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Who From History Inspires You Most?
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Who From History Inspires You Most?

We ask Niall Ferguson & Joe Lonsdale...

How can the modern man be noble? And which great minds from history can he look to for guidance?

We discussed these very questions with renowned historian Niall Ferguson and Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale on X Spaces last week.

Joe and Niall reflect on their boyhood heroes and influences from history’s great thinkers, from Xenophon to Tolstoy to C.S. Lewis, and what motivated them to co-found a brand new university — The University of Austin.

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