The guest
Vamsi Kasukurti
Two conversations on the forces almost nobody connects: empire, money, and the technology about to redraw the map all over again.
What they talked about
Vamsi Kasukurti is the guest for the show's two-part conversation on geopolitics, history, and the technology redrawing the map. He grew up lower middle class in Bangalore, learned from a father who refused to treat money as the goal, and reads the world through first principles rather than headlines.
Across both parts he connects things school keeps separate: how empire and colonization still decide which countries are rich, why World War II turned on supply chains and single bad decisions, and how the same forces are playing out again in the race over artificial intelligence. His throughline for young people is optimism grounded in evidence, and a simple instruction: pick one skill, get genuinely excellent, then lead.
The conversations
Geopolitics & History
How Wars and Colonization Still Control Your Life Today
Borders, empires, and the wars nobody put in your textbook, and how every one of them still shapes the money in your pocket and the news on your feed.
Technology & The Future
AI Is Changing Everything. Are You Ready?
Vamsi comes back to talk about the technology quietly rewriting every career path, and what someone young should actually do about it before the rest of the world catches up.
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