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Bari Weiss talks to Silicon Valley legend Marc Andreessen.
I remember Marc well from way back in the Netscape days. And I must be one of the few people alive who remembers his first go at a browser: Mosaic. It was packaged on 5.5” floppies (!) when we opened our computer box here in Hong Kong, around 1993.
Since then Marc has been Angel investor in all sorts of now major companies: Facebook, Google, Pinterest, Tesla.
He was a loyal Dem supporter until he wasn’t. He voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton. But now?? Donald Trump! Together with his Venture Capital partner. And many other red-pilled tech bros.
A couple of his favourite books, which I’ve just ordered:
The Managerial Revolution and The Machiavellians both By James Burnham.
He talks the dangers of AI. If AI is taught to lie. As Elon Musk fears.
Bottom line: he thinks — as I do! — that America’s best times are ahead of it. It’s “morning in America”.
Despite all the challenges, he’s an optimist. Again, as am I. Now in my eighth decade, I want to live as long as possible, to witness all the amazing things just around the corner. Marc Andreessen is a major player in those changes. Now spending major time at Mar-a-Lago helping Trump choose and vet his senior cabinet.
Summary and timestamps here.
