2025 in Review

Speeches

I held a few lectures and speeches around the world. Most were private, but here is the recording of my favorite public speech of 2025: Winning Long-Term Games at VALUEx Berkshire.

Books Published

In 2025, I published one new book:

Poverty and Prosperity (November 2025) - The Principles That Build Civilizations and the Policies That Ruin Them. This book examines the economic and cultural mistakes that turn abundance into scarcity, and provides practical principles to make societies wealthier, freer, and more resilient.

I also started writing another book, to be published hopefully in 2026: “Beyond Compliance,” on risk management.

Podcasts

I appeared on or produced 19 podcast episodes in 2025:

1. Too Big To Fail (January) - Discussing ergodicity and personal finance (in Italian)
2. The Knowledge #2 (January) - David Elikwu interviews me on winning long-term games
3. The Art of Quality, #2 (March) - With John Candeto, William Oliver, Ferdi von Bennigsen, and Paul Higgins on building a long-term culture
4. Boundaryless (March) - On organizational culture and change initiatives
5. Peter Eigen on Fighting Corruption (April) - We interview the founder of Transparency International for Patterns and Stories
6. Ben Nelson on Education (April) - We interview the founder of Minerva University for Patterns and Stories
7. Construction Genius (April) - Eric Anderton interviewed me on the real-world applications of AI to sharpen proposals and cut rework
8. Lina Ashar on Education (May) - We interview the founder of Dreamtime Learning for Patterns and Stories
9. Dag Detter on Unlocking the Hidden Value of Public Assets (June) - Interview with Dag Detter for Patterns and Stories on restructuring government portfolios of public assets