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Dialectic · Episode 58

Adam Mastroianni - Let Me Be Useful

Adam Mastroianni (Website, X) is an experimental psychologist and the writer of Experimental History. He earned his PhD in psychology at Harvard before leaving academia to pursue research and writing...

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2024–present · Dialectic
2021–2024 · Investment Partner, Paradigm
2017–2021 · Founding team, 100 Thieves
2015–2017 · Lowercase Capital
2015 · Universal Music Group
2012–2016 · University of Southern California