him Man's Search for Meaning when he graduated high school, and he has read it many times since, establishing it as one of his absolute favorite books.

Holiday has previously interviewed Donald Robertson and describes him as a great guy who is thoughtful and clearly loves his subject matter.

Holiday's secret advantage for reading extensively is that reading is his job—he spends a lot of time doing it, particularly while traveling.

Holiday struggled to find the right starting point for reading the Stoics and felt lucky to discover the right translation of Meditations at the right time of his life, which led him to want to create a volume with all major and lesser-known Stoics in one place.

Gromen has been researching and writing approximately 2,000 pages per year for 30 years, allowing him to steel man alternative scenarios, and has never seen a crisis scenario this cornered, multi-layered, and severe.

The speaker is hiking from the top of the Grand Canyon of the Tuolumne River in Yosemite, just below Glen Allen, for the next couple of days.

Peter owned some Bitcoin at one point that was gifted to him—he never actually bought any—and he had maybe 30-40% of a Bitcoin; the person who created the wallet never told him the seed phrase or password, only gave him a PIN which eventually stopped working, and the Bitcoin was lost in cyberspace forever.

Peter's been claiming Bitcoin collapse is coming for over a decade now but he's been consistently wrong, so people can judge whether this time he's right based on his track record.

Faber is 78 years old, lived outside Switzerland for 50+ years, and his home country has changed so radically in that time that he no longer recognizes it, with his family roots in a mountain village that originally formed the Swiss confederation centuries ago.

Faber is a vocal opponent of socialists and communists; as an economist he is 'very right' and market-oriented, capitalist-oriented, believing companies should go bankrupt if underperforming, and has evidence of personal retaliation from socialist bureaucrats and university professors due to his political positions.

Wengrow continues to promote and discuss the book as a form of fulfilling what Graeber would have wanted, feeling impelled to work hard talking about the book and getting the work across, carrying forward a collaborative intellectual project that is simultaneously a personal loss.

The author's wife is Lithuanian, providing personal connection to and testimony about Baltic success and independence, suggesting family-level validation of democratic development in post-Soviet states

Adam Taggart entered the housing market for the first time at age 55 after 'literally decades' of waiting out the market, and humorously suggests his timing will prove to be the market top and cause a national housing market rollover.

Semper expects to continue managing money for the foreseeable future and hopes to do so 'like Charlie did 34 days shy of his 100th birthday,' but acknowledges the fragility of life and is already seeing signs (difficulty reading digitally, concern about eye health from screens) that might eventually necessitate retirement, similar to Warren Buffett's decision to step down at age 95.

Guy Spier, a prominent value investor and friend, recently decided to close his investment firm due to a diagnosis of aggressive cancer recurrence, prioritizing his health and time with family over continuing his professional career, illustrating the fragility of life and the importance of not deferring life satisfaction to an indefinite future.

Pichai's parents always emphasized learning and knowledge, and Google's mission around these values resonated very deeply with him.

Pichai has had his kids since joining Google 20 years ago, and his family journey parallels Google's growth.

Pichai grew up in Chennai in a middle-class family and perceived life through the arrival of gadgets, waiting five years for a telephone and later experiencing a bicycle with gears that dramatically changed what he could do.

The speaker approaches understanding money as she would any complex system—by taking it apart and understanding how it works—drawing on her background as an engineer.

The speaker grew up in poverty, which gave her a strong interest in saving and investing, and now analyzes and invests in the global financial system professionally while being able to observe monetary problems both in the United States and Egypt.

Klein views his career trajectory positively with few regrets, making advice to past self difficult; he would have invested in Tesla and Bitcoin if forced to suggest changes.

Mo has lived his entire life trying to code artificial intelligence, starting from age 8 on Sinclair and Commodore computers, and despite decades of effort in technical roles, he had no genuine 'aha moment' recognizing AI's breakthrough until witnessing the robotic arms learning to grip objects in 2016.

The host and their team were initially skeptical that Mo (an accomplished person) would be kind and humble in person, expecting him to be a 'diva' or rush them through the interview, but instead found him exceptionally gracious, making them coffee and extending a previously-scheduled 18-minute visit into a multi-hour conversation.

The host lives in the electorate of the Shadow Minister of Energy, who is also on a nuclear power committee, and recently encountered this politician while canvassing/campaigning.

The creator's brother is with him during the livestream and is helping with logistics

The creator intends to never accept permanent residency in China and does not plan to stay in the country permanently because while he has been and remains open to China as a subject of study, he wants to remain committed to New Zealand as his home country

Griffin says he would like to go to space when he gets to age 98 if he makes it to that age, rather than going when young

Griffin is not interested in going to space tomorrow because he has three little kids and current family priorities

Jang hopes he is wrong about World War III predictions and would rather come back a year from now to admit error and spend time with his children than be correct about the war forecast

Speaker has no portfolio and no money, removing financial bias from his analysis.

Doomberg quite literally prays that Trump navigates the Iran and China situations and avoids conflict.

Semolist had a cardiac ablation procedure a month ago that he felt was successful, which made him appreciate his health and reinvigorated him to continue working and doing the podcast.

Brad Warner is scheduled to audition for rhythm guitar in a local surf band on Wednesday and has been practicing 'Miserlou' in preparation.

The lead guitar part of 'Miserlou' uses Flamenco-style picking that is physically difficult and causes forearm pain.

Brad Warner was given a copy of 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle and was frequently asked his opinion about it, partly because he was published by the same company (New World Library) as Tolle.

Brad Warner's email address for questions is BWhardiorczen.info, and he welcomes Zen-related questions from his audience to guide his video content creation.

Jack Kornfield's YouTube channel 'Zen Confidential' is highly recommended by Brad Warner.

Brad Warner published books including 'Don't Be a Jerk,' 'Sit Down and Shut Up,' and 'Hardcore Zen,' which contain discussions of Dogen's work.