Confessions on Modern Philanthropy with: Julia Bunte-Mein (Renaissance Philanthropy)

A conversation about truth, tacit knowledge, and why the future needs more alternative institutions.

Welcome to the confession booth. This session was recorded at the first gathering of Stella Matutina, a philosophical R&D institute. Why do people like Julia and Aishwarya keep walking away from existing institutions, like traditional academia or big tech, to build alternative ones instead? What is it they’re actually chasing? In this episode, we explore tacit knowledge and why 96% of Nobel laureates share the same academic lineage, why grant cycles have started to look like venture pitch decks, why the SAFE changed startup culture and what the equivalent might look like for research…

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