Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep458-sa See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. 0:00 - Introduction 1:09 - Best possible future 10:32 - History of Western Civilization 19:51 - Trump in 2025 27:32 - TDS in tech 40:19 - Preference falsification 56:15 - Self-censorship 1:11:18 - Censorship 1:19:57 - Jon Stewart 1:22:43 - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan 1:31:32 - Government pressure 1:42:19 - Nature of power 1:55:08 - Journalism 2:00:43 - Bill Ackman 2:05:40 - Trump administration 2:13:19 - DOGE 2:27:11 - H1B and immigration 3:05:05 - Little tech 3:17:25 - AI race 3:26:15 - X 3:29:47 - Yann LeCun 3:33:21 - Andrew Huberman 3:34:53 - Success 3:37:49 - God and humanity *Transcript:* lexfridman.com/marc-andreessen-2-transcript *CONTACT LEX:* *Feedback* - give feedback to Lex: lexfridman.com/survey *AMA* - submit questions, videos or call-in: lexfridman.com/ama *Hiring* - join our team: lexfridman.com/hiring *Other* - other ways to get in touch: lexfridman.com/contact *EPISODE LINKS:* Marc's X: x.com/pmarca Marc's Substack: pmarca.substack.com Marc's UA-cam: www.youtube.com/@a16z Andreessen Horowitz: a16z.com *SPONSORS:* To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: *Encord:* AI tooling for annotation & data management. Go to lexfridman.com/s/encord-ep458-sa *GitHub:* Developer platform and AI code editor. Go to lexfridman.com/s/github-ep458-sa *Notion:* Note-taking and team collaboration. Go to lexfridman.com/s/notion-ep458-sa *Shopify:* Sell stuff online. Go to lexfridman.com/s/shopify-ep458-sa *LMNT:* Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to lexfridman.com/s/lmnt-ep458-sa
The best thing about this interview is Marc Andreessen calling Elon Musk a Hero after doing the Nazi salute. 🫵💩 To anyone saying It's not a Nazi salute, You should watch the original video and listen what Elon says after he does the salute. "My heart goes out to you! it is thanks to you the future of civilization is assured". Guess who also said exactly the same thing.. FUCK U NAZI
I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have all the accompanying imagery of referenced texts, authors, and other figures placed alongside during the conversation. In other long form podcasts, I look for this, and my joy is drained due to their absence. Whomever is editing this and adding them in, thank you.
I'm from Switzerland, and our direct democracy works incredibly well. It gives people a real voice in decision-making, which is something many other countries admire. It's not perfect, but it's definitely one of the reasons Switzerland stands out in Europe.
We visited 10 European countries in 10 weeks in 2019. Switzerland is stunningly beautiful, but we found it to be the most expensive country we visited by far What do you think is the reason for that?
Easy, high productivity generates high salaries. When you produce that much stuff per Capita, your currencies and wages explode in international terms. Externally it will be perceived as expensive but internally just allows people to import everything for next to nothing (they still pay 100 euros for Nikes) @@BonnieV-uf5ds
@@BonnieV-uf5dsnot sure if thats true from swiss people who live and earn there. If they can have a decent life there, while earning and spending there, they are good in my view
In the US that is easily remedied by starting up your own SME and then selling your services to a larger corporation. You can happily avoid HR issues and concentrate on your expertise and advantage.
Perhaps the government push into higher education caused "degree" inflation, so companies had no choice but to raise the bar? I agree with you point as well, just playing the opposite side.
I scratched my head when Andreessen said all the other country's GDP is going down or stagnating while being shown graphs of them all essentially increasing, not too different from America's graph.
1:46:41 it's not that Frodo would have been corrupted by the ring. Frodo WAS corrupted by the ring. In the climax of the story, as Frodo stood on the precipice about to complete his mission by casting the ring into Mt. Doom, he succumbed to the power of the ring and maniacally claimed it as his own. If Gollum wouldn't have attacked him in his own bid for the ring, perhaps Frodo would have escaped with the ring thus prolonging and extending the damage the ring would have inflicted on the world. But the ultimate point of the story IMO is that eventually power loses to itself but claims many victims on its path to oblivion. Oh yes, poor Frodo was one such victim. At the end of the story he goes with Gandalf and the Elves to The Grey Havens and he now bears scars that will never heal. He did lose a piece of his soul to the ring and the power lust it imparted.
he has quite a few subtle inaccuracies in his arguments. As in, he reads "enough" to form a broad opinion, but never really goes truly deep down into the weeds to truly understand the nuances of disagreement within a certain topic. His opening argument about Indo Europeans was laughable from a historical POV. As if there hasnt been tremendous progress in the last 150 years. 😂
@@daarom3472 His description of ancient times is good. Remember, our previous 150 years, completely revolutionary and mostly positive, are but an eye-blink when compared to the deep time of ancient history and the even deeper time of pre-history. Those thousands of generations shaped what (largely) we are now. I'm convinced fascism and Communism are the result of unknowing nostalgia on the part of ideologists for those ancient times. Which is why we must be extremely leery of any ideology that would call us to return to absolute obedience to the group and forfeit our modern American individuality.
I'll reply to my own comment: (I live here) runner-up guests include journalist Brian Hioe, former legislator Freddy Lim, Taiwanese Navy Seal and recent Taipei-mayoral contestant and current civil defense force organizer Enoch Wu, and, of course, Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister, probably the country's most eloquent spokesperson. (Full disclosure: I'm an American journalist based in Taiwan.)
@@user-tk1jj1cp9x4 Why? Why would these be interesting interviews for Lex to conduct, and for us to listen to? As a journalist, you should be able to provide some arguments instead of just.. saying some random shit. Ohh, maybe that's the problem.
