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

Interview with Marcus Ryu, founder of Guidewire. Subscribe to our newsletter if you want content updates, invitations to events, and to support my work: https://cosmosinst.typeform.com/johna... Transcript: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/transcr... We are hiring/investing/building at Cosmos, to learn about all the ways to get involved check out: https://www.johnathanbi.com/p/cosmos Companion lectures and interviews: Capitalism’s Best Kept Secret: Follow the Fun | Colin Moran, Oxford History:    • Capitalism’s Best Kept Secret: Follow the ...   Same Interview, 8 Years Later:    • Same Interview, 8 Years Later   Timestamps: 00:00 0. Introduction  01:54 1. How To Unalienate Labor 16:37   2. Synthesis 16:38   2.1 Synthesis: How Philosophy Helped Entrepreneurship 30:25   2.2 Synthesis: How Philosophy Hurt Entrepreneurship 38:29   2.3 Synthesis: The First vs. Third Person 46:02   2.4 Synthesis: The Best Parts of Action and Contemplation 52:38   2.5 Synthesis: How Action Changes Contemplation 59:54    2.6 Synthesis: The Character of Academics vs. Entrepreneurs  1:00:45   2.7 Synthesis: Startups and Happiness 1:13:57 3. Contemplation 1:13:58  3.1 Contemplation: Early Life 1:15:49  3.2 Contemplation: Romance 1:22:27  3.3 Contemplation: The Right's Turn Towards PostModernism  1:29:07 3.4 Contemplation: Wittgenstein  1:38:38 4. Action 1:38:38  4.1 Action: Tunneling Through Granite 1:42:25  4.2 Action: Company Building as Nietzschean 1:52:21  4.3 Action: Values 2:04:50  4.4 Action: Money 2:08:38  4.5 Action: AI  2:13:21 Postscript: On Games

How it was game over for Guidewire until it wasn’t  - Marcus Ryu - Guidewire - Episode #99
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How it was game over for Guidewire until it wasn’t - Marcus Ryu - Guidewire - Episode #99

Oligarchy is worse than you think
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Oligarchy is worse than you think

Building Enduring Companies in the AI Era with Battery GPs Marcus Ryu and Dharmesh Thakker
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Building Enduring Companies in the AI Era with Battery GPs Marcus Ryu and Dharmesh Thakker

America Was Founded On This Dangerous Idea | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle
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America Was Founded On This Dangerous Idea | UT Philosopher Thomas Pangle

How China Wins The Resource War | Richard Hames meets Thea Riofrancos
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How China Wins The Resource War | Richard Hames meets Thea Riofrancos

The Slave Who Was Free | Berkeley's AA Long on Epictetus
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The Slave Who Was Free | Berkeley's AA Long on Epictetus

Should you be scared of the bond markets?
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Should you be scared of the bond markets?

'I Warn You - Don't Provoke Russia': Jeffrey Sachs ROARS At EU & US In European Parliament | VIRAL
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'I Warn You - Don't Provoke Russia': Jeffrey Sachs ROARS At EU & US In European Parliament | VIRAL

Turning a Failing Startup Into a $10B Powerhouse
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Turning a Failing Startup Into a $10B Powerhouse

The Ticking Timebomb Threatening Superpowers | $50B Founder James Liang
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The Ticking Timebomb Threatening Superpowers | $50B Founder James Liang

Free Event: Power BI Beginner to Pro 2026 Edition - Full Hands-On Tutorial
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Free Event: Power BI Beginner to Pro 2026 Edition - Full Hands-On Tutorial

Capital is Cheap, This is The Last Source of Scarcity
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Capital is Cheap, This is The Last Source of Scarcity

Inside the Mind of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei | The Circuit | Extended Interview
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Inside the Mind of Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei | The Circuit | Extended Interview

A Marxist History of Slavery and Capitalism (feat. David McNally)
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A Marxist History of Slavery and Capitalism (feat. David McNally)

Perspective on What It Takes to Be Successful as an Entrepreneur
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Perspective on What It Takes to Be Successful as an Entrepreneur

How To Be a Thinker & a Doer At The Same Time
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How To Be a Thinker & a Doer At The Same Time

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

Why Capitalism Needs You to Lose | Richard Wolff & Clara Mattei
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Why Capitalism Needs You to Lose | Richard Wolff & Clara Mattei

Is Burnham Just Starmer 2.0? | With Jeremy Corbyn
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Is Burnham Just Starmer 2.0? | With Jeremy Corbyn

Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494
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Jensen Huang: NVIDIA - The $4 Trillion Company & the AI Revolution | Lex Fridman Podcast #494