Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America | Lex Fridman Podcast

[@lexfridman]

Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep458-sa See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. 0:00 - Introduction 1:09 - Best possible future 10:32 - History of Western Civilization 19:51 - Trump in 2025 27:32 - TDS in tech 40:19 - Preference falsification 56:15 - Self-censorship 1:11:18 - Censorship 1:19:57 - Jon Stewart 1:22:43 - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan 1:31:32 - Government pressure 1:42:19 - Nature of power 1:55:08 - Journalism 2:00:43 - Bill Ackman 2:05:40 - Trump administration 2:13:19 - DOGE 2:27:11 - H1B and immigration 3:05:05 - Little tech 3:17:25 - AI race 3:26:15 - X 3:29:47 - Yann LeCun 3:33:21 - Andrew Huberman 3:34:53 - Success 3:37:49 - God and humanity *Transcript:* lexfridman.com/marc-andreessen-2-transcript *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: lexfridman.com/contact *EPISODE LINKS:* Marc's X: x.com/pmarca Marc's Substack: pmarca.substack.com Marc's KZbin: www.youtube.com/@a16z Andreessen Horowitz: a16z.com *SPONSORS:* To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: *Encord:* AI tooling for annotation & data management. Go to lexfridman.com/s/encord-ep458-sa *GitHub:* Developer platform and AI code editor. Go to lexfridman.com/s/github-ep458-sa *Notion:* Note-taking and team collaboration. Go to lexfridman.com/s/notion-ep458-sa *Shopify:* Sell stuff online. Go to lexfridman.com/s/shopify-ep458-sa *LMNT:* Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to lexfridman.com/s/lmnt-ep458-sa

[@TagMahirTzedek]

06:15 Jews ???? This putz did not mention the most productive population- the Jeeeeeewwws!!!

[@HarrisonONeill]

Yes Lex, keep educating. Surely AI can put Marc at .85 speed?

[@zxcaaq]

The best thing about this interview is Marc Andreessen calling Elon Musk a Hero after doing the Nazi salute. 🫵💩 To anyone saying It's not a Nazi salute, You should watch the original video and listen what Elon says after he does the salute. "My heart goes out to you! it is thanks to you the future of civilization is assured". Guess who also said exactly the same thing.. FUCK U NAZI

[@petergolub]

Read erving goffmans The Representation of self in everyday life for group beliefs and performance

[@Dali-Spierdali]

why do you keep putting up Bilionare liars on your show... how about some balance... Yanis Varoufakis

[@MisterStarstuff93]

I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have all the accompanying imagery of referenced texts, authors, and other figures placed alongside during the conversation. In other long form podcasts, I look for this, and my joy is drained due to their absence. Whomever is editing this and adding them in, thank you.

[@chibidib]

Yep

[@grahamvandyke]

@@TheFFFreakazoid Way to be rude for absolutely no reason. I think you're the one who needs to go outside and touch some grass.

[@philipadastra]

This!

[@Darius10thP]

Word!

[@RevusX]

I think Lex does all the editing himself.

[@Dafearlessboss]

Here we go .. going back from 1.5x to 0.5x

[@vimal-cliobconsulting]

Lmfao

[@olivercox9947]

😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@Sirianphillips]

Down from 1.75 to 1.25

[@kaoticmind09]

​@@SirianphillipsI so fast.. Hur dur

[@svcrypto]

lol

[@cherrlyn381]

One issue not mentioned about the problem with universities--too many companies requiring a degree to qualify for a job that does not need a degree.

[@MikeClarkeARVR]

In the US that is easily remedied by starting up your own SME and then selling your services to a larger corporation. You can happily avoid HR issues and concentrate on your expertise and advantage.

[@kinkane5566]

@MikeClarkeARVR What does "SME" stand for in this case?

[@jacobbocaj404]

@@kinkane5566 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium_enterprises

[@yoshyusmc]

Perhaps the government push into higher education caused "degree" inflation, so companies had no choice but to raise the bar? I agree with you point as well, just playing the opposite side.

[@yoshyusmc]

@@kinkane5566 I think he means business to business, perhaps coming the tech sector. The point is valid. Though finding the right gig seems the wall.

[@nitsuabro9463]

Listening to this guy at 2x for a couple hours could tear a hole in the universe

[@ken-mb5cp]

He’s a high priest in the Elon Cult.

[@ken-mb5cp]

But he’s interesting

[@springhillgolfer878]

He wins the fast-talker award. Jeez.

[@fasteddie4435]

Ty, I thought it was just me

[@danasterling6285]

lol!

[@saint_ofc]

I'm from Switzerland, and our direct democracy works incredibly well. It gives people a real voice in decision-making, which is something many other countries admire. It's not perfect, but it's definitely one of the reasons Switzerland stands out in Europe.

[@Logicalromulan]

You are homogenous and small country. It’s going to be problem soon Bec you allowed Muslims into your country. Check in few years.

[@BonnieV-uf5ds]

We visited 10 European countries in 10 weeks in 2019. Switzerland is stunningly beautiful, but we found it to be the most expensive country we visited by far What do you think is the reason for that?

[@andreasdelaware]

Easy, high productivity generates high salaries. When you produce that much stuff per Capita, your currencies and wages explode in international terms. Externally it will be perceived as expensive but internally just allows people to import everything for next to nothing (they still pay 100 euros for Nikes) @@BonnieV-uf5ds

[@NishanthSalahudeen]

​​@@BonnieV-uf5dsnot sure if thats true from swiss people who live and earn there. If they can have a decent life there, while earning and spending there, they are good in my view

[@antoineroccamora]

The rest of Europe doesn’t consider Switzerland that much, how should we explain…because Elon would love it there more than anyone👋❤

[@Nil-js4bf]

I scratched my head when Andreessen said all the other country's GDP is going down or stagnating while being shown graphs of them all essentially increasing, not too different from America's graph.

[@rustyrooster3891]

Havent ypu noticed this guy just makes up everything he says? Couldn't count the number of straw men he built.

[@user-tk1jj1cp9x4]

You should interview former Taiwan President Tsai Ying-Wen, who is super free to talk now that she's out of office.

[@user-tk1jj1cp9x4]

I'll reply to my own comment: (I live here) runner-up guests include journalist Brian Hioe, former legislator Freddy Lim, Taiwanese Navy Seal and recent Taipei-mayoral contestant and current civil defense force organizer Enoch Wu, and, of course, Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister, probably the country's most eloquent spokesperson. (Full disclosure: I'm an American journalist based in Taiwan.)

[@jakesynapse6417]

This would be awesome!

[@official_alphabet_inc]

@@user-tk1jj1cp9x4 Why? Why would these be interesting interviews for Lex to conduct, and for us to listen to? As a journalist, you should be able to provide some arguments instead of just.. saying some random shit. Ohh, maybe that's the problem.

[@user-tk1jj1cp9x4]

@ The idea is to hear an experienced interviewer talk to a former head of state from one of the key flashpoints in the world. Perhaps it doesn't rise to the level of your interest. All good.

[@ZoroasterIII]

@@official_alphabet_inc Because Taiwan could be a decisive factor in whether we enter a world war. There you go, Chinese troll-hope that helps

[@opensourceanglers8291]

1:46:41 it's not that Frodo would have been corrupted by the ring. Frodo WAS corrupted by the ring. In the climax of the story, as Frodo stood on the precipice about to complete his mission by casting the ring into Mt. Doom, he succumbed to the power of the ring and maniacally claimed it as his own. If Gollum wouldn't have attacked him in his own bid for the ring, perhaps Frodo would have escaped with the ring thus prolonging and extending the damage the ring would have inflicted on the world. But the ultimate point of the story IMO is that eventually power loses to itself but claims many victims on its path to oblivion. Oh yes, poor Frodo was one such victim. At the end of the story he goes with Gandalf and the Elves to The Grey Havens and he now bears scars that will never heal. He did lose a piece of his soul to the ring and the power lust it imparted.

[@daarom3472]

he has quite a few subtle inaccuracies in his arguments. As in, he reads "enough" to form a broad opinion, but never really goes truly deep down into the weeds to truly understand the nuances of disagreement within a certain topic. His opening argument about Indo Europeans was laughable from a historical POV. As if there hasnt been tremendous progress in the last 150 years. 😂

[@daveplayzgamez]

What a dork. Read the room, nerd.

[@pdbqp]

Dazzle 'em with bullshit. Now we need to believe Elon is Jesus, the Lebensborn edition...

[@thephilosophicalagnostic2177]

An excellent description of the power of the ending of that great work. Thanks for posting.

[@thephilosophicalagnostic2177]

@@daarom3472 His description of ancient times is good. Remember, our previous 150 years, completely revolutionary and mostly positive, are but an eye-blink when compared to the deep time of ancient history and the even deeper time of pre-history. Those thousands of generations shaped what (largely) we are now. I'm convinced fascism and Communism are the result of unknowing nostalgia on the part of ideologists for those ancient times. Which is why we must be extremely leery of any ideology that would call us to return to absolute obedience to the group and forfeit our modern American individuality.

[@uiZr138b]

such a poor billionaire baby ....repressed by the state, and lex is teaching us what the "tall poppy syndrome" is. what a joke of a program.