@ The idea is to hear an experienced interviewer talk to a former head of state from one of the key flashpoints in the world. Perhaps it doesn't rise to the level of your interest. All good.
This guy was literally a democrat his whole life, until last year. Everyone is fed up, people are waking up. The woke virus is destroying western civilization.
Exactly! He complains that the last 10 years where sooo stifled but then says the elites control the naratives. Which elites would that be? The same ones that wanted censorship now rally for trump.
There is a massive contradiction in the tech world, where innovators rely on public investments but later advocate for minimizing government involvement in regulating it.
What do you mean by "public investment?" A company IPO (initial public offer) isn't public in the sense of tax dollars, but public in the sense that the general population can purchase stock.
@ they mean government subsidies for big tech corporations...taxpayer money (public investment) goes to private corporations who make profits and give it to the private shareholders.
Nearly everything that gets regulated becomes bureaucratic and then the success of what is being worked on gets stifled sometimes to the point of failure.
Ironic, considering that leftists have been in power for so long and punished any dissent with ostracization and smearing. Finally the vibe is shifting, overton window is opening, people are much freeer to speak their mind, so what do leftists do? Project! As always.
No one argues for billionaires not paying more in taxes than people that make $50k a year. I’ve been in way more arguments about this with people who can barely pay their bills, than rich people that take advantage of the tax system.
Youre absolutely right. It’s funny how wealthy people always argue that the best way to fix the debt crisis is to reduce wasteful expenses but they never seem to argue the other half of the solution which requires higher taxes on the rich AKA increased revenue from the 1% that owns more than the bottom 80% of Americans. Don’t be fooled by the new MSM. We need BOTH.
Best podcast I've seen in a very long time. Thank you Lex and Marc. Extremely informative and thought out. Lots of topics other people refuse to talk about or dont have the time for. 10/10
@@DavidMCammack to hear what? His horrible fascist view of the world? He literally said nothing enlightening, except that one can clearly understand he is in on some horrible shit and enjoys it
As a beginning and then successful retired professor, I witnessed more disadvantages of tenure than advantages. For quality, merit-based is best (eg, once tenured, many profs stop quality work).
Listen to a hour of this. After every two minutes I found myself audibly involuntarily saying “what the hell is this guy talking about? Is he from another universe?”
Marc Andreessen is quickly becoming my favorite interview to watch. He breaks down all sorts of topics with an obvious depth of knowledge. Excellent show.
Or rather, he is good in talking bullshit while making it sound like he knows what he talks about. That is a crucial skill in advancing a career, especially in selling stuff, but it's really annoying if someone is actually an expert on the topic. One of the key skills for this is very abundantly present here, which is talking fast and going from topic to topic so quickly that the listener can't stop to think about what was said for too long.
Marc does the best job at making a great case for the libertarian argument. I disagree with him but he's undeniably very intelligent. The problem is that his intelligence unfortunately makes him too arrogant to understand he's completely wrong about certain things. One of many being Elons meddling in UK and German politics. Nothing about Elons support for the AfD and questioning about the UK grooming scandal was truthful, useful or genuine. It's just an attempt at destabilising other governments he doesn't like for fun. His support for a racist party is frankly deplorable and unnecessarily calls into question all his other amazing achievments.
Not just you. He is a classic propagandist. The fact that so many of the current podcast hosts are completely taken by him tells you how weak the intellects are at the top.
How are all these high tech people who are on the boards, decision makers etc. “courageous” now that the damage is done and they were complicit in it? That’s bulls*t. Courage is sticking to principles and doing the right thing when things are hard, not when you’re trying to curry favor with the new administration.
Marc, you rally against the “elite” university system and their “feral” students, but a quick look at your firm’s LinkedIn page shows the large majority of employees are from these same schools, including nearly all of the partners. If your point is true, why aren’t you looking for talent in other corners? Wouldn’t you want to start by changing this “elitist” culture in your firm, rather than reinforcing the elitist nature of it?
Yeah, super rich are rarely nice people, but often make them self look like angels. They think they earned it not realizing who makes the water flow, lights go on, keep the streets paved, etc.
In general ,with the inevitable ascent of A I , an increasing segment of the population will be permanently replaced and rendered obsolete . UBI on the horizon . Dark times ahead ? We shall see .
@@Swaggyp50 Well once companies have replaced all the workers and have all the wealth/power, they'll just start handing the money out for free of course. They wouldn't just keep/hold on to power, right? ...right?
@@franknuzzo2576 @ you know, weird you have to start talking about “guvmint”. Billionaires aren’t there to help you dude, however brave you think they are… you know, you know.
The proof is in the pudding. Either the administrations economic policies will work or they won't. Right now the public needs and wants lower prices for groceries and affordable healthcare. Economists and geopolitical experts worldwide have given us some of the answers to these issues. This admin seems to be going in the opposite direction, and listening to people like Andreessen. I have a feeling we'll know who is right soon enough. Lets just hope whoever is wrong has the humility to admit it and take responsibility in their role in it.
Mr Andreessen, Early 2000’s, while studying economics at university, I remember writing a paper studying academic literature on the issue of “Brain drain”. I don’t have the paper nor the references anymore. However I vividly remember the hypothesis it concluded out of the literature at the time: Allowing for “smarter” kids from developing countries to get higher education in developed countries, greatly incentivized kids in 3rd world countries from investing in basic education. Thus resulting in aggregated net “intellect” and GDP growth in the developing country they initially came from. Most papers I studied ranked developing countries on some scale of college emigration and basically checked correlation with local GDP growth.
It also has the effecting of discouraging American kids from getting into STEM or even medicine. Why bother then "they" can hire someone for 20% less from, say, India.
No, we should not continue mass legal immigration. We should leverage selective legal immigration as to improve productivity of our economy and wealth.
@asdfasdf3989 No, we should not continue mass legal immigration. We should leverage selective legal immigration as to improve our own people's productivity and wealth by more effectively leveraging our capital, thus improving the whole world's economy.
@lexfridman - is it so hard to try to challenge your interviewee a bit? No need to be confrontational but some clear logical, factual or even alternative point of view. You are quick and knowledgeable enough and you have been all interviewing all these different people for a while could you challenge or steer conversation just a bit. Example, Mark said: “roaring 20s, it is going to be great”, a clear point to make well those years ended up in one of the biggest recession and world war 2. Otherwise it is just another super reach dude who is out of touch with reality trying to explain something based on alleged facts but just opinions…
I'm asking this sincerely since I don't get it. Marc says his company is like United Nations - there are people from 80+ countries. Five minutes later he says, system is wired against hiring Americans. Then hire domestic Marc, what's stopping you? Be the change you wish to see!
Between 17:23 and 18:34, Andreesen says "You Know" 10 times - and it's like that through out the whole interview. Seriously, this human Chatter-Bot is an endless well of "You Knows". Check it out yourself - pick a random part of the video and listen!
Wow, finally somebody talked about the brain drain from all the other nations that come to western countries. I live in an ex-communist country and after 1989 most of our best and brightest left and this has huge detrimental effects to this day. Inviting all the young people from Asia and Africa into Europe means that their countries will be left without the people that can rebuild them. And somehow this is acceptable. Thank you for speaking out.
The likes of Marc, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk would be well served spending 3 months in an infantry unit. That might teach them something about humanity and the strong helping the less strong. They’d also learn there’s a world away from a fucking API!
1:02 "No way to fix these things without replacing them... no way to replace them without letting them fail." -- thank you Lex for standing up for Stanford & MIT (and I hope Berkeley). For all of Ronald Reagan's criticisms Berkeley was developing BSD & Postgres.
This is one of those people that had some success when you couldn't fail, and now thinks hes way smarter than he actually is. Super disconnected from reality of where the country is IMO
Please ask him next time, in case something happens, would he prefer to be treated by an anti-cancer drug, which development been funded by NIH, or will he refuse the evil treatments and die like a real engineer, drinking polluted water from the nearby creek?
Thank you, Lex! I absolutely loved the podcast your insights were incredible, and your humor had me laughing throughout. The energy in the room was palpable, and it made the conversation so dynamic and enjoyable. Keep up the amazing work! 💞
At around 55 minutes his take on the 60% of the Valley is pure fiction. He could be right, but he himself says you can never know what's in people's minds and then immediately guesses what the entire 60% thinks but presents it as a smug fact. He also never seem to apply these principle to himself or give us his own personal story. I can't stop watching his art form though , He is one of the best.
@@bobbya51 They're both terrible. Just look at Andressen's lies about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He wants to rob the country blind and doesn't care if he hurts working people in the process.
@@CyY-vo3nb He flat up lied about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau debanking people and being Elizabeth Warren's controlled agency, which is utter nonsense.
We the People have the right to free association and thus absolutely can organize independently of our elected workers in government. No matter when in US history, from presidents to mayors, they're all elected workers, nothing more.
I used to enjoy this podcast. But you’re just letting them rant and pronounce opinions as facts. Things that are certifiably false just go flying. And how happy he was to say “retarded” - finally freedom regained... This is sad Lex. Good luck and I’m sure you’ll fare well with tech bros, young and old and their enlightened way to run the country.
@@roghaus I'm not talking about agreeing or disagreeing. I'm talking bout masking personal opinions as facts, which is misinformation. That's what Andreessen is doing (for example claiming there is an energy crisis in the US, which is complete BS when you look at how much energy oil and gas is being produced and exported) and Lex just sits there and smiles, instead of challenging him.
@@janpytalski2572 you don’t even understand the issue. the energy crises he and others mention is not about crude oil production. It’s about our power grid and our current inability to provide sufficient power to our manufacturing and AI infrastructure to compete with China, who is ahead of us in that respect.
@@roghaus well, if that’s what he REALLY means, then Trump is not doing sh@t to fix that problem. Opening more land for drilling won’t fix our grid, nor will getting more natural gas out. Show me ONE initiative that’s about fixing the grid designed by this circus. And btw. the “Stargate” project (if you want to make some bizarre jump to that) has been underway under Biden already.
Listened to the whole episode last night at work and now that im at home i had to come back to like and show my support. Very enjoying convesation and i like this new loose lex, good job.
I love his description of America and Americans stifled, with pent-up energies that they could be using for creating and building...NOW they are free to do so. I expect the next 4 years to be truly revolutionary in the most positive sense due to both the Trump administration and accelerating tech. Too many liberals assume we have reached the apex and everything must stop. In reality, we've only barely begun as a nation and as humanity.
There's no way that someone who talks that fast with all that information is grounded in healthy values. Literally a talking head, the worship of intellect
2:20:51 This billionaire telling me that $100 a year is not only being stolen from me but also would help me significantly with my kid 🤣 Dude's lying to our faces for at least 50% of the podcast
1:00:00 on Couragoues Professors with tenure I know from a German Professor ( Prof. Dr. Michael Meyen, @ProfMeyen ) who stood up against the Zeitgeist. They could not fire him, but his carrer was put to an end. He was cancelled whereever possible. So the system does not provide as much autonomy as one could think based on "tenure".
@lexfridman here’s something important to remember: Life and everything it does is the result of a self organizing system, and the system by which it organizes are laws-sometimes called “principles,” sometimes called “values.” Experience results in correlation. Correlations result in conclusions (is). Conclusions at time of inference produce values (ought). Values drive behavior. The foundation of semantic understanding. Change the values, change the culture OVER TIME-especially when they are organisms incentivized toward survival. Two key pieces of the equation of human behavior. Self-organizing systems, especially where psychology is evolved, take time to distill new values and achieve new behaviors.
