102: Dick Smith | Legendary Adventurer & Australian Icon

🎙️: https://atlasgeographica.com/dick-smith/🍻☕: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ryanhoggThe following is a conversation with one of the great adventurers of Australia’s history. Dick Smith.Dick is also consequentially one of Australia’s greatest entrepreneurs, aviators, cultural figures, the 1986 Australia of the year, and interestingly as well, a multiple world aviation record holder.Dick founded and then sold two extremely successful companies that are woven into Australia’s culture.Dick Smith ElectronicsAustralian Geographic MagazineDick recently published an autobiography titled ‘My Adventurous Life’ which was the catalyst for this conversation. Newsletter 📋 🔑 - https://atlasgeographica.com/subscribe📷 Instagram & Twitter 🐦 -----Time Stamps With Dick Smith00:00 – Introduction.03:19 – Serendipity In Dicks Life.05:54 – Risk Taking & Nassim Taleb.25:25 – Dick Reflecting On How Australia Has Changed In His Life.33:55 – Mateship & Modern Business Environment.41:09 – Dick On Religion & How Travel Effected His Worldview.47:00 – Overpopulation.1:00:52 – Climate Change & Nuclear Power.1:07:49 – Dick On The Future.1:10:38 – Current Business Opportunities + Ingenious Measure To Reduce Tax Evasion.1:13:32 – Does Life Go Fast?1:15:59 – Country Most Bullish On + Conversation Between Any Two People Of History.1:18:03 – Afterthoughts & Ambition For The Podcast.-----Links To Dick SmithMy Adventurous Life – Dick Smith Autobiography