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American Dynamism made working with the government cool again: - Tech realizes defense matters - Companies like SpaceX and Anduril have proven startups can sell to the government - America has to build in the physical world to stay dominant David Ulevitch, Katherine Boyle, and Erik Torenberg join Marc... Andreessen and Ben Horowitz to cover the origins of American Dynamism and where it's going, including Silicon Valley's roots in defense, the importance of American values winning globally, and how a special breed of founders is building for American Dynamism. 00:00 Intro 01:32 When Katherine Boyle coined “American Dynamism” 08:50 When emotional outrage replaced curiosity 14:14 “It’s Time to Build”: How COVID and The Social Network defined a decade 29:20 Space 2.0: Why you don’t need to build everything yourself 37:28 Attributable systems: Rethinking the economics of war 44:42 “The war won’t be about space, it will be in space” 46:33 Every country wants their own Silicon Valley 58:01 Winning by being more like us, not more like them 1:13:51 Why American Dynamism founders are different David Ulevitch 🇺🇸 Katherine Boyle Erik Torenberg Marc Andreessen 🇺🇸 benahorowitz.ethshow more

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