NEW: Marc Andreessen on Trump, the vibe shift, and what’s after wokeness

[@LeviNotik]

Deriving so much pleasure from this podcast tour that Marc has been on

[@soysaucehairdye7869]

What a piazza you are. Let me guess you live in P-town?

[@Ace7XX]

I swear I've been thinking the same thing. I've been watching all of his podcasts and have learned a tremendous amount from him. He's a genuinely remarkable man.

[@LeviNotik]

@@Ace7XX 100% He is exceptionally intelligent and articulate, consistently displaying a jovial demeanor and a genuine pleasantness toward everyone.

[@Eggs-n-Jakey]

da bois r back

[@dudeguy8864]

he’s on a 21’ andrew tate run

[@hippygunster]

Bar far the best Marc Andreessen interview out. Thanks.

[@lorddrake2418]

Marc's mind is a wonder and I am truly glad to be able to listen to him...

[@seasidesue816]

I need to listen to this podcast carefully, from the beginning, again. It is so very optimistic. Mark Andreesen is phenomenal. I only recently figured out who he is.

[@FreeSpeech4All]

Because he was hiding the last two decades while getting insanely rich off the very same Commie tech platforms he's now speaking out against. 🙄 This is just another Commie tech overlord desperately trying not to get "United Healthed".

[@ChrisHarperKC]

This is Marc's most wide-ranging post election interview yet. Thanks for this!

[@susan908]

MA is such a good teacher. I appreciate how he inserts real life examples into his answers so the audience can easily grasp an otherwise confusing concept

[@jackburt4549]

this is a huge guest for you. Congratulations and the level up.

[@thepmanvan111]

So much great information but I need to listen at .7 speed

[@KidFifty]

Me too!

[@MathiasWarwick]

1x was perfect which means he speaks at the correct speed. I usually run 1.2 ha ha. Depends on the speaker. I could see .8 for Marc.

[@ExploreVanIsle]

@@MathiasWarwickthis seems efficient but those 10 bits per second really start to show their limit

[@alchemist_one]

This is fantastic! I don't think I've ever been disappointed by a single pmarca interview. That said, title saddens me. You know a channel/podcast/whatever has burnt its following by recycling old content when it has to preface an episode title with "NEW: "

[@mmhoss]

It is what it is man, the channel isn't big enough yet to guarantee success of a separate clips channel just yet

[@colecarouba7926]

1:04:30 San Francisco was not the first to call out woke and non sensical ideas, average American populists were. That point is very important and should be articulated. The tech right is standing on the shoulders of many average Americans who had more courage than they did, and we’re right far before them.

[@susan908]

Not average but there's also JK Rowling, Ben Shapiro and (must give him credit) Matt Walsh

[@birdstrikes]

@@susan908 MA hates average americans. just sayin.

[@ywtcc]

Populism just means selling the general public false promises, when you're not actually against the problem. Like a border wall, for example. You really think this Republican party is going to break up the under regulated labor market problem? Looks to me like not enforcing tax and business regulation is the actual problem.

[@marwin4348]

San Francisco was the source of wokeness, tech bros at Twitter and Google the biggest proponents. Even those that did not agree with it never spoke out against it. They think we will just forget. Google and Apple are still completely all-in too.

[@Laotzu.Goldbug]

​@@susan908these people are at best three decades behind Pat Buchanan

[@koparaattori]

Always a pleasure to listen to Marc.

[@MathiasWarwick]

Incredible discussion. I follow closely, and find that Marc describes the situation with enormous clarity and insight.

[@Kideqx]

I appreciate the speed of the conversation i.e., words per second.

[@lockdown24v74]

Great interview. I enjoyed this one!

[@simonnilsson5356]

Nice, 1h 45m with Marc! Get Balaji next please 💯

[@jed2049]

Can't get enough of Marc. Fucking Brilliant.

[@markrolls5905]

Marc Andreessen , Legend 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@planetbizzaro1839]

Sorry but wokeness is NOT over. Maybe a sliver of the power these ppl were exercising against others has been removed BUT they still think the same way, they still have the connections that made it possible to abuse others, and they still have all of the money. They need to be fully exposed and held full on accountable for the damage they did to real peoples lives.

[@ywtcc]

Yeah, but the same people are going to have all the money until we get someone in DC that knows how to use the tax hammer.

