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Shane Parrish

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My dear friend, Vlad Tenev, changed the landscape of investing forever! The rise of the retail investor is largely due to Robinhood's success... and in this new Journey Man, we discuss it all... Enjoy! 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Introducing Vlad Tenev of Robinhood 01:27 - Why Take on Wall Street? 01:54 - Robinhood’s Zero-Fee Origin Story 02:53 - Inspiration from Instagram and Uber 04:24 - Reimagining Trading for Mobile 05:05 - The Challenge of Disrupting Finance 05:42 - Why Everything Is Hard 06:34 - Early Wrong Assumptions 07:42 - Raising Capital with a Small Vision 08:48 - Funding Robinhood on AngelList 09:50 - Early Investors Changed Their Lives 10:38 - The Crypto Explosion Begins 11:07 - Considering a Bitcoin Exchange First 12:17 - Bitcoin’s Early Skepticism and Growth 13:08 - Robinhood Launches Crypto in 2018 14:03 - 2020: Crypto Revenue Surges Overnight 15:04 - The Challenge of Crypto Cyclicality 16:11 - Staffing a Volatile Business 17:10 - Building Robinhood’s Lean Crypto Team 18:46 - Robinhood’s First Crypto Event Coming 19:38 - Where TradFi Meets DeFi 20:34 - Tokenizing Everything 21:09 - Robinhood’s Vision for Crypto + Finance 21:47 - Thoughts on Crypto Options Demand 23:04 - Why Crypto Options Haven’t Taken Off 24:09 - Millennials and the Speculative Economy 25:22 - Democratizing Trading for Everyone 26:08 - Why Buy-and-Hold Doesn’t Work for All 27:15 - Trading vs Investing: A Matter of Wealth 28:01 - Trading as a Skill Anyone Can Build 29:13 - Robinhood’s Role in Onboarding Millions 30:06 - The Fed's Role and Retail Insight 31:03 - The Rise of the Retail Macro Trader 32:17 - Helping Users Succeed with Robinhood Strategies 33:35 - Power of Community and the Hive Mind 34:55 - Will AI Disrupt Community Too? 36:14 - Technological Waves and Investor Opportunity 37:10 - Human Purpose in an AI World 37:52 - Tokenizing Human Connection 38:28 - Creators, Platforms, and Future-Proofing 39:26 - Vlad’s Long-Term View of the Future 40:05 - Financial Services at the Heart of Disruption 41:14 - If AI Replaces Jobs, What Happens to Investing? 42:25 - Entering the Economic Singularity 43:31 - What Happens When AIs Win the Markets? 44:16 - AI's Role in Capital and Markets 45:07 - Will AI Eliminate Human Emotion from Markets? 46:06 - HFT: The Original AI Traders 47:20 - AI and Long-Term Probabilistic Forecasting 48:48 - GPUs, Gaming, and the Origins of AI 50:01 - Nvidia, CUDA, and Wall Street Arms Races 51:04 - Flash Boys and Microwave Trading 51:54 - Will AI Costs Go to Zero? 52:52 - Lower Cost, Higher Usage 53:41 - Robinhood’s UX Won’t Be Just a Chatbox 55:16 - Cortex: AI-Powered Features at Robinhood 56:54 - Tokenization and the Future of Asset Management 57:44 - Crowdsourced, Tokenized Hedge Funds 58:48 - Portability of Tokenized Assets 59:39 - Blockchain as the New Rails of Finance 01:00:09 - The Trump Token and Capital Formation 01:01:00 - Capital Access Unlocks Innovation 01:01:49 - Why Crypto Needs Regulatory Clarity 01:03:17 - From Meme Coins to Real Assets 01:04:17 - Crypto's Path to $100 Trillion? 01:05:15 - The Financial System Will Run on Blockchains 01:06:00 - Platform Layer vs Application Layer Wealth 01:06:29 - AI Raises Money and Launches Tokens 01:07:39 - AIs Creating Software and Capital Formation 01:08:00 - Final Thoughts: A Wild Future Ahead 01:08:20 - When Will Vlad Buy a CryptoPunk? 01:08:51 - Wrapping Up: AI, Crypto, and the Road Ahead
1:09:53

