What’s truly going on inside DOGE?
About This Episode
Sam and Shaan explore the $30 billion document storage giant Iron Mountain and how its operation in limestone mines illustrates the archaic, paper-based bureaucracy that the DOGE initiative aims to digitize. They also analyze Elon Musk's strategic $97 billion bid for OpenAI's assets and the profound value of learning 'in situ' by observing mentors in their real-life home environments.
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Key Takeaways
Practice 'in situ' learning by visiting successful people in their homes to observe the nuances of their lifestyle and family dynamics that are invisible in professional settings.
Avoid hyper-optimizing your life by outsourcing every mundane task; doing simple chores can provide therapeutic value and prevent you from losing touch with reality.
Analyze legacy legal requirements and 'boring' industries like physical document storage to find incredibly profitable moats created by government regulations.
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