Interesting how sees (and criticizes) wokism as a modern religion, but fails to recognise that the silicon valley bubble is itself a (potentially dangerous) religion too with its own messiahs, holy texts, etc. Or the Trump cult, which he is now a part of. Overall, this was still a pretty insightful conversation.
What happenend to Lex? Tell me who you're with and I'll tell you who you are ... He's picking up those toxic and egocentric ideas that suffer these tech billionairs ... probabley caused by corruption of having so much power and wanting more... SAD
On felony-level government pressure: How does that apply to Trump, who fired district judges for just doing their jobs (sentencing rioters)? It's the same or worse than Liz Warren would do in the same position.
Can someone tell me how many of the positive comments on here are bots? It’s possible none of them are, but they read like the most bland NPC comments someone could make. Like “this man is very intelligent and informative!”. Or maybe the people that like this guy are really that dull
Are you a heavy caffeine user? Perhaps adderall? I disilke the idea of people speeding up peooples conversations unnaturally just to cram more in. Seems bizarrely robotic and autistic. No offence. And no I'm not slow, I just think that we are already too mentally jackked up as a culture these days with the sheer input of information and stimulation. I can't imagine 'flow state' being achieved listenting to sped up podcasts. As in, I doubt it's more efficient than listening normally - likely lless efficient. There's plenty of studies showing people who try and multi-task (like listen to podcasts while playing video games|) just neurologically dilute the quality of both activities. And yet I see al lot of streamers doing this very thing. Also normal speed is too fast with Andreesson 😂
I ‘m glad you are finally free to speak freely enough to confirm my worst fears about engineers understanding complexities about human needs, interactions, and organizations.
Yep. That's what I am thinking in horror. Mask and like to solve problems of society... Listen to Anderseen tone when he talks on fascism of the Indo- Europeans. And he is so wrong about that period
This is the kind of people taking over the country from wikipedia "In 2022, Andreessen advocated against the construction of 131 multifamily housing units in their affluent Atherton, California town.In a letter, Andreessen and his wife wrote that they opposed permitting more than one house on a single acre of land. Andreessen's comments sparked criticisms of hypocrisy, as he had previously argued for increased housing supply, in particular in California."
This interview is not just more than 3.5 hours. Since he talked at 2x speed, it’s equivalent to >7 hours of interview. Very educational and filled with insights, and I’m just 20 minutes in :-)
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0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Best possible future
10:32 - History of Western Civilization
19:51 - Trump in 2025
27:32 - TDS in tech
40:19 - Preference falsification
56:15 - Self-censorship
1:11:18 - Censorship
1:19:57 - Jon Stewart
1:22:43 - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan
1:31:32 - Government pressure
1:42:19 - Nature of power
1:55:08 - Journalism
2:00:43 - Bill Ackman
2:05:40 - Trump administration
2:13:19 - DOGE
2:27:11 - H1B and immigration
3:05:05 - Little tech
3:17:25 - AI race
3:26:15 - X
3:29:47 - Yann LeCun
3:33:21 - Andrew Huberman
3:34:53 - Success
3:37:49 - God and humanity
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06:15 Jews ???? This putz did not mention the most productive population- the Jeeeeeewwws!!!
Yes Lex, keep educating. Surely AI can put Marc at .85 speed?
The best thing about this interview is Marc Andreessen calling Elon Musk a Hero after doing the Nazi salute. 🫵💩 To anyone saying It's not a Nazi salute, You should watch the original video and listen what Elon says after he does the salute. "My heart goes out to you! it is thanks to you the future of civilization is assured". Guess who also said exactly the same thing.. FUCK U NAZI
Read erving goffmans The Representation of self in everyday life for group beliefs and performance
why do you keep putting up Bilionare liars on your show... how about some balance... Yanis Varoufakis
I can't tell you how wonderful it is to have all the accompanying imagery of referenced texts, authors, and other figures placed alongside during the conversation. In other long form podcasts, I look for this, and my joy is drained due to their absence. Whomever is editing this and adding them in, thank you.
Yep
@@TheFFFreakazoid Way to be rude for absolutely no reason. I think you're the one who needs to go outside and touch some grass.
This!
Word!
I think Lex does all the editing himself.
Here we go .. going back from 1.5x to 0.5x
Lmfao
😂😂😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉🎉
Down from 1.75 to 1.25
@@SirianphillipsI so fast.. Hur dur
lol
I'm from Switzerland, and our direct democracy works incredibly well. It gives people a real voice in decision-making, which is something many other countries admire. It's not perfect, but it's definitely one of the reasons Switzerland stands out in Europe.
You are homogenous and small country. It’s going to be problem soon Bec you allowed Muslims into your country. Check in few years.
We visited 10 European countries in 10 weeks in 2019. Switzerland is stunningly beautiful, but we found it to be the most expensive country we visited by far What do you think is the reason for that?
Easy, high productivity generates high salaries. When you produce that much stuff per Capita, your currencies and wages explode in international terms. Externally it will be perceived as expensive but internally just allows people to import everything for next to nothing (they still pay 100 euros for Nikes) @@BonnieV-uf5ds
@@BonnieV-uf5dsnot sure if thats true from swiss people who live and earn there. If they can have a decent life there, while earning and spending there, they are good in my view
The rest of Europe doesn’t consider Switzerland that much, how should we explain…because Elon would love it there more than anyone👋❤
Listening to this guy at 2x for a couple hours could tear a hole in the universe
He’s a high priest in the Elon Cult.