My dear friend, Vlad Tenev, changed the landscape of investing forever! The rise of the retail investor is largely due to Robinhood's success... and in this new Journey Man, we discuss it all... Enjoy! 00:00 - Intro 00:53 - Introducing Vlad Tenev of Robinhood 01:27 - Why Take on Wall Street? 01:54 - Robinhood’s Zero-Fee Origin Story 02:53 - Inspiration from Instagram and Uber 04:24 - Reimagining Trading for Mobile 05:05 - The Challenge of Disrupting Finance 05:42 - Why Everything Is Hard 06:34 - Early Wrong Assumptions 07:42 - Raising Capital with a Small Vision 08:48 - Funding Robinhood on AngelList 09:50 - Early Investors Changed Their Lives 10:38 - The Crypto Explosion Begins 11:07 - Considering a Bitcoin Exchange First 12:17 - Bitcoin’s Early Skepticism and Growth 13:08 - Robinhood Launches Crypto in 2018 14:03 - 2020: Crypto Revenue Surges Overnight 15:04 - The Challenge of Crypto Cyclicality 16:11 - Staffing a Volatile Business 17:10 - Building Robinhood’s Lean Crypto Team 18:46 - Robinhood’s First Crypto Event Coming 19:38 - Where TradFi Meets DeFi 20:34 - Tokenizing Everything 21:09 - Robinhood’s Vision for Crypto + Finance 21:47 - Thoughts on Crypto Options Demand 23:04 - Why Crypto Options Haven’t Taken Off 24:09 - Millennials and the Speculative Economy 25:22 - Democratizing Trading for Everyone 26:08 - Why Buy-and-Hold Doesn’t Work for All 27:15 - Trading vs Investing: A Matter of Wealth 28:01 - Trading as a Skill Anyone Can Build 29:13 - Robinhood’s Role in Onboarding Millions 30:06 - The Fed's Role and Retail Insight 31:03 - The Rise of the Retail Macro Trader 32:17 - Helping Users Succeed with Robinhood Strategies 33:35 - Power of Community and the Hive Mind 34:55 - Will AI Disrupt Community Too? 36:14 - Technological Waves and Investor Opportunity 37:10 - Human Purpose in an AI World 37:52 - Tokenizing Human Connection 38:28 - Creators, Platforms, and Future-Proofing 39:26 - Vlad’s Long-Term View of the Future 40:05 - Financial Services at the Heart of Disruption 41:14 - If AI Replaces Jobs, What Happens to Investing? 42:25 - Entering the Economic Singularity 43:31 - What Happens When AIs Win the Markets? 44:16 - AI's Role in Capital and Markets 45:07 - Will AI Eliminate Human Emotion from Markets? 46:06 - HFT: The Original AI Traders 47:20 - AI and Long-Term Probabilistic Forecasting 48:48 - GPUs, Gaming, and the Origins of AI 50:01 - Nvidia, CUDA, and Wall Street Arms Races 51:04 - Flash Boys and Microwave Trading 51:54 - Will AI Costs Go to Zero? 52:52 - Lower Cost, Higher Usage 53:41 - Robinhood’s UX Won’t Be Just a Chatbox 55:16 - Cortex: AI-Powered Features at Robinhood 56:54 - Tokenization and the Future of Asset Management 57:44 - Crowdsourced, Tokenized Hedge Funds 58:48 - Portability of Tokenized Assets 59:39 - Blockchain as the New Rails of Finance 01:00:09 - The Trump Token and Capital Formation 01:01:00 - Capital Access Unlocks Innovation 01:01:49 - Why Crypto Needs Regulatory Clarity 01:03:17 - From Meme Coins to Real Assets 01:04:17 - Crypto's Path to $100 Trillion? 01:05:15 - The Financial System Will Run on Blockchains 01:06:00 - Platform Layer vs Application Layer Wealth 01:06:29 - AI Raises Money and Launches Tokens 01:07:39 - AIs Creating Software and Capital Formation 01:08:00 - Final Thoughts: A Wild Future Ahead 01:08:20 - When Will Vlad Buy a CryptoPunk? 01:08:51 - Wrapping Up: AI, Crypto, and the Road Ahead

