Seth Bannon
@sethbannon.bsky.social
Entrepreneur. Investor. Happy warrior. Founder Fifty Years. ❤️ climate, bio, deeptech. Helping build civilizationally important companies.
The non-monarchies that put their sitting leaders on money:
Iraq
Syria
Turkmenistan
Ghana
Uganda
Libya
Turkey
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Guinea
Dominican Republic
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Indonesia
Botswana
Tunisia
North Vietnam
Iraq
Syria
Turkmenistan
Ghana
Uganda
Libya
Turkey
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Guinea
Dominican Republic
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Indonesia
Botswana
Tunisia
North Vietnam
October 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The non-monarchies that put their sitting leaders on money:
Iraq
Syria
Turkmenistan
Ghana
Uganda
Libya
Turkey
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Guinea
Dominican Republic
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Indonesia
Botswana
Tunisia
North Vietnam
Iraq
Syria
Turkmenistan
Ghana
Uganda
Libya
Turkey
Kenya
Tanzania
Malawi
Zambia
Guinea
Dominican Republic
Bangladesh
Vietnam
Indonesia
Botswana
Tunisia
North Vietnam
The best and the brightest from around the world studying at American universities is great for America.
Our universities are magnets for the world's top talent. They draw them into America, where they often stay, build incredible companies, open great labs, become Americans!
Our universities are magnets for the world's top talent. They draw them into America, where they often stay, build incredible companies, open great labs, become Americans!
July 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
The best and the brightest from around the world studying at American universities is great for America.
Our universities are magnets for the world's top talent. They draw them into America, where they often stay, build incredible companies, open great labs, become Americans!
Our universities are magnets for the world's top talent. They draw them into America, where they often stay, build incredible companies, open great labs, become Americans!
When you create a maximally truth seeking AI and it conflicts with your worldview, you can do one of two things...
June 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
When you create a maximally truth seeking AI and it conflicts with your worldview, you can do one of two things...
Ambition without mission is a sprint to nowhere.
June 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ambition without mission is a sprint to nowhere.
IT'S TIME TO BUILD
Big things. Bold things. Like replacing your local car dealership’s receptionist with ChatGPT apparently.
Big things. Bold things. Like replacing your local car dealership’s receptionist with ChatGPT apparently.
June 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
IT'S TIME TO BUILD
Big things. Bold things. Like replacing your local car dealership’s receptionist with ChatGPT apparently.
Big things. Bold things. Like replacing your local car dealership’s receptionist with ChatGPT apparently.
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No program or course has given me more transformative insights into #company building and personal development than the 5050 UK program (www.fiftyyears.com).
Each week, the @FiftyYears team mentors us on how to develop the traits of great founders…
Thread.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bjorno...
Each week, the @FiftyYears team mentors us on how to develop the traits of great founders…
Thread.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bjorno...
Fifty Years
Fifty Years – We back the indispensable using technology to solve the world's biggest problems.
www.fiftyyears.com
June 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
No program or course has given me more transformative insights into #company building and personal development than the 5050 UK program (www.fiftyyears.com).
Each week, the @FiftyYears team mentors us on how to develop the traits of great founders…
Thread.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bjorno...
Each week, the @FiftyYears team mentors us on how to develop the traits of great founders…
Thread.
www.linkedin.com/posts/bjorno...
The best possible future is one in which the US and China build the future together as allies.
June 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The best possible future is one in which the US and China build the future together as allies.
Convening a dozen federal agencies. To tackle healthcare? AI policy? Economic growth?
No. To go after Harvard.
No. To go after Harvard.
June 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Convening a dozen federal agencies. To tackle healthcare? AI policy? Economic growth?
No. To go after Harvard.
No. To go after Harvard.
80% of Chinese STEM grads stay in the US. They build American companies, advance American science, power the American economy.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 AM
80% of Chinese STEM grads stay in the US. They build American companies, advance American science, power the American economy.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
The ones that go back home PAID to be influenced by America. They often return with a love of the USA and a deep connection to America.
Harvard’s refusal to bow to authoritarian pressure is goddamn impressive.
May 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Harvard’s refusal to bow to authoritarian pressure is goddamn impressive.
A great strength of America is that the best and brightest from around the world clamor to come here. To innovate and build on our shores. Why are we fighting to change that?
May 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
A great strength of America is that the best and brightest from around the world clamor to come here. To innovate and build on our shores. Why are we fighting to change that?
Israel and the United States causing and allowing the mass starvation of women and children will only radicalize another generation. It's the surest way to prolong the cycle of violence. It makes Israel less safe and is unfathomably cruel to the people of Gaza.