[@doglog5748]

They will 100% turn into wolfs in sheep’s clothing. They’ll simply go underground so to speak, and disguise much of their actions. These types of people would rather burn it down than give up power.

[@spudruckus7297]

They are inculcated in every branch of the biggest bureaucracy in the world and every institution in the country. It's a daunting task. I think its reprieve & we should be building defenses & strengthening our communities, whatever those are to you, for the long haul. We will see.

[@refuztosay9454]

Correct - they will just lay dormant for 4 years and return to form when the left seizes control permanently in 2028.

[@ywtcc]

@@spudruckus7297 The US private sector is the biggest bureaucracy in the world. And, if you want to keep blaming the government, don't be surprised when the government decides to fix your problem. Take a look at your healthcare and insurance industries. Privatization doesn't make the problem better, it makes it worse. Difference is your business leaders stop whining about it, and start petitioning the government to keep the bureaucracy large and in charge.

[@paulcrosby6953]

Great stuff. Try it at 2x for fun. I wish I could think as fast as Marc. A+

[@carbonfibercrypto2919]

the SF tech crowd was the leading vanguard for wokeness, normal americans haven't forgotten and you've never apologized for it.

[@Roiddz]

In the lefts defense they have been fully weaponized to fight for gay and minority rights for 50 years, it makes sense that after winning that fight they continued to stay weaponized and fought ghosts since. Similar to an autoimmune system response that damages an organ.

[@cmschleich]

So is academia and they aren’t apologizing at all.

[@carbonfibercrypto2919]

@@cmschleich might as well just put on clown makeup because this tech circle jerk bubble is the only place they have left where they can pretend to have any credibility

[@jacilynh]

It seems like they are apologizing, thus this video. Marc brought up his mistakes.

[@carbonfibercrypto2919]

@@jacilynh we're not holding our breath, just hope they read this and read the room a bit better because from what i can tell they are chattering about from the kid's table

[@bigbrotheriswatching8709]

Possibly the best conversation of 2024 I've seen. Just amazing.

[@daviddavis1322]

I have really been enjoying Mr. Andreessen talk on podcasts. Great insight into how contemporary companies operate

[@michaelguarino417]

The idea that SF is first-in, first-out on culture now is just wrong. The change was led by MAGA here, they broke the taboos explicitly with Trump, took all the social shame for it, and silicon valley followed. And they will ultimately call the shots since they have the voting power to direct policy much more than tech has. If anything the new cultural leaders are probably Nashville, Florida, Texas, and it's not just politically, also musically (see the emergence of country music as a shockingly dominant cultural force). Wouldn't be surprised if there's a full red tribe replacement of Hollywood soon, and it'll likely be very competitive. I get he has to flatter himself and his friends, it's just not true.

[@solitudessilentgroove]

Excellent interview. You just kinda let him talk with good questions at appropriate times. I love your style, better than Bari, Subscribed.

[@sucim]

Some great questions! And great responses as always!

[@boshidoson]

Brilliant interview ! Thank you.

[@JohnWilliams-dn6vt]

Trumps assembled the most brain power in the history of the world. The Nerds are going to save America and humanity 😊😅 great movie and book

[@jphilarn]

I’ll push back against his San Francisco being the cultural center. Most of the nation never bought into its agenda.

[@LicoInvestments]

1:33:50. to Andreesson's point on lights being shut out, in Europe, they shut out some exterior lights in some big church for the first time. Lights that used to stay on always at night.

[@rockapedra1130]

Fantastic interview

[@paulcrosby6953]

Excellent. Thank you, gentlemen.

[@simonnilsson5356]

Doesn’t look like a re-upload but I am suspicious

[@fbinformant]

Same

[@fbinformant]

@@minoan438 That's his strategy to max views I guess. Just makes me lose respect

[@simonnilsson5356]

@@fbinformantI think this assumption is wrong. It might be true in the very short term (2-3 weeks), but in the mid to long term its going to be very bad for views.

[@LeviNotik]

You can watch the video and see that he mentions the election being six weeks ago, clearly indicating the recording's recency

[@christophercooney4592]

Marc hits it exactly about the nature of cancel culture

[@maxprize829]

What cowards these tech leaders were (aside from Elon and a few others) to have known what was going on, known how authoritarian and illiberal it was, known it was illegal, and known how bad it was for our country and just went along with it.

[@FreeSpeech4All]

Elon too, and Vivek, and Vance, and Theil... They're all just flipping now to try to avoid being "United Healthed" for what they've done to our country. They knew what they were doing all along.

