two underrated points he makes: - agency: "a huge reason for why the American experiment has been so successful is that people do a lot of doing." - risk: "America's attitude towards risk is a huge advantage over the Europeans. Failure in Europe is so shameful and in America is more forgiving." america's power historically has come from a bias towards action and risk-taking. it's the backbone of entrepreneurship. you need agency and benevolence towards risk if you want to build anything meaningful in the world.