May 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Israel and the United States causing and allowing the mass starvation of women and children will only radicalize another generation. It's the surest way to prolong the cycle of violence. It makes Israel less safe and is unfathomably cruel to the people of Gaza.
It’s fair to ask why everyone in the US gets due process before deportation, including those here illegally.
The answer is simple: without due process for everyone, the government could deport citizens, because due process is how citizens prove they are citizens.
The answer is simple: without due process for everyone, the government could deport citizens, because due process is how citizens prove they are citizens.
May 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It’s fair to ask why everyone in the US gets due process before deportation, including those here illegally.
The answer is simple: without due process for everyone, the government could deport citizens, because due process is how citizens prove they are citizens.
The answer is simple: without due process for everyone, the government could deport citizens, because due process is how citizens prove they are citizens.
Metformin might be the most studied longevity drug that’s already FDA approved. Improves insulin sensitivity, fitness, and immune function in healthy adults.
elicit.com/review/22d92...
elicit.com/review/22d92...
April 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Metformin might be the most studied longevity drug that’s already FDA approved. Improves insulin sensitivity, fitness, and immune function in healthy adults.
elicit.com/review/22d92...
elicit.com/review/22d92...
The great strength of America is that it attracts the best and the brightest from around the world. For the first time in modern history, America is facing a brain drain. This is how you give up the future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 22, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The great strength of America is that it attracts the best and the brightest from around the world. For the first time in modern history, America is facing a brain drain. This is how you give up the future.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
If you wanted to absolutely gut American manufacturing capabilities, you would tax manufacturing inputs to drive up the cost of manufacturing things in the US, while taxing imported finished products at a lower rate, to advantage companies that manufacture overseas.
April 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you wanted to absolutely gut American manufacturing capabilities, you would tax manufacturing inputs to drive up the cost of manufacturing things in the US, while taxing imported finished products at a lower rate, to advantage companies that manufacture overseas.
1/ GOODBYE ANIMAL TESTING
Big news from the FDA: They're starting to phase out animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies and other biologics.
HUGE DEAL for science, ethics, and innovation.
Big news from the FDA: They're starting to phase out animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies and other biologics.
HUGE DEAL for science, ethics, and innovation.
April 10, 2025 at 9:26 PM
1/ GOODBYE ANIMAL TESTING
Big news from the FDA: They're starting to phase out animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies and other biologics.
HUGE DEAL for science, ethics, and innovation.
Big news from the FDA: They're starting to phase out animal testing requirements for monoclonal antibodies and other biologics.
HUGE DEAL for science, ethics, and innovation.
So much potential is lost to shallow but lucrative pursuits.
April 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
So much potential is lost to shallow but lucrative pursuits.
A trade deficit doesn't mean your country is being screwed. It means your country is rich.
April 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
A trade deficit doesn't mean your country is being screwed. It means your country is rich.
"Walt, that's crazy."
Everyone was against building Disneyland -- Walt’s finance team, his cofounder brother, his employees, even his wife! But Walt had the vision and moral authority of a founder and pushed it through.
Last year, Disney Parks brought in $34B. $9B in profit.
Everyone was against building Disneyland -- Walt’s finance team, his cofounder brother, his employees, even his wife! But Walt had the vision and moral authority of a founder and pushed it through.
Last year, Disney Parks brought in $34B. $9B in profit.
April 5, 2025 at 7:42 PM
"Walt, that's crazy."
Everyone was against building Disneyland -- Walt’s finance team, his cofounder brother, his employees, even his wife! But Walt had the vision and moral authority of a founder and pushed it through.
Last year, Disney Parks brought in $34B. $9B in profit.
Everyone was against building Disneyland -- Walt’s finance team, his cofounder brother, his employees, even his wife! But Walt had the vision and moral authority of a founder and pushed it through.
Last year, Disney Parks brought in $34B. $9B in profit.
Deep tech is the closest thing we have to magic.
April 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Deep tech is the closest thing we have to magic.
Sure the markets are way down but at least there's a measles outbreak.
April 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Sure the markets are way down but at least there's a measles outbreak.
We sent this email to all Fifty Years portfolio founders 2 weeks ago. Subject "Farewell, stability".
April 3, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We sent this email to all Fifty Years portfolio founders 2 weeks ago. Subject "Farewell, stability".
21 biotech startups. Nobel Prize. AI for protein design breakthroughs. The US was building the future. Then it defunded the science behind it. World-class self-own.
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
April 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
21 biotech startups. Nobel Prize. AI for protein design breakthroughs. The US was building the future. Then it defunded the science behind it. World-class self-own.
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
www.geekwire.com/2025/from-no...
March 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM