Ben Slivka Predicted the Internet Era. He Doesn't Buy the Hype About AI.

Podcast: Dad Saves America · John Papola

Opublikowano: 2026-09-24

I sat down with Ben Slivka, an early Microsoft executive who led the team that built Internet Explorer, served 20 years on Northwestern University’s Board of Trustees, and has spent decades since as an angel investor across biotech, space, and software startups. We get into: * How cowardice became the norm in university leadership * Why the public school model fails so many students * His 1995 Microsoft memo that correctly predicted the internet revolution * The truth about the Microsoft antitrust case and why “monopoly” is a misleading term * Why he believ...