Revisited: Moment of Zen's Origins with Marc Andreessen
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Unpacking the Dumb Game and the Shibboleth
Delving into the concept of shibboleths and the 'dumb game' played by Westerners to gain acceptance and approval, the speakers discuss the roots of this behavior in prosociality and tribalism, as well as its vulnerability to manipulation by individuals with bad intentions.
For the holiday stretch, we're publishing a few of our favorite episodes from this year of Moment of Zen. Today, we’re airing our first ever episodes with Marc Andreessen (released exactly one year ago). Marc discussed SBF, Twitter and censorship, and more. In the second half of this extra long episode with Marc, we get into the ideas of Nietzsche, Henrich, Burnham and more of Marc's intellectual influences.
This episode originally aired in two parts on December 28 & 30th, 2022.
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TIMESTAMPS
(00:00) Re-airing our first ever episodes
(05:00) Future of Binance
(11:57) Exploring the Potential Redemption Arc for SBF
(16:00) Sponsors: Shopify | NetSuite
(26:05) Twitter under Elon Musk
(33:43) Sponsors: MasterClass
(40:53) The Power Dynamics in Tech Companies and Their Influence on Free Speech
(55:08) The Future of Consumer Web 3 and Its Potential Impact on Tech Industry
(01:56:19) The Future of American Society
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