But he’s interesting
He wins the fast-talker award. Jeez.
Ty, I thought it was just me
lol!
One issue not mentioned about the problem with universities--too many companies requiring a degree to qualify for a job that does not need a degree.
In the US that is easily remedied by starting up your own SME and then selling your services to a larger corporation. You can happily avoid HR issues and concentrate on your expertise and advantage.
@MikeClarkeARVR What does "SME" stand for in this case?
@@kinkane5566 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_and_medium_enterprises
Perhaps the government push into higher education caused "degree" inflation, so companies had no choice but to raise the bar? I agree with you point as well, just playing the opposite side.
@@kinkane5566 I think he means business to business, perhaps coming the tech sector. The point is valid. Though finding the right gig seems the wall.
I scratched my head when Andreessen said all the other country's GDP is going down or stagnating while being shown graphs of them all essentially increasing, not too different from America's graph.
1:46:41 it's not that Frodo would have been corrupted by the ring.
Frodo WAS corrupted by the ring. In the climax of the story, as Frodo stood on the precipice about to complete his mission by casting the ring into Mt. Doom, he succumbed to the power of the ring and maniacally claimed it as his own. If Gollum wouldn't have attacked him in his own bid for the ring, perhaps Frodo would have escaped with the ring thus prolonging and extending the damage the ring would have inflicted on the world.
But the ultimate point of the story IMO is that eventually power loses to itself but claims many victims on its path to oblivion.
Oh yes, poor Frodo was one such victim. At the end of the story he goes with Gandalf and the Elves to The Grey Havens and he now bears scars that will never heal. He did lose a piece of his soul to the ring and the power lust it imparted.
he has quite a few subtle inaccuracies in his arguments. As in, he reads "enough" to form a broad opinion, but never really goes truly deep down into the weeds to truly understand the nuances of disagreement within a certain topic. His opening argument about Indo Europeans was laughable from a historical POV. As if there hasnt been tremendous progress in the last 150 years. 😂
What a dork. Read the room, nerd.
Dazzle 'em with bullshit. Now we need to believe Elon is Jesus, the Lebensborn edition...
An excellent description of the power of the ending of that great work. Thanks for posting.
@@daarom3472 His description of ancient times is good. Remember, our previous 150 years, completely revolutionary and mostly positive, are but an eye-blink when compared to the deep time of ancient history and the even deeper time of pre-history. Those thousands of generations shaped what (largely) we are now. I'm convinced fascism and Communism are the result of unknowing nostalgia on the part of ideologists for those ancient times. Which is why we must be extremely leery of any ideology that would call us to return to absolute obedience to the group and forfeit our modern American individuality.
You should interview former Taiwan President Tsai Ying-Wen, who is super free to talk now that she's out of office.
I'll reply to my own comment: (I live here) runner-up guests include journalist Brian Hioe, former legislator Freddy Lim, Taiwanese Navy Seal and recent Taipei-mayoral contestant and current civil defense force organizer Enoch Wu, and, of course, Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister, probably the country's most eloquent spokesperson. (Full disclosure: I'm an American journalist based in Taiwan.)
This would be awesome!
@@user-tk1jj1cp9x4 Why? Why would these be interesting interviews for Lex to conduct, and for us to listen to? As a journalist, you should be able to provide some arguments instead of just.. saying some random shit. Ohh, maybe that's the problem.
@ The idea is to hear an experienced interviewer talk to a former head of state from one of the key flashpoints in the world. Perhaps it doesn't rise to the level of your interest. All good.
@@official_alphabet_inc Because Taiwan could be a decisive factor in whether we enter a world war. There you go, Chinese troll-hope that helps
The Tech-billionaires controlling the narrative
This guy was literally a democrat his whole life, until last year.
Everyone is fed up, people are waking up. The woke virus is destroying western civilization.
Yep, I lost all faith in Lex as he continues to run cover for the robber Barron billionaires
the alternative .... bureaucrats controlling the narrative
@@13thbiospherethere's other people than tech billionaires and bureaucrats
Exactly!
He complains that the last 10 years where sooo stifled but then says the elites control the naratives. Which elites would that be? The same ones that wanted censorship now rally for trump.
"They can put 4,000 calories in a cup and they'll put whatever you want in there." This is a man of immaculate taste.
That is hilarious 😂
I respect Marc's journey and what he has built but this guy has been sniffing his own farts way too long.
100% agree
way tooooooo long
There is a massive contradiction in the tech world, where innovators rely on public investments but later advocate for minimizing government involvement in regulating it.
socialize investments, privatize profits, that's the name of the game
What do you mean by "public investment?" A company IPO (initial public offer) isn't public in the sense of tax dollars, but public in the sense that the general population can purchase stock.
@ they mean government subsidies for big tech corporations...taxpayer money (public investment) goes to private corporations who make profits and give it to the private shareholders.
Yep, and Andreessen is all about it, and he thinks we, the masses, are too ignorant to see through his game.
Nearly everything that gets regulated becomes bureaucratic and then the success of what is being worked on gets stifled sometimes to the point of failure.
This is what it sounds like when you're unchallenged and surrounded by yes men.
@@whiskeycan529 100%
Couldn’t agree more, definitely worried with these tech bros having so much influence over this administration
@@colethedestroyer225 even Lex has turned into a yes man
Ironic, considering that leftists have been in power for so long and punished any dissent with ostracization and smearing. Finally the vibe is shifting, overton window is opening, people are much freeer to speak their mind, so what do leftists do? Project! As always.
Yes... well said
No one argues for billionaires not paying more in taxes than people that make $50k a year. I’ve been in way more arguments about this with people who can barely pay their bills, than rich people that take advantage of the tax system.