Raoul Pal

166,795 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

My conversation with Dan Sundheim (Daniel Sundheim). He is the founder and CIO of D1 Capital Partners, which manages over $30B across public and private markets. There's no one as passionate about investing as Dan. We had a really wide-ranging conversation and discuss: - Public vs. private markets in 2026 - Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX - How Dario reminds him of Jeff Bezos - The future of hyperscalers - The software selloff and what comes next - GameStop and the LP dinner that followed - China vs. US: the risk of Taiwan Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:05 Public vs. Private Markets 9:10 LLMs as a Business Model 23:23 The Future of Hyperscalers 27:45 AI's Impact on Traditional Software 36:31 Surviving the GameStop Short Squeeze 49:54 Big Private Bets: Rivian and SpaceX 54:26 The Art of Short Selling 1:04:28 Early Career 1:17:11 Geopolitics and the Semiconductor Collision Course 1:22:05 Traits of Great Leadership 1:23:20 The Kindest Thing
1:26:50

My conversation with Dan Sundheim (Daniel Sundheim). He is the founder and CIO of D1 Capital Partners, which manages over $30B across public and private markets. There's no one as passionate about investing as Dan. We had a really wide-ranging conversation and discuss: - Public vs. private markets in 2026 - Anthropic, OpenAI, and SpaceX - How Dario reminds him of Jeff Bezos - The future of hyperscalers - The software selloff and what comes next - GameStop and the LP dinner that followed - China vs. US: the risk of Taiwan Enjoy! Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 1:05 Public vs. Private Markets 9:10 LLMs as a Business Model 23:23 The Future of Hyperscalers 27:45 AI's Impact on Traditional Software 36:31 Surviving the GameStop Short Squeeze 49:54 Big Private Bets: Rivian and SpaceX 54:26 The Art of Short Selling 1:04:28 Early Career 1:17:11 Geopolitics and the Semiconductor Collision Course 1:22:05 Traits of Great Leadership 1:23:20 The Kindest Thing

Patrick OShaughnessy

1,212,199 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

For this episode of Uncapped I got to sit down with my close friend Max Mullen, cofounder of Instacart 🥕 We talked about the key moments of Instacart...how it got started, critical wins, tough losses, competitive dynamics, earned insights, going public, and Instacart's future. Max is also an awesome startup investor, and we talked about what he looks for in founders, consumer investing, and what he's building with Workshop. He's one of the best people I know, hope you enjoy. (0:00) Intro (0:36) The inception of Instacart (4:55) Finding product market fit (7:20) Landing Trader Joe’s (11:04) Big levers for growth (13:36) Operationally complex businesses (14:55) Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods (17:50) COVID and Instacart’s IPO (20:02) Prioritizing profitability (23:21) Avoiding temptations (24:59) The future of Instacart (25:53) Investing in consumer (28:21) Irrationally optimistic founders (29:49) B2B vs consumer founders (30:35) How to work with investors (33:38) Building Workshop
35:28

For this episode of Uncapped I got to sit down with my close friend Max Mullen, cofounder of Instacart 🥕 We talked about the key moments of Instacart...how it got started, critical wins, tough losses, competitive dynamics, earned insights, going public, and Instacart's future. Max is also an awesome startup investor, and we talked about what he looks for in founders, consumer investing, and what he's building with Workshop. He's one of the best people I know, hope you enjoy. (0:00) Intro (0:36) The inception of Instacart (4:55) Finding product market fit (7:20) Landing Trader Joe’s (11:04) Big levers for growth (13:36) Operationally complex businesses (14:55) Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods (17:50) COVID and Instacart’s IPO (20:02) Prioritizing profitability (23:21) Avoiding temptations (24:59) The future of Instacart (25:53) Investing in consumer (28:21) Irrationally optimistic founders (29:49) B2B vs consumer founders (30:35) How to work with investors (33:38) Building Workshop

