Trung Phan — On Smart Threads and Dumb Memes (EP.109)

Trung T. Phan is a creator in the tech, business, and media space. His Twitter threads are full of knowledge and humor, and he also co-hosts the “Not Investment Advice” podcast. Follow Trung on Twitter at https://twitter.com/TrungTPhan and subscribe to his newsletter at https://trungtphan.com/subscribe/

Show Notes:

Trung’s Vietnamese origins
Humor in your talent stack
Asymmetric returns of creating content online
The power of memes
Getting a CFA
Going back to writing movie scripts
Succeeding in the creator economy
How to acquire people’s attention
Creating content on LinkedIn and Facebook
The importance of traveling
Donald Trump’s popularity in SE Asia
History is not black or white
Steve Jobs with the Picasso
How a Microsoft guy catalyzed the iPad
Musk’s space meeting with Bezos
Not letting complacency set in
Putting historical dates into perspective
Structuring speech to persuade
Jim not dissing Plato
Making Ted Lasso likable in 157 seconds
And MORE!

Books Mentioned:

The Status Game; by Will Storr
The Beginning of Infinity; by David Deutsch
Virus of the Mind; by Richard Brodie
The Republic; Plato