Doesn't this seem like a very slick commercial for millionaires/billionaires.
grok, how can low and middle class citizens also take advantage of the tax system?
Youre absolutely right. It’s funny how wealthy people always argue that the best way to fix the debt crisis is to reduce wasteful expenses but they never seem to argue the other half of the solution which requires higher taxes on the rich AKA increased revenue from the 1% that owns more than the bottom 80% of Americans.
Don’t be fooled by the new MSM. We need BOTH.
@@DrukMax yes that's what joe rogan and Lex have become
@@DrukMaxrich people bad, poor people good.
Translation: " I am incompetent and jealous of people that are successful"
Marc is an eliteist megaphone all over UA-cam these days touting the elitist propaganda!
Yup.
Imagine this guy as your boss
🤢
He’d ask if you know
@@yoced1468he hasn’t asked you yet, so you can quit with the rimming.
What a nightmare
@@nth7485 Why? He is inspiring. He might ask you to meet some set of standards?
Best podcast I've seen in a very long time. Thank you Lex and Marc. Extremely informative and thought out. Lots of topics other people refuse to talk about or dont have the time for. 10/10
We basically need affordable healthcare
@@trueeagle5487Then consider outlawing the gambling system known as insurance that's breaking it.
This clown really said Trump always speaks the truth……LORD HAVE MERCY
Didn’t age well - “we are by far the leader in AI” 😂
😅
Marc is the only guy for which I've ever considered slowing the playback speed.
@@DavidMCammack to hear what? His horrible fascist view of the world? He literally said nothing enlightening, except that one can clearly understand he is in on some horrible shit and enjoys it
As a beginning and then successful retired professor, I witnessed more disadvantages of tenure than advantages. For quality, merit-based is best (eg, once tenured, many profs stop quality work).
Another billionaire whitewash. Lex fell off
I knew from day 1. Some of his guests are still thoughtful and interesting individuals. But Lex himself is a rabid right wing ideologue.
@@Zayden.Marxist I cringe every time he fawns over Musk.
Listen to a hour of this. After every two minutes I found myself audibly involuntarily saying “what the hell is this guy talking about? Is he from another universe?”
Maybe your IQ is too low. I am not even American and almost every single word made sense
And Lex just continues to sanitize.
He's from a parallel universe. It's like this universe, but facts don't matter and you decide on what reality is based on memes on twitter.
You're being demoralizing, you should be more like Reagan
What is with the negativity? He sounds coherent and rational to me.
Marc Andreessen is quickly becoming my favorite interview to watch. He breaks down all sorts of topics with an obvious depth of knowledge. Excellent show.
Or rather, he is good in talking bullshit while making it sound like he knows what he talks about. That is a crucial skill in advancing a career, especially in selling stuff, but it's really annoying if someone is actually an expert on the topic. One of the key skills for this is very abundantly present here, which is talking fast and going from topic to topic so quickly that the listener can't stop to think about what was said for too long.
First class conversation & topics & ideas & some solutions too. Agree… also one of my favourites too… 👏
You're being hoodwinked and so is everyone else
@@kelev48 No I’m not. You have a different opinion, sorry you can’t accept that. I think he’s brilliant & has superb ideas. 👏
For some reason, ppl on youtube will criticize any good thing said about Marc Andreessen. A lot of haters out there. He is amazing!!!
Marc does the best job at making a great case for the libertarian argument. I disagree with him but he's undeniably very intelligent.
The problem is that his intelligence unfortunately makes him too arrogant to understand he's completely wrong about certain things. One of many being Elons meddling in UK and German politics.
Nothing about Elons support for the AfD and questioning about the UK grooming scandal was truthful, useful or genuine. It's just an attempt at destabilising other governments he doesn't like for fun. His support for a racist party is frankly deplorable and unnecessarily calls into question all his other amazing achievments.
21:18 "Deliberately kneecapping critical American industries" How about deliberately kneecapping free trade with sweeping tariffs on our allies?
This channel is well-known for spreading/promoting this kind of idea.
Didnt used to be. Is now, good call.
If you want a treat, put the speed on 75. You can better keep up with Marc and Lex sounds fabulously intoxicated. 🤪
I just tried it. Funny!!! Thanks!
😂
Wow this is going to be good! A 6 hr podcast in 3. Excellent. So much info in so little time. I love it.
Don't get it: why comp scientists are suddenly the best experts on society, history, himan relation, political science?
They're not the best, but they are unfortunately some of the most important because of the enormous power of big tech, social media and AI.
Not questioning is point of views but is it just me or people that speaks very fast in a long ramble sounds to me very suspicious.
Not just you. He is a classic propagandist. The fact that so many of the current podcast hosts are completely taken by him tells you how weak the intellects are at the top.
History of Western Civilization section sheds light on The Old Testament story. Fascinating.
How are all these high tech people who are on the boards, decision makers etc. “courageous” now that the damage is done and they were complicit in it? That’s bulls*t. Courage is sticking to principles and doing the right thing when things are hard, not when you’re trying to curry favor with the new administration.
100% this. “I was in a learning phase” is a code for “I’m a soulless amoral chameleon that will say or do anything to enhance my self enrichment”
Lex should have asked him how Trump tastes.
Elon hit the salute on national TV, how courageous he is for speaking truth 🫡
A true "American Hero"
/s
Well said. In Germany its called being political correct
It is very simple actually. They just do not have principles...
Marc, you rally against the “elite” university system and their “feral” students, but a quick look at your firm’s LinkedIn page shows the large majority of employees are from these same schools, including nearly all of the partners. If your point is true, why aren’t you looking for talent in other corners? Wouldn’t you want to start by changing this “elitist” culture in your firm, rather than reinforcing the elitist nature of it?
