EP 18 – Scott Gosnell on Giordano Bruno and Other Stuff

YOU GUYS, I GOT TO INTERVIEW SCOTT GOSNELL! Okay, okay, I'm calming down. In this episode, Erik interviews Scott Gosnell, entrepreneur, scientist, writer, wizard, autodidact, and translator of the collected works of Giordano Bruno. We spend a lot of time diving into Bruno's life and works, but we also talk about other stuff. It is a really fascinating conversation that touches on the origins of psychology, the art of memory, Neoplatonism, and even Dzogchen Buddhism.

The Beers

No beer this episode! We recorded in the middle of the day so it seemed like a bad idea.

Links and Notes

Scott's blog, Bottle Rocket Science
Startup Geometry, Scott's podcast
The Collected Works of Giordano Bruno
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition by Frances Yates
Deep Principles of Kabbalistic Alchemy by David Chaim Smith
John of Morigny
Rewriting Magic: An Exegesis of the Visionary Autobiography of a Fourteenth-Century French Monk and The Flowers of Heavenly Teaching by Claire Fanger
Daniel Ingram, who claims to be an Arhat

"It seems like Giordano Bruno's superpower was pissing people off. And memorizing things."