Jack Altman

224,778 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten

E104: Haseeb ＞|＜ : How to Master Crypto Investing Haseeb Qureshi is a Managing Partner at Dragonfly ＞|＜ , a global crypto-focused investment fund Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:35 California’s Yin and Yang 4:28 Tech Giants and Psychedelics 9:38 Psychology of Good Bets 15:50 Who is Haseeb ? 16:25 Turning Crypto Into a Team Sport 18:49 Mastering Unstructured Learning 23:04 The Weirdo Advantage in Crypto 27:15 Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness 34:32 Starting Over with $10K 38:54 Imposter Syndrome 40:19 Outsider Advantage in Investing 44:41 Donating Money and Effective Altruism 46:36 Corruption of Effective Altruism 51:59 Crypto World Fascination 53:35 Crypto is Inevitable 59:33 How to Make It In Crypto 1:00:15 Get More Technical 1:01:46 Start Writing & Talking in Public 1:05:14 What New Investors Always Get Wrong 1:06:28 Becoming a Crypto Native 1:09:00 Followers ≠ Influence 1:14:46 What is Dragonfly? 1:15:46 Joining Dragonfly 1:19:35 Missing Uniswap: A $200M Lesson 1:26:06 From Rockstar to Outcast in Crypto 1:29:28 Prediction for the next 12 Months
1:30:56

E104: Haseeb ＞|＜ : How to Master Crypto Investing Haseeb Qureshi is a Managing Partner at Dragonfly ＞|＜ , a global crypto-focused investment fund Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:35 California’s Yin and Yang 4:28 Tech Giants and Psychedelics 9:38 Psychology of Good Bets 15:50 Who is Haseeb ? 16:25 Turning Crypto Into a Team Sport 18:49 Mastering Unstructured Learning 23:04 The Weirdo Advantage in Crypto 27:15 Why Money Doesn’t Buy Happiness 34:32 Starting Over with $10K 38:54 Imposter Syndrome 40:19 Outsider Advantage in Investing 44:41 Donating Money and Effective Altruism 46:36 Corruption of Effective Altruism 51:59 Crypto World Fascination 53:35 Crypto is Inevitable 59:33 How to Make It In Crypto 1:00:15 Get More Technical 1:01:46 Start Writing & Talking in Public 1:05:14 What New Investors Always Get Wrong 1:06:28 Becoming a Crypto Native 1:09:00 Followers ≠ Influence 1:14:46 What is Dragonfly? 1:15:46 Joining Dragonfly 1:19:35 Missing Uniswap: A $200M Lesson 1:26:06 From Rockstar to Outcast in Crypto 1:29:28 Prediction for the next 12 Months

MR SHIFT 🦁

112,312 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

I’m always amazed how few investors can explain the specific thing they can do better than others. When I first asked Ramtin (Ramtin Naimi) this question, he gave one of the most specific answers I’ve heard (about how he helps founders end up owning more of their company, along with his specific method for doing so). He details that and a ton more in refreshingly honest fashion. He seems willing to answer any question about himself, and we explore his entire rags to riches to rags to riches story. The stuff on the intense parallels between art and investing is a first, too: how to work the playing field and win. A unique convo with an investor who has never done an interview like this before. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:25 The Art of Collecting 4:36 Parallels Between Art and Venture Capital 6:59 Challenges and Strategies in Art Collecting 18:19 The Role of Status and Reputation in Art 20:10 The Business of Art Galleries & Auction Houses 26:43 Building a Successful Venture Capital Firm 41:29 Leading Seed Financings 44:27 The Power of AngelList 46:40 Scaling and Building a Team 49:33 Identifying Exceptional Founders 52:32 The Importance of Dilution Sensitivity 54:18 Efficient Investment Processes 1:05:51 Winning Competitive Deals 1:15:29 The Value of Strong Board Members 1:21:37 The Importance of Personal Branding in VC 1:24:28 The Health of the AI Investment Ecosystem 1:28:11 Early Life and Entrepreneurial Beginnings 1:35:12 Starting a Hedge Fund and Lessons Learned 1:44:59 Building Abstract and Family Life 1:54:06 Insights on LPs and Venture Capital Trends 2:02:18 The Kindest Thing
2:03:41

I’m always amazed how few investors can explain the specific thing they can do better than others. When I first asked Ramtin (Ramtin Naimi) this question, he gave one of the most specific answers I’ve heard (about how he helps founders end up owning more of their company, along with his specific method for doing so). He details that and a ton more in refreshingly honest fashion. He seems willing to answer any question about himself, and we explore his entire rags to riches to rags to riches story. The stuff on the intense parallels between art and investing is a first, too: how to work the playing field and win. A unique convo with an investor who has never done an interview like this before. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 0:25 The Art of Collecting 4:36 Parallels Between Art and Venture Capital 6:59 Challenges and Strategies in Art Collecting 18:19 The Role of Status and Reputation in Art 20:10 The Business of Art Galleries & Auction Houses 26:43 Building a Successful Venture Capital Firm 41:29 Leading Seed Financings 44:27 The Power of AngelList 46:40 Scaling and Building a Team 49:33 Identifying Exceptional Founders 52:32 The Importance of Dilution Sensitivity 54:18 Efficient Investment Processes 1:05:51 Winning Competitive Deals 1:15:29 The Value of Strong Board Members 1:21:37 The Importance of Personal Branding in VC 1:24:28 The Health of the AI Investment Ecosystem 1:28:11 Early Life and Entrepreneurial Beginnings 1:35:12 Starting a Hedge Fund and Lessons Learned 1:44:59 Building Abstract and Family Life 1:54:06 Insights on LPs and Venture Capital Trends 2:02:18 The Kindest Thing

