Is the Economy Falling Apart?

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i think we're still in this weird kind of road runner coyote moment, when a coyote's run over the cliff and there's no ground beneath him. I would view this slightly less charitably than sam. Some fcs will take advantage of this s they can, because they do have money. We've seen tian two, twenty two million unemployment as lex four weeks. While the baris going up, expecta performance that you're going to see from starps is going down....

0:37 Jason intro Alex Wilhelm & Sam Lessin & checks in on how their quarantines are going
5:59 Are they all working more during quarantine then they were beforehand?
9:58 Will we see a birthrate drop due to the crisis?
15:45 Having & raising children in the digital age/COVID crisis
18:24 How are Apple & Google helping with tracking COVID-19, and when do their efforts become a privacy risk?
27:29 For how long would big-tech need personal health data?
31:54 Differences between Facebook & Twitter, Twitter usage for Jason, Alex & Sam
37:41 What is Sam working on with Fin? How has he transitioned his team to remote?
39:47 Who will be impacted by the move away from luxurious big-tech campuses? Will it lead to a competitive disadvantage for companies that are hesitant?
56:19 Disconnect between optimistic public investors & pessimistic private investors
1:00:38 Why early-stage investors are most at-risk in the private market?
1:05:33 Misaligned metrics in VC, understanding massive unemployment numbers
1:11:26 Is government-backed healthcare good for capitalism & entrepreneurship?