How to Detect Bullshit

The way to test someone's authenticity is by asking increasingly detailed questions./nTrue experts have spent years obsessing over the details of their subject./nGenuine founders have a deep knowledge and understanding, while fake founders tend to struggle with specific details./nAn emotional response, such as getting mad, can indicate genuine expertise./nTrue experts are able to answer questions in great detail and prove their knowledge.

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In this episode, my guest is Marc Andreessen, the legendary software innovator who co-created the internet browser Mosaic, co-founded Netscape, and is now at Andreessen Horowitz — a venture capital firm that finds and brings to life technologies that transform humanity. We discuss what it takes to be a true innovator, including the personality traits required, the role of environment and the support systems needed to bring revolutionary ideas to fruition. We discuss risk-taking as a necessary but potentially hazardous trait, as well as the role of intrinsic motivation and one’s ability to navigate uncertainty. We also discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and Marc’s stance that soon everyone will use AI as their personalized coach and guide for making decisions about their health, relationships, finances and more — all of which he believes will greatly enhance our quality of life. We also delve into nuclear power, gene editing, public trust, universities, politics, and AI regulation. This episode is for those interested in the innovative mind, psychology, human behavior, technology, culture and politics.

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Timestamps

(00:00:00) Marc Andreessen

(00:03:21) Sponsors: LMNT & Waking Up

(00:06:05) Personality Traits of an Innovator

(00:12:49) Disagreeableness, Social Resistance; Loneliness & Group Think