Juan Orbea

Listen to Henry tell his story from learning about effective altruism to making the decision to giving away 50% of his income - he also shares a fascinating story about getting infected with malaria for medical research.

From adulthood, you’ll spend almost half your waking hours on your career — more than the time you’ll spend eating, on hobbies, and watching Netflix put together. So unless you happen to be the heir to a large estate, that time is the biggest resource you have to help others.

I think there are always circumstances that are involved too. And oftentimes with decision making, the circumstances, the soil in which decisions are made is a really critical and overlooked factor.

Many investors saw the "death blow" to Amazon coming when the big established retailers started selling online. So while Amazon was born out of an initial appreciation for the growth of the internet, they stayed on top with execution. The ability to execute in an internet-native model vs. the transition big-box retailers were trying (and failing)... See more

Until 1998 BH run a levered operation by having more invested assets in the insurance operation than BH itself had in book value.