[@Boom_1306]

👀

[@franknuzzo2576]

If you want the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer, then keep supporting government violence.

[@leolambert9184]

Yep…nailed it

[@garyrobert1971]

Didn’t age well - “we are by far the leader in AI” 😂

[@MatsTornblom-n4y]

😅

[@wolftaint5941]

This guy does not have his finger on the pulse of the nation. Typical fallacy of equating corporations with people.

[@leonardjohnny67]

The likes of Marc, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk would be well served spending 3 months in an infantry unit. That might teach them something about humanity and the strong helping the less strong. They’d also learn there’s a world away from a fucking API!

[@annjuurinen6553]

Absolutely.

[@mikepjersey]

By less strong do you mean bringing freedom to Iraq?

[@aaronschweidler2769]

I respect Marc's journey and what he has built but this guy has been sniffing his own farts way too long.

[@philforrence]

100% agree

[@ancientnpc]

way tooooooo long

[@salvadorklarwein1410]

The Tech-billionaires controlling the narrative

[@andreasdelaware]

This guy was literally a democrat his whole life, until last year. Everyone is fed up, people are waking up. The woke virus is destroying western civilization.

[@kurtkabat203]

Yep, I lost all faith in Lex as he continues to run cover for the robber Barron billionaires

[@13thbiosphere]

the alternative .... bureaucrats controlling the narrative

[@ytname18]

​@@13thbiospherethere's other people than tech billionaires and bureaucrats

[@craiuirinel4103]

Exactly! He complains that the last 10 years where sooo stifled but then says the elites control the naratives. Which elites would that be? The same ones that wanted censorship now rally for trump.

[@mirrorking2]

This is the kind of people taking over the country from wikipedia "In 2022, Andreessen advocated against the construction of 131 multifamily housing units in their affluent Atherton, California town.In a letter, Andreessen and his wife wrote that they opposed permitting more than one house on a single acre of land. Andreessen's comments sparked criticisms of hypocrisy, as he had previously argued for increased housing supply, in particular in California."

[@dannyrene]

Marc is just the human version of ChatGPT

[@lovable_misanthrope]

There is a massive contradiction in the tech world, where innovators rely on public investments but later advocate for minimizing government involvement in regulating it.

[@Zayden.Marxist]

socialize investments, privatize profits, that's the name of the game

[@marshallscot]

What do you mean by "public investment?" A company IPO (initial public offer) isn't public in the sense of tax dollars, but public in the sense that the general population can purchase stock.

[@Zayden.Marxist]

@ they mean government subsidies for big tech corporations...taxpayer money (public investment) goes to private corporations who make profits and give it to the private shareholders.

[@Lacey13-i3b]

Yep, and Andreessen is all about it, and he thinks we, the masses, are too ignorant to see through his game.

[@PeterKato83]

Nearly everything that gets regulated becomes bureaucratic and then the success of what is being worked on gets stifled sometimes to the point of failure.

[@whiskeycan529]

This is what it sounds like when you're unchallenged and surrounded by yes men.

[@Anonymouspanda8]

@@whiskeycan529 100%

[@colethedestroyer225]

Couldn’t agree more, definitely worried with these tech bros having so much influence over this administration

[@Anonymouspanda8]

@@colethedestroyer225 even Lex has turned into a yes man

[@8Paul7]

Ironic, considering that leftists have been in power for so long and punished any dissent with ostracization and smearing. Finally the vibe is shifting, overton window is opening, people are much freeer to speak their mind, so what do leftists do? Project! As always.

[@svilana-m4h]

Yes... well said

[@lovable_misanthrope]

"I was making $6.25 an hour, I did not have a lot to lose." (In 1992) Good insight. Meditate on that, Mr. Andreessen

[@жизненный_опыт]

Buddha Andreessen

[@DavidMCammack]

Marc is the only guy for which I've ever considered slowing the playback speed.

[@Anonymouspanda8]

@@DavidMCammack to hear what? His horrible fascist view of the world? He literally said nothing enlightening, except that one can clearly understand he is in on some horrible shit and enjoys it

[@tinamara1160]

One of the best casts! Thanks Lex and Marc!

[@lonelydilf9333]

Naming Elon a hero at this point in time is quite insane from my pont of view.

[@Njk-c2s]

Imagine this guy as your boss

[@teej008]

🤢

[@yoced1468]

He’d ask if you know

[@teej008]

@@yoced1468he hasn’t asked you yet, so you can quit with the rimming.

[@nth7485]

What a nightmare

[@MikeClarkeARVR]

@@nth7485 Why? He is inspiring. He might ask you to meet some set of standards?