That is why he is against diversity. He only wants to hire people like him. His version of freedom is the freedom to hire and promote people like him.
Look for excellence wherever it comes from, sometimes that includes problematic corners.
@@mitchelljohnson5267 that’s too logical for Marc!
Sadly it seems Lex' channel is found by lobbyists and he can't resist....
Yeah, super rich are rarely nice people, but often make them self look like angels. They think they earned it not realizing who makes the water flow, lights go on, keep the streets paved, etc.
Huh. As an unemployed national merit scholar in the Midwest, this hits pretty hard.
They're talking about AI managers and AI CEOs, where do people fall into that equation?
In general ,with the inevitable ascent of A I , an increasing segment of the population will be permanently replaced and rendered obsolete . UBI on the horizon . Dark times ahead ? We shall see .
They dont. But the working class are convinced they will be millionaires too and continue to simp for the wealthy.
Out of the labor equation, and straight into the leisure equation. Sounds bad having free time for ourselves, right?
@@nero_defi where will people get money for leisure?
@@Swaggyp50 Well once companies have replaced all the workers and have all the wealth/power, they'll just start handing the money out for free of course. They wouldn't just keep/hold on to power, right? ...right?
Ben Shapiro and Marc Andreessen: EPIC RAP BATTLES OF HISTORY
YES!
🤣🤣🤣
You know, the red-pilled billionaires are just so brave, you know, you know.
The government is not there to help you, dude.
@@franknuzzo2576 @ you know, weird you have to start talking about “guvmint”.
Billionaires aren’t there to help you dude, however brave you think they are… you know, you know.
@@franknuzzo2576 Yes, but the billionaire tech CEOs definitely are.
What the hell is this show…praising the the billionaires…”oh poor Mark” …”are leaders lonely”?? WHO GIVES A FUCK???
Marc Andreessen has recently delivered banger interviews. Keep it up Marc Andreessen, I want your free thoughts.
The proof is in the pudding. Either the administrations economic policies will work or they won't. Right now the public needs and wants lower prices for groceries and affordable healthcare. Economists and geopolitical experts worldwide have given us some of the answers to these issues. This admin seems to be going in the opposite direction, and listening to people like Andreessen. I have a feeling we'll know who is right soon enough. Lets just hope whoever is wrong has the humility to admit it and take responsibility in their role in it.
Mr Andreessen,
Early 2000’s, while studying economics at university, I remember writing a paper studying academic literature on the issue of “Brain drain”. I don’t have the paper nor the references anymore.
However I vividly remember the hypothesis it concluded out of the literature at the time:
Allowing for “smarter” kids from developing countries to get higher education in developed countries, greatly incentivized kids in 3rd world countries from investing in basic education. Thus resulting in aggregated net “intellect” and GDP growth in the developing country they initially came from.
Most papers I studied ranked developing countries on some scale of college emigration and basically checked correlation with local GDP growth.
It also has the effecting of discouraging American kids from getting into STEM or even medicine. Why bother then "they" can hire someone for 20% less from, say, India.
Does that mean we should continue mass legal immigration?
No, we should not continue mass legal immigration.
We should leverage selective legal immigration as to improve productivity of our economy and wealth.
@@GilmerJohn
I disagree.
American kids, whatever their education, will be more productive and thus wealthier having a Messi or Mbappé on their team.
@asdfasdf3989
No, we should not continue mass legal immigration.
We should leverage selective legal immigration as to improve our own people's productivity and wealth by more effectively leveraging our capital, thus improving the whole world's economy.
@lexfridman - is it so hard to try to challenge your interviewee a bit? No need to be confrontational but some clear logical, factual or even alternative point of view. You are quick and knowledgeable enough and you have been all interviewing all these different people for a while could you challenge or steer conversation just a bit. Example, Mark said: “roaring 20s, it is going to be great”, a clear point to make well those years ended up in one of the biggest recession and world war 2. Otherwise it is just another super reach dude who is out of touch with reality trying to explain something based on alleged facts but just opinions…
Marc is just the human version of ChatGPT
This guy talks like he spends all day on X and tries to explain the memes he sees to old people.
I'm asking this sincerely since I don't get it.
Marc says his company is like United Nations - there are people from 80+ countries.
Five minutes later he says, system is wired against hiring Americans.
Then hire domestic Marc, what's stopping you?
Be the change you wish to see!
It’s not the change he wants to see. He benefits from this system. He had a problem with biden because he couldnt benefit as much.
Between 17:23 and 18:34, Andreesen says "You Know" 10 times - and it's like that through out the whole interview. Seriously, this human Chatter-Bot is an endless well of "You Knows". Check it out yourself - pick a random part of the video and listen!
Wow, finally somebody talked about the brain drain from all the other nations that come to western countries. I live in an ex-communist country and after 1989 most of our best and brightest left and this has huge detrimental effects to this day. Inviting all the young people from Asia and Africa into Europe means that their countries will be left without the people that can rebuild them. And somehow this is acceptable. Thank you for speaking out.
The likes of Marc, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Musk would be well served spending 3 months in an infantry unit. That might teach them something about humanity and the strong helping the less strong. They’d also learn there’s a world away from a fucking API!
Absolutely.
By less strong do you mean bringing freedom to Iraq?
1:02 "No way to fix these things without replacing them... no way to replace them without letting them fail." -- thank you Lex for standing up for Stanford & MIT (and I hope Berkeley). For all of Ronald Reagan's criticisms Berkeley was developing BSD & Postgres.
This is one of those people that had some success when you couldn't fail, and now thinks hes way smarter than he actually is. Super disconnected from reality of where the country is IMO
Please ask him next time, in case something happens, would he prefer to be treated by an anti-cancer drug, which development been funded by NIH, or will he refuse the evil treatments and die like a real engineer, drinking polluted water from the nearby creek?
