The Culture Clash - Is There a Downsight?

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There is a huge culture clash going on between the people who need conclusive, scientific proof before they 're willing to recommend any course of action. And so we've seen this, like pulte clash playing out over and over again, you know. Experts are afraid to do something experimental with low downside, because they have reputations and they want to sound smart. Where's ponors, or maybe capitalists, or other probem sobers, or perhaps even gamblers will say, there's no downsight here. What's the downsight to putting a mass cot? Nothing. The same thing with chloriquin and the z pack. But aren't we iny hurry...

0:01 Jason & Chamath catch us up on their quarantines
1:20 Chamath intros David Sacks
4:40 David explains what their poker group chat has been like since COVID-19 started, and how Jason, Chamath & himself fall on the optimistic/pessimistic spectrum
6:58 How have the past few months defined David's view on the world, and what is his reaction to the US government's response?
12:22 Did the US health apparatus do its job? How could it improve? Why aren't masks already mandated?
19:33 Culture clash between scientific experts & entrepreneurs, thoughts on Chloroquine as a treatment method
27:00 Are US bureaucrats taking the intelligence of US citizens for granted? How liable is Trump?