Tuesday, September 7, 2021

History of Silicon Valley with Marc Andreessen


Dominic Sandbrook and Tom Holland are joined by tech pioneer Marc Andreessen.

Has the internet been the most important force in modern history?

In part one of this two part series they look at how the internet developed out of military technology, whether early developers knew they were changing the world, and why business initially built a ‘wall of skepticism’ around the possibilities of the World Wide Web.

In Part 2 below, the rise of social media is the central subject, including whether social media is the principal force behind an increase in populist politics.

The ‘Americanisation’ of culture plus Marc’s theory on why software is the closest thing to real life magic also feature.


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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Monaco Grand Prix | How a Country Is Transformed Into a Racetrack


Since 1929, the Monaco Grand Prix has been one of the world's premier racing events and today's Formula One course follows mostly the same route across the city-state along the French Riviera.

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Thursday, June 17, 2021

Startup Cities, Decentralization, Network State and Much More with Justin Kan and Balaji Srinivasan


The Quest by Justin Kan with Balaji Srinivasan
June 2021

Justin Kan, co-founder of Twitch, former YC partner and investor talks with Balaji Srinivasan, former CTO of Coinbase and partner at a16z, about a wide range of topics, including:

-startup and cloud cities
-silicon valley
-decentralization
-crypto
-media tech
-social networking
-china
-machine learning
-digital privacy
-creator economy
-remote work
-network state
-wokeness
-future

0:00 Intro 1:04 City-building, the reverse diaspora and the tech solar eclipse 22:00 Woke, Communist and crypto capital Pt. I 37:56 China’s reform, Deng Xiaoping and FDA 55:40 The decentralization and unbundling of big tech 1:12:14 Crowd choice, remote work and the network state 1:24:29 Woke, Communist and crypto capital Pt. II 1:36:19 Our future is our past


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How to Launch and Go to Market Strategies


How to Launch and Go to Market Strategies
with Vineeta Malhotra (Spotify, UberEats)

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