PERSON DIRECTORY
Patrick O'Shaughnessy
Host of Invest Like the Best. Patrick O'Shaughnessy appears in 92 indexed conversations across Invest Like the Best, David Senra, Sohn Conference Foundation. This directory brings every appearance, source, TL;DR, digest, and transcript into one searchable feed.
Walter Russell Mead - How America Keeps Winning - [Invest Like the Best, EP.490]
Patrick O'ShaughnessyWalter Russell Mead
Mead sees a dynamic United States inside a collapsing Pax Americana, with information-revolution productivity keeping American power resilient.The investable question is whether “infostructure” can let AI and remote/hybrid work renew the ownership society while adapting to Ukraine’s drone-driven obsolescence.Taiwan’s “soft blockade” and Japan’s strategic awakening offer geopolitical variables as Trump’s unpredictability continues to erode institutional networks.
Former DoD Advisor on Iran, China and AI Warfare
Patrick O'ShaughnessyDarren Farber
Farber defines victory in Iran as reopening the Strait of Hormuz while preventing its military and terror-export network from rebuilding through oil profits, requiring greater magazine depth and potentially an amphibious force.Defense markets are already testing neoprime targeting and signals intelligence in combat, but projection beyond drones remains unproven; multi-year authorities and Manhattan Project-scale spending could catalyze capacity, while Taiwan’s election remains a near-term geopolitical risk.
From SpaceX to Founders Fund to Solving America's Nuclear Fuel Problem
Patrick O'ShaughnessyScott Nolan
America’s zero commercial uranium-enrichment capacity makes fuel the bottleneck for advanced nuclear power, with HALEU scarcity and the January 1, 2028 Russian-import ban creating defined market openings.General Matter targets dollars per kilogram-SWU as its cost metric, while data-center demand and behind-the-meter SMRs could accelerate deployment; execution, permitting, and the economics of nuclear construction remain key risks.
Darren Farber - The Business of Defense - [Invest Like the Best, EP.417]
Patrick O'ShaughnessyDarren Farber
Defense is repricing its 80-year security bargain, but the investable bottleneck remains replacing legacy programs rather than the headline $858 billion budget.Commercial technology, autonomous mass, and industrial scale can create overmatch, while Farber favors one-of-one suppliers near the molecule, backed by long contracts, low replacement cost, and reinvestment rather than prototype novelty alone.