Podcast appearances and mentions of jeff giesea

Jim talks with Jeff Giesea, entrepreneur, writer, and founder of the Boyd Institute, about his essay "Dionysian Futurism" and the broader question of what's missing from our visions of the future. They discuss Nietzsche's Apollo/Dionysus framework from The Birth of Tragedy, the critique that techno-optimist futures are lifeless and sterile, Jim's extension of that critique to Game B and adjacent social change spaces, the distinction between positive Dionysian energy and mere degeneracy, Jim's concept of decadence as wire-heading on dopamine traps and gambling apps, generational decline in conviviality, Gen Z statistics on less sex and fewer dates, the structural economic pressures of student debt and housing unaffordability, the shift in college freshman values away from meaningful philosophy of life toward financial success, the dinner party versus restaurant ratio and what's been lost, the vanished culture of Georgetown dinner salons and political hostesses like Pamela Harriman, the trade-off between women entering the workforce and the loss of socially maintained conviviality infrastructure, the call to bring back the host or hostess curating eight to twelve people around a topic, Jeff's "The Humanities Revolution Has Already Begun" essay and the Kairos Project's decentralized open-source great-books discussion groups, Hannah Arendt's The Human Condition and its relevance to AI and what it means to be human, the tent-revival quality of the new bottom-up humanities movement, Homer and the bards as evidence that great books were never meant only for scholars, Substack as Renaissance Florence, self-gatekeeping around the humanities and the call to read great books at any phase of life, Jim's return to the Iliad and Odyssey and current reading of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, audiobooks and the opportunity to produce better audio versions of copyright-free great works, Foucault as a poisoner of two generations of scholars, the woke turn in university humanities departments and Jacob Savage's essay "The Lost Generation," three drivers of the humanities revolution in pushback against woke academia, digital technology, and AI, AI as a tool for reading difficult books versus the risk of delegating critical thinking, Pirsig's concept of quality as a North Star for deciding when to use AI, taste as the Silicon Valley word for quality, Jeff's "goddamn Boomers" trilogy on the Boomer reckoning and the long Boomer farewell, the Boomer paradox of holding society together while holding it back, the gerontocracy problem of spending six dollars on old people for every one dollar on young people, entitlement spending flowing to the wealthiest demographic, Social Security couples at the top receiving over a hundred thousand dollars a year, California's real estate tax caps and their effect on schools, the political power of older voters and the absence of an AARP for young people, Gen X's failure to produce a presidential contender, Don Draper in Mad Men as a hinge figure between Greatest Generation and Boomer values, Boomer narcissism versus Gen X grandiosity, Jim's reframe of the core Boomer failing as hyper-individualism rather than narcissism, and much more. Episode Transcript "Dionysian Futurism," by Jeff Giesea The Boyd Institute Jeff Giesea (Twitter) "The Lost Generation," by Jacob Savage "The Boomer Reckoning No One's Ready For," by Jeff Giesea "Boomer Caregiving Will Wreck Our Politics," by Jeff Giesea "The Long Boomer Farewell," by Jeff Giesea "The Broligarchy Will Either Save the World or Destroy It," by Jeff Giesea Jeff Giesea is an entrepreneur, investor, and writer. A Stanford graduate, he has built several successful businesses and recently founded the Boyd Institute, a policy lab for America's future. You can read his essays on his Substack.

