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E105: Tech culture wars: Elon vs. SBF, Sabotaging Republicans with Trump
If You Went Woke, You May Go Broke
AI Key Takeaways
- Sequoia has always been known to be hard-nosed and may fire founders who are not good enough, as the mission of the business is bigger than the CEO's ability
- There is no free lunch, and Sequoia is not giving out free money for founders to go in one direction too far
- In Silicon Valley, the tradition used to be replacing founders with professional CEOs, but the pendulum now hopefully swings to some equilibrium
- The start program for surplus elites is ending in private markets, affecting job opportunities
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E78: VC fund metrics that matter, private market update, recession, student loans, Bill Hwang arrest
The Politics of Student Debt Forgiveness
AI Key Takeaways
- Student debt is a problem because it is a burden for the 85% of people who don't benefit from it.
- Student debt is a problem because it is a way for the wealthy to buy votes.
- The solution to student debt is to make it more equitable and to pass legislation to make it happen.
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E78: VC fund metrics that matter, private market update, recession, student loans, Bill Hwang arrest
Fixing the University System
AI Key Takeaways
- Yetburg don't sell beyond the close.
- The answer is no.
- We have a massive employment gap, ok?
- The data tells you in every single which way possible that we are not educating our young people to take the job that are needed for a high growth, functionally moving economy.
- We know that.
- So we are mis educating these folks.
- And then we are giving them access to enormous amounts of debt that they have no reasonable chance to pay back.
- And i think that that should be fixed by fixing the incentives of the universities.
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E126: Big Tech blow-out, Powell’s recession warning, lab-grown meat, RFK Jr shakes up race & more
Predictions for Democratic Nominee and RFK Jr.'s Campaign
AI Key Takeaways
- RFK Jr. is polling at 19% and Marianne Williamson at 9%, making for a possible 28% backing of an alternative candidate
- 1968-like scenario may arise with a recession and a potential war becoming a fiasco
- Anti-war traditions were channeled in the speech, quoting John Quincy Adams and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Biden's involvement with Ukraine was mentioned in a critical tone
- Direct link between poverty and war was emphasized
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