Johnathan Bi

How to Defend Liberty | Joe Lonsdale’s Political Philosophy

Why This American Capitalist Loves Marx | $16 Billion Guidewire Founder, Marcus Ryu

The conversation explores the intersection of philosophy and entrepreneurship through the lens of Marcus Ryu's career, from a philosophy student to the founder of Guidewire. Ryu discusses how philosophical training, particularly logic, aided in strategic thinking and problem-solving in his company. He reflects on Marx'...

Same Interview, 8 Years Later

Johnathan Bi interviews Francis Pedraza, revisiting a conversation they had almost a decade prior, to explore how Pedraza's perspectives have evolved with his success in building Invisible, a multi-billion dollar AI unicorn. They delve into Pedraza's philosophical views on progress, the role of entrepreneurship as a sp...

Capitalism’s Best Kept Secret: Follow the Fun | Colin Moran, Oxford History

In this interview, Johnathan Bi interviews Colin Moran, a successful hedge fund manager with a background in intellectual history, about his unique approach to investing. Moran discusses how his intellectual curiosities and focus on company culture, rather than solely financial metrics, have led to successful investmen...

The Real Risk of AI No One is Talking About | Brendan McCord

Everybody Gets This Wrong in Modern Dating | Plato’s Symposium Explained

In this monologue, Johnathan Bi analyzes Plato's Symposium, contrasting modern views of love with Plato's philosophy. He begins by outlining Aristophanes' concept of love as a search for union and Socrates' view of love as a pursuit of beauty and goodness. He introduces Diotima's ladder, a path to ascend from physical ...

This is the Terrible Cost of Doing Philosophy

True Christians Embrace the Erotic | Notre Dame's David O’Connor

Why You Must Acquire Power at All Costs | Harvard’s Harvey Mansfield on Machiavelli

Knowledge is More Seductive Than Sex

AI & The End of Education

You Can Be Happy, Even If You Are Rich

My Name is Aristotle

Philosophy is the Last Subject Worth Studying

Oxford’s AI Chair: The Singularity is Bullshit

Oxford's AI Chair: LLMs are a HACK

Plato’s Guide to Virtue  | Cornell’s Rachana Kamtekar

This Drove Me Away from Stoicism

Why Socrates Hated Books (and why it matters for AI)

Why You Do Things You Know You Shouldn’t | Rachana Kamtekar on Plato’s Moral Psychology