[@HouseJawn]

Great video 😊

[@BatmanBoss]

Excellent work ❤

[@davidkey4272]

I am glad Marc talked about mediocre European bureaucrats getting beyond itself in regards to US companies. I would like to see the new administration put an end to that nonsense.

[@boballen9095]

at around 4:20 mark, Marc is talking about what how different what he was taught in school vs. discovering "it's not like that at all". I guess I was very fortunate that the one class I had, simply named "Governement" and was the only class I recall that absolutely everyone was required to take (and pass) was taught by an instructor that made a clear disctition between how laws were intended vs. how they are often actually applied. Gerrymandering was just one example, selective application of a law for some groups but not for others was another. This was in a universe far far away at the start of the 60s in California.

[@robertbickerstaffe7819]

I pray to God everyday for my two boys we go back. No more "Give them Bread and Circus and they will never revolt." It's our Godly Duty to be informed and actively engaged in politics and the direction of our country and the world.

[@BitcoinMeister]

The way Rand describes the President is actually the way the founders wanted him to act on national matters. Internationally he was to be more active, he was to have little power over the states and thus citizens of Florida or Utah or Alaska would not have their lives by him at all.

[@alexshawwest]

This was soooo good!! Just keep saying stuff out loud

[@payleryder45]

At 7:40, Eich's donation was in favor of a ballot proposition THAT WAS SUCCESSFUL in California. It became the law via a plebiscite.

[@lbartlett403]

Wow, Excellent!

[@zill4_]

Really hope someday Mr.Andreessen adopts the Robotnik mustache

[@maxprize829]

We held it off for the most part here in Florida. I guess we’re too far from SF for what’s going on there to affect us.

[@julieconnard4372]

Without our governor, it probably wouldn't have happened.

[@SourceryVC]

awesome conversation

[@BurningQuestionLLC]

Marc flowing 💯

[@CynthiaCarrithers]

Appreciate your perspective on banking regulations - being in the banking software industry for 30 years saw the crazy stuff we had to implement and spend time on in development because of DEI and regs…and yes, the regulators did become insufferable.

[@furyofbongos]

The best definition of government which also exposes its illegitimacy: 'A group of people claiming to have the right to the initiation of the use of force within a geographical boundary.' The Non-Aggression Principle: One should not initiate force against others or their property. Force is only permissible in defense, i.e., in response to aggression that has already been initiated by someone else.

[@newellphelps2481]

Who is the real Ellsworth Twoohey ? 🤔

[@duncancampbell5761]

Wow. There is hope. The geniuses have left the dark side.

[@jr8209]

The preference falsification take ignores that a lot of people in tech did believe the dumb things and only now realize how dumb they were. Like Jason. Because others lead the way.

[@speaktruth8739]

47:37 “I want the opposite of things” 😂

[@dwpettey]

No offense to Marc Andreesen but I enjoyed this video much better after I reduced the playback speed to 0.75... 😀

[@dtgiambruno]

Great podcast.

[@johnbauer5783]

What brand are the in ear plugs he's using?

[@sardatep]

"It didn't happen to one of them. It happened to all of them." The Grand Illusion is that they weren't controlled top down. 💩

[@slamslidestyle]

Finally.

[@lukejolley8354]

Big episode!! (Big ep big uPPP!!)

[@wires__]

Fantastic

[@TheFinnmacool]

Got that? Thirty years to fix, if ever.

[@pieter5466]

Great podcast, andreeessen always great Editing is somewhat disorienting

[@robertbickerstaffe7819]

The USA is at its best when the Governmet gets out of the way

[@lynettepolewka2775]

So true about laughter vs 'clapter'. You can make people clap but forced laughter reveals itself and sounds wrong.

[@plumlogan]

I think we can comfortably assume this was pre-recorded before Christmas

[@oliverjamito9902]

Shared "i" Am come forth!

[@uiZr138b]

so the interviewer did just let marc andreessen talk for 90 minutes without asking any real questions? like andreessen: "best team in history of the US" about trump admin. interviewer: "yeah, right". lmao. just tech bros playing balls to each other.

[@skydivekrazy76]

I love seeing how MA thinks. Enlightenment may be a strong word, but prescient would work as well or better.

