#151 Culture Without Culture War - Anna Gát on growing up in Hungary, emigrating at the age of 30, staying curious as we age, Interintellect, building a startup, bad advice and trusting your gut, her article in 2018, culture without culture war, creating your own gatekeepers, and success in the UK vs US

• 0:00 – Intro
• 0:50 – Introduction
• 1:59 – The scripts Anna grew up with
• 6:55 – Growing up in Hungary
• 11:24 – Anna’s writing influences
• 14:42 – Emigrating to London at 30, entering the survival mode
• 18:23 – Anna’s startup - following bad advice vs trusting your guts
• 24:23 – Anna’s article in 2018, Culture without culture war
• 29:47 – The online “intellectual saloons”
• 32:06 – “Unbossing” - Are the gatekeepers dead?
• 38:23 – Success - UK vs. US
• 42:53 – Interintellect
• 45:21 – Staying curious as you age, making your own choices
• 52:54 – Conformism and nonconformism
• 56:47 – Most people never get good feedback
• 1:04:00 – Tyler Cowen, having lunches and self-doubt
• 1:07:18 – Rapid fire questions with Anna
• 1:12:02 – Where can we learn more about Anna?
• 1:13:26 – Outro

Anna is the founder and CEO of Interintellect - a global community of thinkers. She grew up in Hungary and emigrated to London at the age of 30 and later to the US where she built her startup. She is passionate about staying curious as we age. While for some their late 20’s are the end, she has chosen to treat it as the beginning.

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Links:

• Interintellect

• Twitter: @TheAnnaGat

• Instagram: annagat_

• Anna’s Personal Website

• Writing