People Referenced
People mentioned during the call who were not participants.
Authors & Creators
Kevin MacLeod
- Who: Prolific composer of royalty-free music
- Achievement: 2,000 pieces under Creative Commons
- Impact: One song played 31.6 billion times
- Recognition: "The most prolific composer you've never heard of" - New York Times
- Website: http://royaltyfreedoc.com/
- Mentioned by: Scott Moehring
- Context: Remixability concept
- See: Scott Moehring
Dan Brown
- Who: Bestselling author
- Books Discussed:
- The Secret of Secrets (latest)
- Origin (2017)
- The Da Vinci Code
- Mentioned by: Jerry Michalski, David Witzel
- Significance: Brings complex ideas (non-local consciousness, divine feminine) to popular audience
- Jerry's quote: "Brown is not Faulkner" but valuable for introducing ideas
- See: Jerry Michalski, Dan Brown Books
Leonard Shlain
- Who: Author
- Book: The Alphabet vs. the Goddess
- Topic: Divine Feminine marginalization (academic treatment)
- Mentioned by: Jerry Michalski
- Connection: Parallel thesis to Da Vinci Code from different perspective
Michael Lewis
- Who: Author
- Books Mentioned:
- The Big Short
- Moneyball
- Multiple others
- Mentioned by: Jerry Michalski, Gil Friend, Mike Nelson
- Praise: "Brilliant" - Mike Nelson
- Location: Lives in Berkeley - Gil Friend
- Impact: Series of books with "similar depth and insight"
- See: Books and Publications
Michael Burry
- Who: Real-life market genius from The Big Short
- Current Activity: Fund set up to short the tech sector
- Targets: Palantir, NVIDIA
- History: Shorted real estate bubble in 2008
- Caution: New Yorker article from 2016 predicted crisis - would have missed decade of growth
- Mentioned by: Doug Breitbart, Jerry Michalski, Mike Nelson
- Context: AI Financial Bubble discussion
- See: Mike Nelson, AI Financial Bubble
Sunil Malhotra
- Who: "Friend of OGM's"
- Contribution: Introduced Jerry Michalski to Non-Local Consciousness concept ~1.5 years before the call
- Key idea: Consciousness as "background radiation of the universe" that we "tune into like a radio station"
- Mentioned by: Jerry Michalski
- See: Jerry Michalski, Non-Local Consciousness
Andreas Sjöström
- Who: Vice President & SF AIE Lead at Capgemini
- Role: Applied Innovation Exchange (San Francisco)
- Expertise: AI applications and integrations
- Recent: Gave hour-long presentation on AI field and company applications
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreaswsjostrom/
- Recent post: "How to Keep Up in AI... My Go-To Resources"
- Mentioned by: Gil Friend
- Context: Working with Capgemini on net positive projects
- See: Gil Friend
Ben Hunt
- Who: Founder of Epsilon Theory and Panoptica.ai
- Role: Asset manager at Second Foundation Partners
- Expertise: Narrative tracking, global media scanning
- Background: Shorted real estate bubble in 2008
- Partner: Rusty Gwynn
- Technology: AIs scanning 8,000 sites globally
- Output: Multi-colored graphs of conversation trends
- Mentioned by: Gil Friend
- See: Gil Friend, Panoptica and Narrative Tracking
Rusty Gwynn
- Who: Partner with Ben Hunt
- Project: Panoptica.ai
- Mentioned by: Gil Friend
Marshall Kirkpatrick
- Who: "Our very own" - OGM member
- Project: Building scanning system for sustainability and regeneration
- Output: Products for companies, trend analysis
- Status: "Rarely on these calls, but up to some interesting stuff"
- Mentioned by: Gil Friend
- See: Gil Friend
Political Figures
Abigail Spanberger
- Who: Former congressperson, newly elected Virginia governor
- Personal Connection: Mike Nelson has known her personally for ~6 years, close with one of their best friends
- Character: "Moral, decent, smart, kind person... and a young person"
- Significance: Democratic landslide victory in Virginia
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
- See: Mike Nelson, Political Shifts 2025
Joe Trippi
- Who: Political strategist
- Context: Spoke at TEDx Mid-Atlantic event
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
Michael McFaul
- Who: Former U.S. Ambassador to Russia
- Context: Spoke at TEDx Mid-Atlantic event
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
JD Vance
- Context: Washington Post article about Peter Thiel donors and big tech
- Link: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/07/28/jd-vance-peter-thiel-donors-big-tech-trump-vp/
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
Peter Thiel
- Context: Same Washington Post article
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
Tech & Business Leaders
Sam Altman
- Who: OpenAI leader
- Activity: Using overinflated stock price to make deals
- Comparison: "OpenAI is the AOL of our day"
- Strategy: "Doing exactly the right thing" using inflated valuation
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
- Context: AI Financial Bubble
Alex Karp
- Who: CEO of Palantir
- Incident: Looked "panicked" when interviewed about Michael Burry shorting Palantir
- Quote: "Oh, this is really bad. Oh, this is not fair, oh..."
- Impact: Stock price went down 12%
- Response: "Deer in the headlights" - Doug Breitbart
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson, Doug Breitbart
Former Google CIO
- Book: Getting Organized in the Google Era
- Topic: How ADHD forced learning to use information better
- Context: Environmental Neurodiversity discussion
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
Cultural Figures
Mr. Rogers (Fred Rogers)
- Who: Children's television host
- Impact: Told Jerry Michalski's partner April "she was okay just the way she is"
- Significance: Important positive figure during difficult childhood
- Museum: In Pittsburgh
- Artifact: "Kindness Zone" road sign from museum
- Mentioned by: Jerry Michalski
- See: Jerry Michalski
DC Rapper (Front Porch)
- Who: Rapper who reinvented business model
- Previous: Signed with major studio, touring with cool rappers
- New Model: "Front Porch" - performs on front porch for neighborhood
- Trade-off: Less lucrative but less exhausting
- Context: Spoke at TEDx Mid-Atlantic
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
Historical/Other
Harry Truman
- Quote: "It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit"
- Context: Quote attribution complexity (see Quote Investigator)
- Mentioned by: Jerry Michalski, Stacey Druss, Gil Friend
Dean Carignan and JoAnn Garbin
- Who: Authors
- Book: The Insider's Guide to Innovation at Microsoft
- Mentioned by: Gil Friend
Family & Personal Connections
April
- Relationship: Jerry's partner
- Activity: Gave talk in Pittsburgh, visited Mr. Rogers Museum
- Personal story: Mr. Rogers important during difficult relationship with her mother
- Mentioned by: Jerry Michalski
Mike Nelson's Daughter (28 years old)
- Quote: Said Mike being a good father was important, but "the most important thing I have done for her has been instilling a deep sense of curiosity deep in her being"
- Character: "Very special and empathetic person"
- Impact: Said "many deep and eye-opening things" over the years
- Mentioned by: Mike Nelson
- Context: Curiosity and Attention discussion
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