In this insightful conversation, host Aaron M. Renn sits with Jeff Giesea, Stanford grad, entrepreneur, and founder of the Boyd Institute—a policy lab focused on bold solutions for America's future, tackling gerontocracy, overregulation, AI, and social fragmentation.They dive deep into the structural challenges facing the country: the Boomer Paradox (how older generations are both holding society together and holding it back), the rise of gerontocracy and its impact on young Americans, the transformative power of AI as democracy's best hope, America's declining state capacity and overregulation, and the urgent need to shift from performative culture-war politics to real problem-solving.Whether you're concerned about housing, fiscal policy, technological disruption, or national renewal, this episode offers thoughtful, heterodox perspectives on building a flourishing post-Boomer America.CHAPTERS:(00:00 - Introduction)(00:42 - The Big Issues America Ignores)(02:28 - Gerontocracy: The Real Demographic Crisis)(03:10 - Who Advocates for Young Americans?)(05:34 - The Boomer Paradox: Holding Us Back and Together)(07:13 - The Long Boomer Farewell & Interregnum Ahead)(09:11 - Boomer Influence in Politics & Policy)(10:14 - Property Taxes, Housing, and Robbing the Future)(13:01 - Boomer Caregiving & Political Wreckage)(15:58 - Local Impacts: Schools, NIMBYism, and Driving Laws)(17:03 - Overregulation & Lost State Capacity)(31:05 - Public Sector Competence & Private Sector Dynamism)(32:44 - AI as Democracy's Best Hope for Renewal)(34:04 - Why Democracies Struggle & How AI Can Help)(35:15 - America's Unique Challenges vs. Other Countries)(37:37 - Wanting Competent Government That Delivers)(39:36 - Enemies of Progress: Regulation, Unions, Fragmentation)(41:04 - Emerging Consensus on Reform & Building)(43:46 - Shifting from Performative Politics to Real Solutions)(45:21 - How to Approach Politics) JEFF GIESEA LINKS:

Michael Carbonagi, Jeff Giesea, Mike Koolidge, Curt Smith

MODERATION Podcast Trailer Playwright Kevin Kautzman and producer Jeff Giesea of Crying Hill Media discuss MODERATION, a new play about social media content moderators struggling to stay sane at work. Adapted from a Zoom reading by Spooky Action Theater, MODERATION is presented in podcast format over three episodes - each an act from the

Jeff Giesea, Erick Kohn, Chris Varones, Michael Golden, Mike Miller, Judith Sherwin

Hour 1 Venezuela, in the heart of darkness?  Hypocrisy, is the reason the media and Hollywood are the enemy? Who is IIhan Omar? Her very shady past as a former Immigration fraud? "One is human, the other is not"?    Hour 2 Is it time to break up Big Tech? Twitter is leading the way on censorship? Is it 1984 or A Brave New World? The Protections and platforms of Social media? Google controls 90% of what we search for? Open platforms have been great for democracy.    Hour 3 'Hate Crime Hoax: How the left is selling a fake race war'. Author, Dr. Will Reilly joins to explain? The Art of False Narratives? Labeling and partisanship isn't for everyone? Glenn Beck and Three days with Tony Robbins?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Best of the Program | 3/13 - Venezuela, in the heart of darkness? -h1 - Who is IIhan Omar? -h1 - Censorship is Only Getting Worse? (w/ Jeff Giesea) -h2 - Hate Crime Hoaxes? (w/ Dr. Will Reilly) -h3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode 83 Jeff Giesea joins me on the podcast. He is an entrepreneur and executive coach based in Washington D.C. He is here to talk about his journey to Fatherhood as a Gay Dad. Please enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/alec-lace/support

Welcome to weaponized information and the battle for the online narrative. We're joined this week by a panel of experts: Charlie Warzel from BuzzFeed, who reports on disinformation and internet culture, Jeff Giesea, an author on memetic warfare and the organizer of the Deploraball, and Renee DiResta, a leading computational propaganda researcher and Director of Policy at Data for Democracy.

Jeff Giesea discusses his papers "Hacking Hearts and Minds: How Memetic Warfare is Transforming Cyberwar" and "It's Time to Embrace Memetic Warfare"    

http://www.tropicalmba.com/theexit/ Jeff Giesea recently penned an article for the Harvard Business Review titled "Dealing With the Emotional Fallout of Selling Your Business". Needless to say, this article caught the eye of Dan and Ian, who have recently sold the largest business they have ever created. There are a lot of weird and conflicting thoughts that go through your mind when you go through this process. Dan and Ian invited Jeff on to the show this week to speak about his experience selling his businesses, and the trials and tribulations that entrepreneurs face when they make the exit.