On Immortal societies, civilizational decline, the longevity of information, and academia.
Samo Burja is the founder of Bismarck Analysis, a consulting firm that investigates the political and institutional landscape of society. He’s also a Research Fellow at the Long Now Foundation where he studies how institutions can endure for centuries and millennia.
Samo is also Senior Research Fellow in Political Science at the Foresight Institute, where he advises how institutions can shape the future of technology.
He writes and speaks on history, institutions, and strategy with a focus on exceptional leaders that create new social and political forms. He’s systematized this approach as “Great Founder Theory.”