Selected - The Sesamers Podcast

Selected 016 - Harper Reed

Episode Summary

In this edition of the Selected Podcast, former Obama for America CTO Harper Reed defines "Rewarding" work, we talk about Sex, Politics, Religion, and Money, and I need a hat. All this and more on Episode 16!

Episode Notes

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Topics Discussed:

• The world's most impressive bio
• The smell of Las Vegas
• Dan and seeing Queen with Freddie Mercury at age 5. Thanks Mom!
• Dan's girlfriend is in love with Harper
• "What's your pandemic plan?"
• Discipline? Punishment? Cause and Effect
• Zebra striping the car and the parents reaction
• Laying the groundwork to sell to PayPal
• Just for the Hack of It
• Cooking with Harper
  • "How MUCH IS A LITTLE BIT?"
• "I'm sorry, what were we talking about?"
• Harper and the House of Cards story
• The Obama Work
• "Rewarding" work
• Tools used against us
• Would you do anything differently?
• Ad Agencies, "Oh no, we never actually did any of that stuff. You guys actually did it."
• "Pandora's box was cracked open, we  just happened to be the ones that opened it all the way."
• "We put too much weight on founders to have a strong perspective on the ethical stance of their thing."
• But ... VC's want to hear conviction(?)
• Jim, McCoy, Spock and the crew of the NCC-1701
• Responsible for Brexit?
  • Red voters
  • Talking shit about the EU, this is not a surprise result
• A whole boatload of racism
• "I'm not sure my absentee ballot arrived in time."
• "My shit was in the post MONTHS ahead of time."
• "Sex, Politics, Religion and Money."
• Listening to the other side
• Veiled racism? I don't have time for it.
• Identity politics
• "When you're accustomed to privilege equality feels like oppression." - Franklin Leonard
• "When I looked at my historic returns, the women I invested in had much greater returns  than then men."
• The LIGHTNING ROUND
• BREAK

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• Aaaaaaand we're back!
• Zooooom.us
• Galactic.io. Go get in on this shit NOW!
• Hopin. "They're not screwing around"
• The return of Anna. Again.
• My castle
• Dan's recorded an audio book. NDA's damn. Coming soon ...
• Dressing in black
• "I don't miss airport security"
• Harper and Community
• Gen X. Me and Al Gore
• What is a community?
  • You want to be a good actor in
  • You can trust me
• Establishing trust
  • Authenticity
  • The accidental dissolution of trust
• Harper's adult body
• The antithese answers the question
• I didn't split the episode. If Joe Rogan can go 3.5 hours a day, let's see if YOU stick around for an hour and a half
• Harper's COVID work
  • "I was bored. I needed something to do."
• People peopled
• I have to start wearing a hat
• Dress like Harper Reed Glasses day
  • The photo didn't do it justice
• Read bitches!
  • A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine
• Harper's in the basement
• "All of my friends getting the COVID vaccine. It creates hope."
• I'm priority "The End"
• You bes' check yoself befo' you wreck yo'self

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