Patrick OShaughnessy

227,760 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

Here's my conversation with Bill Ackman, a legendary activist investor who has led some of the biggest and most controversial financial trades in history. We cover a lot of topics from the basics of investing to the stories of multi-billion dollar financial battles to the recent saga of Harvard president testimony/resignation and the chaos that followed. First 3 hours are posted here (current X limit), and full version is up on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:47 - Investing basics 5:39 - Investing in music 14:00 - Process of researching companies 18:39 - Investing in restaurants 24:08 - Investing in Google 29:50 - AI 35:05 - Warren Buffet 37:14 - Psychology of investing 46:45 - Activist investing 56:33 - General Growth Properties 1:12:49 - Canadian Pacific Railway 1:20:13 - OpenAI 1:24:24 - Biggest loss and lowest point 1:39:13 - Herbalife and Carl Icahn 1:56:03 - Oct 7 2:02:34 - College campus protests 2:21:01 - DEI in universities 2:41:52 - Neri Oxman 3:07:22 - X and free speech 3:11:46 - Trump 3:19:22 - Dean Phillips 3:26:28 - Future
2:59:59

Here's my conversation with Bill Ackman, a legendary activist investor who has led some of the biggest and most controversial financial trades in history. We cover a lot of topics from the basics of investing to the stories of multi-billion dollar financial battles to the recent saga of Harvard president testimony/resignation and the chaos that followed. First 3 hours are posted here (current X limit), and full version is up on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else. Links in comment. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction 0:47 - Investing basics 5:39 - Investing in music 14:00 - Process of researching companies 18:39 - Investing in restaurants 24:08 - Investing in Google 29:50 - AI 35:05 - Warren Buffet 37:14 - Psychology of investing 46:45 - Activist investing 56:33 - General Growth Properties 1:12:49 - Canadian Pacific Railway 1:20:13 - OpenAI 1:24:24 - Biggest loss and lowest point 1:39:13 - Herbalife and Carl Icahn 1:56:03 - Oct 7 2:02:34 - College campus protests 2:21:01 - DEI in universities 2:41:52 - Neri Oxman 3:07:22 - X and free speech 3:11:46 - Trump 3:19:22 - Dean Phillips 3:26:28 - Future

Lex Fridman

1,963,617 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

My guests on Uncapped this week are Kevin Hartz and Bennett Siegel, co-founders of the early stage VC firm A*. They've backed companies like Notion, Mercor, Ramp, Decagon, Similie, and many more. They also announced a new $450m fund today. We discussed the state of venture capital firms in the current AI cycle, what it means for seed specialists, trends with great founders, and what they're seeing in AI. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (0:25) The A* Capital story (1:16) Why big funds went into seed (7:50) The mother of all bubbles (10:46) Why founders are getting younger (13:00) Mapping talent, not markets (16:31) The rise of AI researcher founders (19:16) Why seed investing is so hard (22:54) Concentration and venture returns (27:34) The AI rollup craze (31:15) AI vs traditional software (33:15) Robotics and the future of AI (35:39) What’s next for A*
36:59

My guests on Uncapped this week are Kevin Hartz and Bennett Siegel, co-founders of the early stage VC firm A*. They've backed companies like Notion, Mercor, Ramp, Decagon, Similie, and many more. They also announced a new $450m fund today. We discussed the state of venture capital firms in the current AI cycle, what it means for seed specialists, trends with great founders, and what they're seeing in AI. Timestamps: (0:00) Intro (0:25) The A* Capital story (1:16) Why big funds went into seed (7:50) The mother of all bubbles (10:46) Why founders are getting younger (13:00) Mapping talent, not markets (16:31) The rise of AI researcher founders (19:16) Why seed investing is so hard (22:54) Concentration and venture returns (27:34) The AI rollup craze (31:15) AI vs traditional software (33:15) Robotics and the future of AI (35:39) What’s next for A*