[@TheArbenGjoni]

mark is awesome

[@oliverjamito9902]

What is language resting upon the clouds? Yes, all aims will be put upon the NEW TABLE!

[@chickenfishhybrid44]

Blueskee*

[@leejacobus5305]

I’d be interested in learning how best to unindocterate our youngest generation of jaded adults

[@jeffschlarb4965]

EU want a cut of the revenue, because all they have is Mercedes-Benz and Ozempic

[@julesyb7267]

Why does this freeze at 1:09?

[@Linda_Almighty]

I'm glad I'm not these types of people's psychiatrist, because they would take entire careers fixing. SHOCK FULL of misconceptions and weird beliefs. Does living inside the broader reality secluded & detached bubbles for too long cause this? 🤔 ⚠️ Yikes! 😳😬

[@davidmarkmann6098]

Fuck are you talking about?

[@furyofbongos]

Why all the jump cuts? Doesn't do much for trust.

[@Hexagoner1968]

Did he ask about jeets?

[@chahahc]

"It took them 12 years to win another presidential election" *JD Vance noises*

[@Atjayvang21]

Lol that's Jordans Petersons voice at -8dp

[@OldOhioGranny]

wow. Every single minute is enlightening.

[@fulowa]

i enjoyed this.

[@stevecobb2997]

At 24:50 Marc describes how possessing the Ring of Power means that people will stop telling you unpleasant truths. This is also called "the Dictator's Dilemma".

[@leahdowns1737]

The survey of how religions feel about each other revealing evangelicals have a net 40 positive view of Jews isn’t surprising at all. They are Bible literalists and the Bible says God will bless any people who stand by Israel and curse those who do not. That’s why it’s very challenging for Christians to differentiate between their feelings about the actions of political leadership of Israel the country versus their feelings of support for Jewish people in general

[@FreeSpeech4All]

"Israel" just means "God's people". The Jews lost claim to that when they rejected the Messiah at Passover. Christians ARE Israel now.

[@leahdowns1737]

@ some see it that way - regardless my point is that many evangelicals believe they have a biblical mandate to support Jews

[@FreeSpeech4All]

@@leahdowns1737 Agreed... and my point was to let them know that they don't. I moved to the rural south to get away from the cult of Covidiots. Now I may have to move again to get away from the cult of Israe-diots. 🙄

[@judithweiss6727]

"challenging for Christians to differentiate between their feelings about the actions of political leadership of Israel the country versus their feelings of support for Jewish people in general." I talk to a lot of evangelicals on social media. Why should they differentiate them? In fact their understanding as conservatives is that they are deeply interlinked in these days especially.

[@rv7798]

For fun, try to listen to him at 1.5x speed

[@bdoering2712]

You YOLO and turn it into a for profit 1:13:39 😂

[@cindyb8504]

Maybe there can be less pervy stuff in schools! That would be great! & Penmanship!!!

[@mdhen4]

Costco is still adhering to DEI - they would be an excellent target for the new DOJ..

[@transtrump7762]

Now get Larry Fink outta DEI business

[@BadWithNames123]

when you are in a yes men competition but erik is your opponent

[@Jiminy-trx]

Marc naturally talks at 1.5 speed And, check on Rudyard - instead of laughing at him!

[@Eggs-n-Jakey]

Atlas Shrugged spoiler at ~ 1:32:00

[@Eggs-n-Jakey]

Yes it's been out my whole life x3-5 but it's a doozy and I have other fiction novels in queue

[@oliverjamito9902]

Many creatures who am I puppets!

[@yanatzvetkova1761]

💗

[@duncancampbell5761]

MA is afraid of going back to 1982. I think we need to go back to 1952 at least. Maybe even 1902.

[@oliverjamito9902]

Satellites come here in front and remind!

[@Mayurshembekar1711]

Marc is so glass half full guy and so knowledgeable its so inspiring!

[@p.d.stanhope7088]

Always had a problem with Atlas Shrugged on the scapegoating and running away from the problems. It just never sat well with me. Always liked her first novel, We the Living, because it was autobiographical. Also the tyranny in the novel could be both a lefty or a righty type.

[@fxfxwc]

Are they going to comment on the bizarre commercials?

[@Hectorinjeje]

Please bring Balaji!

[@oliverjamito9902]

Students will say, LORD meaning all names came from? Indeed!

[@KidFifty]

Maybe Idiocracy and Atlas Shrugged are about the same thing happening simultaneously from differing perspectives.