[@Legalizeasbestos]

This guy talks like he spends all day on X and tries to explain the memes he sees to old people.

[@brigann9879]

Marc is an eliteist megaphone all over KZbin these days touting the elitist propaganda!

[@ancientnpc]

Yup.

[@SquaredCircle777]

21:18 "Deliberately kneecapping critical American industries" How about deliberately kneecapping free trade with sweeping tariffs on our allies?

[@11th_Moon]

Don't get it: why comp scientists are suddenly the best experts on society, history, himan relation, political science?

[@gulanhem9495]

They're not the best, but they are unfortunately some of the most important because of the enormous power of big tech, social media and AI.

[@netscrooge]

I don't get it either. He sounds like someone who has lived inside his own, private bubble.

[@Paxmor]

Because they’re logical. And tend not to become emotional when they hear uncomfortable truths.

[@netscrooge]

@@11th_Moon Selfishness and the absence of compassion are not logical. They are flaws.

[@WDeeGee1]

Ben Shapiro and Marc Andreessen: EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY

[@benjaminbronson3824]

YES!

[@xtsylviacary]

🤣🤣🤣

[@niftyhacker]

Listen to a hour of this. After every two minutes I found myself audibly involuntarily saying “what the hell is this guy talking about? Is he from another universe?”

[@andreasdelaware]

Maybe your IQ is too low. I am not even American and almost every single word made sense

[@Zollicoff]

And Lex just continues to sanitize.

[@TheDave000]

He's from a parallel universe. It's like this universe, but facts don't matter and you decide on what reality is based on memes on twitter.

[@ytname18]

You're being demoralizing, you should be more like Reagan

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

What is with the negativity? He sounds coherent and rational to me.

[@mitchdafish4645]

Another billionaire whitewash. Lex fell off

[@Zayden.Marxist]

I knew from day 1. Some of his guests are still thoughtful and interesting individuals. But Lex himself is a rabid right wing ideologue.

[@barisay7244]

@@Zayden.Marxist I cringe every time he fawns over Musk.

[@joshuasolt5005]

To all the jealous raging at the self-made billionaire in the comments, you could not achieve a deeper shade of green. This guy is intelligent and well read, and we need more like him for this country to succeed. Seriously. Grow up. Stop whining about your problems, and hating the achievers:

[@netscrooge]

Pointing out his huge intellectual blind spots isn't whining.

[@skosh6359]

No one argues for billionaires not paying more in taxes than people that make $50k a year. I’ve been in way more arguments about this with people who can barely pay their bills, than rich people that take advantage of the tax system.

[@DrukMax]

Doesn't this seem like a very slick commercial for millionaires/billionaires.

[@browntubes]

grok, how can low and middle class citizens also take advantage of the tax system?

[@mattyreed1]

Youre absolutely right. It’s funny how wealthy people always argue that the best way to fix the debt crisis is to reduce wasteful expenses but they never seem to argue the other half of the solution which requires higher taxes on the rich AKA increased revenue from the 1% that owns more than the bottom 80% of Americans. Don’t be fooled by the new MSM. We need BOTH.

[@dattmougherty_5392]

@@DrukMax yes that's what joe rogan and Lex have become

[@andreasdelaware]

​@@DrukMaxrich people bad, poor people good. Translation: " I am incompetent and jealous of people that are successful"

[@salvadorklarwein1410]

What the hell is this show…praising the the billionaires…”oh poor Mark” …”are leaders lonely”?? WHO GIVES A FUCK???

[@murdoc1213]

Ok let’s do a thought exercise, imagine meta is country and for people to want to live in that country, you as the leader has to make choices that makes me want to stay. Some of those choices are easy, some are hard but ultimately you have to decide to make your country prosper. Oh and leaving the country is as simple as deleting an app on your phone.

[@TimEnjoysGnocchis]

He seems SO full of himself I just cant listen to this

[@rhondasmith7413]

“you know, you know, you know” makes for difficult listening

[@michaelbrady3721]

Marc Andreessen is quickly becoming my favorite interview to watch. He breaks down all sorts of topics with an obvious depth of knowledge. Excellent show.

[@jaaval]

Or rather, he is good in talking bullshit while making it sound like he knows what he talks about. That is a crucial skill in advancing a career, especially in selling stuff, but it's really annoying if someone is actually an expert on the topic. One of the key skills for this is very abundantly present here, which is talking fast and going from topic to topic so quickly that the listener can't stop to think about what was said for too long.

[@KST9182]

First class conversation & topics & ideas & some solutions too. Agree… also one of my favourites too… 👏

[@kelev48]

You're being hoodwinked and so is everyone else

[@KST9182]

@@kelev48 No I’m not. You have a different opinion, sorry you can’t accept that. I think he’s brilliant & has superb ideas. 👏

[@renatobfa]

For some reason, ppl on youtube will criticize any good thing said about Marc Andreessen. A lot of haters out there. He is amazing!!!

[@janpytalski2572]

I used to enjoy this podcast. But you’re just letting them rant and pronounce opinions as facts. Things that are certifiably false just go flying. And how happy he was to say “retarded” - finally freedom regained... This is sad Lex. Good luck and I’m sure you’ll fare well with tech bros, young and old and their enlightened way to run the country.

[@roghaus]

I like it. Lex lets them say what they want, freely. It’s up to the listener to decide if they agree.

[@CyY-vo3nb]

cry more

[@janpytalski2572]

@@roghaus I'm not talking about agreeing or disagreeing. I'm talking bout masking personal opinions as facts, which is misinformation. That's what Andreessen is doing (for example claiming there is an energy crisis in the US, which is complete BS when you look at how much energy oil and gas is being produced and exported) and Lex just sits there and smiles, instead of challenging him.

[@roghaus]

@@janpytalski2572 you don’t even understand the issue. the energy crises he and others mention is not about crude oil production. It’s about our power grid and our current inability to provide sufficient power to our manufacturing and AI infrastructure to compete with China, who is ahead of us in that respect.

[@janpytalski2572]

@@roghaus well, if that’s what he REALLY means, then Trump is not doing sh@t to fix that problem. Opening more land for drilling won’t fix our grid, nor will getting more natural gas out. Show me ONE initiative that’s about fixing the grid designed by this circus. And btw. the “Stargate” project (if you want to make some bizarre jump to that) has been underway under Biden already.

[@ProfEmerita]

As a beginning and then successful retired professor, I witnessed more disadvantages of tenure than advantages. For quality, merit-based is best (eg, once tenured, many profs stop quality work).

[@mitchelljohnson5267]

Marc, you rally against the “elite” university system and their “feral” students, but a quick look at your firm’s LinkedIn page shows the large majority of employees are from these same schools, including nearly all of the partners. If your point is true, why aren’t you looking for talent in other corners? Wouldn’t you want to start by changing this “elitist” culture in your firm, rather than reinforcing the elitist nature of it?

[@PatrickSmith]

That is why he is against diversity. He only wants to hire people like him. His version of freedom is the freedom to hire and promote people like him.

[@lotusenzyme]

Look for excellence wherever it comes from, sometimes that includes problematic corners.

[@PatrickSmith]

@@mitchelljohnson5267 that’s too logical for Marc!

[@DrukMax]

Sadly it seems Lex' channel is found by lobbyists and he can't resist....

[@DrukMax]

Yeah, super rich are rarely nice people, but often make them self look like angels. They think they earned it not realizing who makes the water flow, lights go on, keep the streets paved, etc.

[@thomasfahey8763]

Thanks for Netscape, Marc.

[@uygard3796]

I'm asking this sincerely since I don't get it. Marc says his company is like United Nations - there are people from 80+ countries. Five minutes later he says, system is wired against hiring Americans. Then hire domestic Marc, what's stopping you? Be the change you wish to see!

[@iamrysheem]

It’s not the change he wants to see. He benefits from this system. He had a problem with biden because he couldnt benefit as much.

[@ALGFT]

Please ask him next time, in case something happens, would he prefer to be treated by an anti-cancer drug, which development been funded by NIH, or will he refuse the evil treatments and die like a real engineer, drinking polluted water from the nearby creek?

[@trennalepage2970]

Wow this is going to be good! A 6 hr podcast in 3. Excellent. So much info in so little time. I love it.

[@JohnDoze]

You know, the red-pilled billionaires are just so brave, you know, you know.

[@franknuzzo2576]

The government is not there to help you, dude.

[@JohnDoze]

@@franknuzzo2576 @ you know, weird you have to start talking about “guvmint”. Billionaires aren’t there to help you dude, however brave you think they are… you know, you know.

[@ullrich]

@@franknuzzo2576 Yes, but the billionaire tech CEOs definitely are.

[@wankim1]

How are all these high tech people who are on the boards, decision makers etc. “courageous” now that the damage is done and they were complicit in it? That’s bulls*t. Courage is sticking to principles and doing the right thing when things are hard, not when you’re trying to curry favor with the new administration.

[@Triple33Threat]

100% this. “I was in a learning phase” is a code for “I’m a soulless amoral chameleon that will say or do anything to enhance my self enrichment”

[@PatrickSmith]

Lex should have asked him how Trump tastes.

[@davidboccio2330]

Elon hit the salute on national TV, how courageous he is for speaking truth 🫡 A true "American Hero" /s

[@timothyskye79]

Well said. In Germany its called being political correct

[@svilana-m4h]

It is very simple actually. They just do not have principles...

[@TrentonGauthier]

"They can put 4,000 calories in a cup and they'll put whatever you want in there." This is a man of immaculate taste.

[@VincenzoMeslage]

That is hilarious 😂

[@greggm206]

an absolute symposium on so many subjects. great interview, lex. took me 4 days to get through it and worth every minute

[@serenevoice4765]

If you want a treat, put the speed on 75. You can better keep up with Marc and Lex sounds fabulously intoxicated. 🤪

[@paulstevens4178]

I just tried it. Funny!!! Thanks!

[@rhondasmith7413]

😂

[@yawnmaster89]

Interesting how sees (and criticizes) wokism as a modern religion, but fails to recognise that the silicon valley bubble is itself a (potentially dangerous) religion too with its own messiahs, holy texts, etc. Or the Trump cult, which he is now a part of. Overall, this was still a pretty insightful conversation.

[@ytname18]

Followers of ideologies tend to have a difficult time recognizing their own ideology

[@netscrooge]

"Elon is a genius" is a good example of magical thinking.

[@trennalepage2970]

Mark and Lex are on two different speeds!

[@HappyCetacean]

Huh. As an unemployed national merit scholar in the Midwest, this hits pretty hard.

[@thecookiechannel7083]

He says the universities can’t change from within, yet they changed to what he doesn’t like from within.

[@TheFibonacci3]

He also said he hopes he is wrong

[@betterdaysahead3746]

History of Western Civilization section sheds light on The Old Testament story. Fascinating.

[@rosenraikov]

Wow, finally somebody talked about the brain drain from all the other nations that come to western countries. I live in an ex-communist country and after 1989 most of our best and brightest left and this has huge detrimental effects to this day. Inviting all the young people from Asia and Africa into Europe means that their countries will be left without the people that can rebuild them. And somehow this is acceptable. Thank you for speaking out.

[@mbusby1146]

This is one of those people that had some success when you couldn't fail, and now thinks hes way smarter than he actually is. Super disconnected from reality of where the country is IMO

[@netscrooge]

Well said. Thank you.

[@annmahn6091]

Best techs, movies, artists…… imported from other countries 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@Rickardo3000]

There’s something unsettling about Marc and his real goals

[@rosesoulis1840]

Tell us O Wise One

[@NidBenH]

This clown really said Trump always speaks the truth……LORD HAVE MERCY

[@joshuasolt5005]

He said that Trump speaks what he believes to be the truth.

[@uiZr138b]

lex is always with the rich and mighty. I do not trust him anymore. people go to his show to let their propaganda shine. "good old chat", trump and elon are great, blablablablabla, thx for listening, cash in. goodbye.

[@ytname18]

I think the problem is that Lex trusts their good intentions too easily. Or it just aligns with his viewpoints

[@franknuzzo2576]

@@ytname18 You trust the government too much.

[@mikepjersey]

Reddit is that way

[@MeatshotTF]

2:20:51 This billionaire telling me that $100 a year is not only being stolen from me but also would help me significantly with my kid 🤣 Dude's lying to our faces for at least 50% of the podcast

[@TheWagnerufpr]

This channel is well-known for spreading/promoting this kind of idea.

[@ancientnpc]

Didnt used to be. Is now, good call.

[@TrichometryLabs]

Add $1,000 million USD to the nation’s debt supply every One-Hundred (100) days. I agree that is unsustainable simply because of the compounding interest payments. 😮 0:05

[@matiass11]

What happenend to Lex? Tell me who you're with and I'll tell you who you are ... He's picking up those toxic and egocentric ideas that suffer these tech billionairs ... probabley caused by corruption of having so much power and wanting more... SAD

[@markjmacrae]

It’s like listening to a child who’s read some AI summaries of a bunch of issues… The third time he complained about how terrible it’s been for the last 10 years and how great it is going to be under a Trump presidency I had to switch off. Does he not remember Trump was president for 4 of the last 10 years?

[@Swaggyp50]

They're talking about AI managers and AI CEOs, where do people fall into that equation?

[@bobbya51]

In general ,with the inevitable ascent of A I , an increasing segment of the population will be permanently replaced and rendered obsolete . UBI on the horizon . Dark times ahead ? We shall see .

[@colindooley4422]

They dont. But the working class are convinced they will be millionaires too and continue to simp for the wealthy.

[@nero_defi]

Out of the labor equation, and straight into the leisure equation. Sounds bad having free time for ourselves, right?

[@Swaggyp50]

@@nero_defi where will people get money for leisure?

[@imawizardfools5934]

​@@Swaggyp50 Well once companies have replaced all the workers and have all the wealth/power, they'll just start handing the money out for free of course. They wouldn't just keep/hold on to power, right? ...right?

[@Slowmowlawnandhome]

At around 55 minutes his take on the 60% of the Valley is pure fiction. He could be right, but he himself says you can never know what's in people's minds and then immediately guesses what the entire 60% thinks but presents it as a smug fact. He also never seem to apply these principle to himself or give us his own personal story. I can't stop watching his art form though , He is one of the best.

[@TheFinalRevelation2]

Even Lex is overwhelmed

[@garamSamosa]

Watched it start to end, and I can say that I disagree with almost all of his opinions.

[@jordmorton]

Best podcast I've seen in a very long time. Thank you Lex and Marc. Extremely informative and thought out. Lots of topics other people refuse to talk about or dont have the time for. 10/10

[@trueeagle5487]

We basically need affordable healthcare

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

​@@trueeagle5487Then consider outlawing the gambling system known as insurance that's breaking it.

[@teksimian]

diversity is our strength!

[@georgiihoward8472]

Not sure the roaring twenties was the best answer, we all know what followed and the issues during that time

[@Fatma-s8o1w]

Maybe he said that unconsciously. He actually want to inform that sonething bad us just around the corner. Maybe he still has emotions and cares about us..the commoners.

[@quiksilverld]

Sad to see so many billionaires come on and talk about minor issues that affect so few. Incredible levels of propaganda here for Trump and the richest few for self serving reasons. SAD

[@esskay8768]

😢👍

[@ytname18]

Not sure if Lex is aware that at least part if his guests uses his podcast as a PR platform

[@quiksilverld]

He does seem sincere and curious about the powerful, but challenges them on nothing important and clearly over values wealth as an unquestionable accomplishment. Money ≠ Merit

[@vincentcornejo3759]

He seems to find his words with very little delay. Remarkable.

[@2whostruckjohn]

Pareto's theory of the circulation of the elites remains a useful insight into the phenomena of revolutionary change.

[@Yergs]

Thanks for the reference. Sounds interesting. Looking it up now.

[@ytname18]

Do you mean with regards to the current gov?

[@JTMdubs]

certainty is at the heart of our issues

[@Hdjwodh]

Мир несправедлив! Только что видела видео как волонтеры спасают детей на вид хуже чем с конслагеря, настолько они худые! Сытому человечеству не до их судеб! 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦Харкiв!

[@DrukMax]

2:21:55 🤥Uhh Marc on whose bank account did those millions/billions end up? Yep, those people who you say "care so much about the taxpayers".

[@ahmedborwin975]

It’s interesting how someone who claims to champion free speech and hard truths, and criticizes ‘wokeism,’ seems selective in his outrage, especially when it comes to Palestinian solidarity on campuses. It’s hard to take his stance at face value. Criticise Israel and its undeniable role in 75 year history of events leading to October 7th. If intellectual honesty is really what you are after.

[@andreasdelaware]

Just your name says it all. Sorry but smart people support people that build, not savages

[@TheJeremyKentBGross]

Violently disrupting classes and such isn't free speech and never has been, and neither is the hecklers veto. My apologies if there's rational arguments being made somewhere in your favor, but I haven't heard them. All I know of is aggressive protesters, often wearing masks, and calling for violence when they aren't actually engaging in it. If/when you win arguments on merit instead of intimidation and shouting people down, your cause will be taken seriously, but not before. Those tactics might work in the 2nd and 3rd world, but it's antithetical to both free society and the meaning of free speech, the purpose of which is rational honest discourse.

[@ytname18]

​@@andreasdelawarenot sure if I understand you correctly but are you calling the Gazans savages? That would be pretty messed up.

[@netscrooge]

​@@andreasdelaware Your support of genocide is a good example of savagery.

[@lookingahead1]

Excellent Marc is so freaking amazing I could listen to him for hours (and I did)😁

[@Christopher-mz2kd]

This guy is part of the problem

[@Sandra_D.9]

Very informative, as always, thanks for sharing ❤

[@Dév0x5762]

I listened to the whole podcast and Im not sure what I listened to, I have already forgot 😂

[@madeinschwarzwald7992]

After almost 4 hours Marc Andreessen..... Is that it? 😂

[@luitbaishya1581]

he is the best articulator of the NEW USA.

