EPISODE · Mar 31, 2024 · 51 MIN
8. ROI: Return On Imagination ft. Yurui Zi
from Licensed Poetics · host Fung-Ling and Derek
Achim triumphantly returns from holiday and brings with him a 17yo LinkedIn celebrity and entrepreneur prodigy who loves reading, Yurui Zi. He then drops his take on The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K, while BFL disagrees (yet again) with Goodreads reviewers on Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Yurui bravely states his preference for non-fiction over fiction in the same room as Achim and BFL who are both avid fiction readers. Before the conversation turns into a fistfight, they find some common ground talking about Dune, stoicism, and high school English classes. Follow us on Instagram @licensedpoetics Books mentioned The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson On Women by Susan Sontag More To That by Lawrence Yeo (blog) Dune by Frank Herbert Meditations by Marcus Aurelius The Sandman by Neil Gaiman Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:00 Yurui intro 02:05 Achim reading update 10:25 BFL reading update 19:05 Yurui prefers non-fiction 29:47 Dune 37:05 Marcus Aurelius and stoicism 39:30 How Yurui got into business 44:20 High school English 51:05 Bloopers yuruizi.com
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Achim triumphantly returns from holiday and brings with him a 17yo LinkedIn celebrity and entrepreneur prodigy who loves reading, Yurui Zi. He then drops his take on The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K, while BFL disagrees (yet again) with Goodreads reviewers on Piranesi by Susanna Clarke. Yurui bravely states his preference for non-fiction over fiction in the same room as Achim and BFL who are both avid fiction readers. Before the conversation turns into a fistfight, they find some common ground talking about Dune, stoicism, and high school English classes. Follow us on Instagram @licensedpoetics Books mentioned The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell Piranesi by Susanna Clarke The Almanack Of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness by Eric Jorgenson On Women by Susan Sontag More To That by Lawrence Yeo (blog) Dune by Frank Herbert Meditations by Marcus Aurelius The Sandman by Neil Gaiman Chapters 00:00 Intro 01:00 Yurui intro 02:05 Achim reading update 10:25 BFL reading update 19:05 Yurui prefers non-fiction 29:47 Dune 37:05 Marcus Aurelius and stoicism 39:30 How Yurui got into business 44:20 High school English 51:05 Bloopers yuruizi.com
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