Samo Burja

Samo Burja founded Bismarck Analysis to study the institutions and leadership behind technological and social change. His Great Founder Theory examines how exceptional leaders create and renew lasting institutions.

Career

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Foresight Institute

Jun 2019 — Present

Senior Research Fellow, Political Science

Bismarck Analysis

Jun 2017 — Present

Founder and President

Founded an institutional-analysis firm advising investors, companies, governments, and philanthropists.

Palladium Magazine

Until Present

Editor-in-Chief

Long Now Foundation

Feb 2020 — May 2023

Research Fellow

Products & media

brief.bismarckanalysis.com

Ground Drone Warfare Will Roboticize Armies

Burja examines how advances in batteries, robotics, telecommunications, and semiconductors are changing military logistics, evacuation, and ground combat.

Writing

youtube.com

Samo Burja: Building an Immortal Society

A long-form conversation about institutional knowledge, civilizational decline, human agency, criticism, and what it would take to build a more durable society.

Video

samoburja.com

Great Founder Theory — 2020 Manuscript

Burja’s framework for understanding institutional creation, knowledge loss, succession and civilizational decline.

Writing

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Samo Burja

Foresight Institute

Bismarck Analysis

Palladium Magazine

Long Now Foundation

Products & media

Ground Drone Warfare Will Roboticize Armies

Samo Burja: Building an Immortal Society

Great Founder Theory — 2020 Manuscript

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