[@rushkovski]

This is funny because Deepseek happened after this was taped

[@TheFibonacci3]

Yep. One week and it's a new reality!

[@Jpowwwww]

Marc is high on american positive vibes because the current group of elites needs more regulatory capture

[@dj0ai]

Marc Andreessen has recently delivered banger interviews. Keep it up Marc Andreessen, I want your free thoughts.

[@peterplessers1880]

Mr Andreessen, Early 2000’s, while studying economics at university, I remember writing a paper studying academic literature on the issue of “Brain drain”. I don’t have the paper nor the references anymore. However I vividly remember the hypothesis it concluded out of the literature at the time: Allowing for “smarter” kids from developing countries to get higher education in developed countries, greatly incentivized kids in 3rd world countries from investing in basic education. Thus resulting in aggregated net “intellect” and GDP growth in the developing country they initially came from. Most papers I studied ranked developing countries on some scale of college emigration and basically checked correlation with local GDP growth.

[@GilmerJohn]

It also has the effecting of discouraging American kids from getting into STEM or even medicine. Why bother then "they" can hire someone for 20% less from, say, India.

[@asdfasdf3989]

Does that mean we should continue mass legal immigration?

[@peterplessers1880]

No, we should not continue mass legal immigration. We should leverage selective legal immigration as to improve productivity of our economy and wealth.

[@peterplessers1880]

@@GilmerJohn I disagree. American kids, whatever their education, will be more productive and thus wealthier having a Messi or Mbappé on their team.

[@peterplessers1880]

@asdfasdf3989 No, we should not continue mass legal immigration. We should leverage selective legal immigration as to improve our own people's productivity and wealth by more effectively leveraging our capital, thus improving the whole world's economy.

[@Luno207]

This guy clearly gets his information on how people are thinking/feeling almost exclusively from twitter

[@joshuasolt5005]

You didn’t hear him reference all the century defining books he’s read, in detail?

[@Luno207]

@ books are not representative of how people normal people are thinking/feeling, that would come from interacting with actual human beings from all different perspectives and social standings. Can’t truly connect with humanity through media alone.

[@natalie9185]

Could he maybe talk a little bit faster?

[@rainflowers1099]

Yeah if he talked a bit faster his voice would just be a high pitch tone, with no discernible words

[@tvardz8472]

It is a tactic, it removes space for critical thinking and provides space for seeds of truth and untruths to grow together and blur the lines. He can talk so fast because he recites iterations from the same playbook daily, he is on autopilot.

[@PIANOSEEDS]

I'll have this smile on my face for the entire evening. Great conversation.

[@IAmTheTruCanadian]

lmao bootlicking billionaires gets you going eh? cuck

[@mikesyr]

The proof is in the pudding. Either the administrations economic policies will work or they won't. Right now the public needs and wants lower prices for groceries and affordable healthcare. Economists and geopolitical experts worldwide have given us some of the answers to these issues. This admin seems to be going in the opposite direction, and listening to people like Andreessen. I have a feeling we'll know who is right soon enough. Lets just hope whoever is wrong has the humility to admit it and take responsibility in their role in it.

[@theLowestPointInMyLife]

first 6 minutes all I can think of is your streets are filled with homeless zombies, what exactly is it that youre growing over there, because its certainly not a better life for your citizens

[@InfiniteCyclus]

So humble isn't he?

[@thecookiechannel7083]

Love the charts contradicting him at the beginning.

[@NoThankyou-h6q]

This guy loves fascism

[@dianthia1080]

We the People have the right to free association and thus absolutely can organize independently of our elected workers in government. No matter when in US history, from presidents to mayors, they're all elected workers, nothing more.

[@Rickardo3000]

2:01:00 I don’t know are you guys history buffs or not, but there was another fella who was courageous, and was a leader of one nation in Europe, from 1933 from to 1945. Look him up

[@rosesoulis1840]

Wow.....THE HITLER THING......take a nap dude

[@Rickardo3000]

@ should we call a person courageous if he threatened the people who protested (and did it peacefully) and now uses all his power to depart these people?

[@rosesoulis1840]

@@Rickardo3000 babble...... babble

[@skullfullofbats]

Ah more Oligarch Propaganda. Lex your a shill. Deepseek is your competitor..... Look at you now.

[@mikael5938]

lex conpketly out of hes leauge Not a single relevant counter question in 4h. Crazy how billioners pay for youtube time and can sit and talk without any push back. Reading from pre made questions done by someone else lmao. unsubbed

[@grebnes]

Waiting for the ‘incredibly’ creative ideas that will help the actual legislatures understand how/what needs a regulation, it’s consequences, the science, etc

[@Wppsamsung2024]

This guy is annoying af