Jack Altman

57,229 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

Timestamps of the 47 topics addressed by Elon Musk a few hours ago in Pittsburgh. 1:49 Special guest: Senator James McCormick 7:22 Winner of the $1 million prize 10:43 Importance of registration 11:58 Risk of assassination attempts 13:55 The left is against free speech 17:06 It's illegal to show voter ID 19:24 We want to do exciting things 21:40 Key reasons to reelect Trump 27:14 No wish to do politics but stakes are high 33:02 How to support business opportunities 35:01 Is Elon considering running in 2028? 39:10 Abortion and education around having kids 44:25 Nuclear power is safe 48:42 Be wary of AI 49:37 There will be an increase in robots 53:01 Elon's son will go to college in Pittsburgh 55:01 Protecting children 57:38 Stopping propaganda for children 58:53 Every expenditure should serve people 59:55 Subscribe to X Premium 1:02:14 Optimism grounded in realism 1:04:30 Approving drugs faster 1:08:26 Medical tech should be approved faster 1:10:06 AI and medicine 1:13:02 Solve back pain 1:13:24 Children sex-trafficking 1:15:07 How to handle puppet masters 1:17:16 The more government, the less freedom 1:19:53 Taxes are getting out of hand 1:21:02 Big pharma 1:22:34 New technologies should help people 1:24:50 Ban voting machines 1:28:04 No incentive for nothing 1:30:16 Crypto is good against central control 1:31:09 Many expenditures should be 0 1:33:23 Respect for those who are useful 1:34:23 Aliens must be subtle 1:36:03 Don't damage art 1:37:58 Dogecoin is the most fun crypto 1:41:06 People should worry less and have kids 1:41:53 There will be opposition to reducing spending 1:42:57 The risk is an oppressive totalitarian state 1:46:36 Doing things that are important 1:50:06 We should allow teachers to protect students 1:52:27 Why are some voted not counted 1:56:22 AI will be help people understand 1:57:47 Be loud about your concerns
2:00:15

Timestamps of the 47 topics addressed by Elon Musk a few hours ago in Pittsburgh. 1:49 Special guest: Senator James McCormick 7:22 Winner of the $1 million prize 10:43 Importance of registration 11:58 Risk of assassination attempts 13:55 The left is against free speech 17:06 It's illegal to show voter ID 19:24 We want to do exciting things 21:40 Key reasons to reelect Trump 27:14 No wish to do politics but stakes are high 33:02 How to support business opportunities 35:01 Is Elon considering running in 2028? 39:10 Abortion and education around having kids 44:25 Nuclear power is safe 48:42 Be wary of AI 49:37 There will be an increase in robots 53:01 Elon's son will go to college in Pittsburgh 55:01 Protecting children 57:38 Stopping propaganda for children 58:53 Every expenditure should serve people 59:55 Subscribe to X Premium 1:02:14 Optimism grounded in realism 1:04:30 Approving drugs faster 1:08:26 Medical tech should be approved faster 1:10:06 AI and medicine 1:13:02 Solve back pain 1:13:24 Children sex-trafficking 1:15:07 How to handle puppet masters 1:17:16 The more government, the less freedom 1:19:53 Taxes are getting out of hand 1:21:02 Big pharma 1:22:34 New technologies should help people 1:24:50 Ban voting machines 1:28:04 No incentive for nothing 1:30:16 Crypto is good against central control 1:31:09 Many expenditures should be 0 1:33:23 Respect for those who are useful 1:34:23 Aliens must be subtle 1:36:03 Don't damage art 1:37:58 Dogecoin is the most fun crypto 1:41:06 People should worry less and have kids 1:41:53 There will be opposition to reducing spending 1:42:57 The risk is an oppressive totalitarian state 1:46:36 Doing things that are important 1:50:06 We should allow teachers to protect students 1:52:27 Why are some voted not counted 1:56:22 AI will be help people understand 1:57:47 Be loud about your concerns

ELON CLIPS

6,379,688 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr