Marc Andreessen on AI, Religion, SF, Fighting and the NPC Meme

[@UpstreamwithErikTorenberg]

Marc joins again for a wide-ranging conversation. If you’re looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: netsuite.com/upstream TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Episode preview (01:59) The evolution of human entertainment from epic poetry to NPC Tiktoks (07:20) Violence is a choice (11:30) True democracy mandates military service as a virtue (15:35) Sponsor: NetSuite | Podcast recommendation: The Limited Partner (17:22) Can San Francisco be fixed? (28:03) Marc's empirical argument for AI (31:45) Where Sam Harris gets it wrong (35:35) Eric Voegelin's concept of Immanetizing the Eschaton (41:40) What happens to religion after AI (48:54) What would Nietzsche say? (49:44) LLMs are already the subject of a religious war (53:28) What comes after liberalism (01:03:03) Based on Zuck's recent PR success, are alpha males back? (01:07:23) Men’s tailoring and the stripping of masculinity (01:09:50) Is Twitter’s influence the real world? (01:13:25 ) Is Left vs Right the central conflict of our time? (01:18:30) Life extension

[@mikel2470]

Great conversation. Marc is the best. Pinky doll had me cracking up.

[@TonyMandarano]

Wasn’t this already posted about a week ago?

[@andreas.9175]

No, you were in the future about a week ago.

[@LordCaptainFather]

Thanks...

[@brockunseen]

Jeebus thought I had this on 1.5x when I heard Marc rattling off from the get-go, nope was on 1x

[@donniedewitt9878]

31:35 shape rotater gang?. Also I like how he barely attempts to optics check the fact he’s a moldbug acolyte and a NRX type especially with the fdr reference at 1:15:50

[@torrasque0151]

Why worry about moldbug optics, didn't he go on TYT with Cenk, he's almost mainstream now.

[@donniedewitt9878]

@@torrasque0151 be dances on the edge of acceptability, but still tries to keep his distance, he’s more about the quality of those his thoughts influence than the quantity of minds influenced

[@MohammadRauf1]

damn look at that book stash .. hopefully readin em lol

[@JayEs31]

Marc correctly snd perfectly called out all the issues with Sam Harris. Not scientific thinking at all…

[@IdaelDiaz]

Lmaooooo at the orb

[@Finite8614]

Beard and hair lookin cool

[@neilmcd123]

The All in Pod sucks compared to you guys

[@jeffrey2370]

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