Would be nice to get some other voices… Tucker, Rogan and Alex are creating a silo
Thank you, Lex! I absolutely loved the podcast your insights were incredible, and your humor had me laughing throughout. The energy in the room was palpable, and it made the conversation so dynamic and enjoyable. Keep up the amazing work! 💞
Lex is a schill for millionaires and billionaires. And all it took was an Omega watch. How cheap.
You’re a shill for the state.
All rich people are evil. Am I doing it right?
"I was making $6.25 an hour, I did not have a lot to lose." (In 1992)
Good insight. Meditate on that, Mr. Andreessen
Buddha Andreessen
At around 55 minutes his take on the 60% of the Valley is pure fiction. He could be right, but he himself says you can never know what's in people's minds and then immediately guesses what the entire 60% thinks but presents it as a smug fact. He also never seem to apply these principle to himself or give us his own personal story. I can't stop watching his art form though , He is one of the best.
He seems SO full of himself I just cant listen to this
“you know, you know, you know” makes for difficult listening
He says the universities can’t change from within, yet they changed to what he doesn’t like from within.
He also said he hopes he is wrong
ugh, not this guy again. Hate these tech billionaires who think they know better than everyone else. Not to mention this guy lies constantly
I think you are conflating Andresseen with Obama . No foul . Cheers .
@@bobbya51 They're both terrible. Just look at Andressen's lies about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. He wants to rob the country blind and doesn't care if he hurts working people in the process.
@@bobbya51 They're both awful
what do you believe he lies about?
@@CyY-vo3nb He flat up lied about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau debanking people and being Elizabeth Warren's controlled agency, which is utter nonsense.
certainty is at the heart of our issues
This guy clearly gets his information on how people are thinking/feeling almost exclusively from twitter
We the People have the right to free association and thus absolutely can organize independently of our elected workers in government. No matter when in US history, from presidents to mayors, they're all elected workers, nothing more.
I used to enjoy this podcast. But you’re just letting them rant and pronounce opinions as facts. Things that are certifiably false just go flying. And how happy he was to say “retarded” - finally freedom regained... This is sad Lex. Good luck and I’m sure you’ll fare well with tech bros, young and old and their enlightened way to run the country.
I like it. Lex lets them say what they want, freely. It’s up to the listener to decide if they agree.
cry more
@@roghaus I'm not talking about agreeing or disagreeing. I'm talking bout masking personal opinions as facts, which is misinformation. That's what Andreessen is doing (for example claiming there is an energy crisis in the US, which is complete BS when you look at how much energy oil and gas is being produced and exported) and Lex just sits there and smiles, instead of challenging him.
@@janpytalski2572 you don’t even understand the issue. the energy crises he and others mention is not about crude oil production. It’s about our power grid and our current inability to provide sufficient power to our manufacturing and AI infrastructure to compete with China, who is ahead of us in that respect.
@@roghaus well, if that’s what he REALLY means, then Trump is not doing sh@t to fix that problem. Opening more land for drilling won’t fix our grid, nor will getting more natural gas out. Show me ONE initiative that’s about fixing the grid designed by this circus. And btw. the “Stargate” project (if you want to make some bizarre jump to that) has been underway under Biden already.
There’s something unsettling about Marc and his real goals
Tell us O Wise One
Pareto's theory of the circulation of the elites remains a useful insight into the phenomena of revolutionary change.
Thanks for the reference. Sounds interesting. Looking it up now.
Do you mean with regards to the current gov?
such a poor billionaire baby ....repressed by the state, and lex is teaching us what the "tall poppy syndrome" is. what a joke of a program.
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If you want the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer, then keep supporting government violence.
Listened to the whole episode last night at work and now that im at home i had to come back to like and show my support. Very enjoying convesation and i like this new loose lex, good job.
Loose Lex means not challenging the interviewee.
I love his description of America and Americans stifled, with pent-up energies that they could be using for creating and building...NOW they are free to do so. I expect the next 4 years to be truly revolutionary in the most positive sense due to both the Trump administration and accelerating tech. Too many liberals assume we have reached the apex and everything must stop. In reality, we've only barely begun as a nation and as humanity.
And when it doesn’t happen, where will the goalposts move to?
@@colindooley4422its happening
No transhumanism pls
This guy is part of the problem
Thanks for Netscape, Marc.
@1:47 clearly we can see on the plots that since 2020 canada has grown. The UK grew, Germany grew. What is Marc saying?
Immigration only
There's no way that someone who talks that fast with all that information is grounded in healthy values. Literally a talking head, the worship of intellect
What is wrong with talking fast?
Mark and Lex are on two different speeds!
2:20:51 This billionaire telling me that $100 a year is not only being stolen from me but also would help me significantly with my kid 🤣 Dude's lying to our faces for at least 50% of the podcast
This guy is annoying af
Marc is high on american positive vibes because the current group of elites needs more regulatory capture
Without a vision, the people perish.
Subtle difference, I believe the original doesn't have an article "without vision, the people perish" - there are many translations..
3:17:25 LOL, this podcast was recorded days before the release of Deepseek R1. Would love to see how Andreessen would respond now.
Deepseek came out in December.
@@jeroddunnr1 came last week
1:00:00 on Couragoues Professors with tenure
I know from a German Professor ( Prof. Dr. Michael Meyen, @ProfMeyen ) who stood up against the Zeitgeist. They could not fire him, but his carrer was put to an end. He was cancelled whereever possible. So the system does not provide as much autonomy as one could think based on "tenure".
I'll have this smile on my face for the entire evening. Great conversation.
lmao bootlicking billionaires gets you going eh? cuck
I love that this intelligent guest started twirling and playing with his wedding ring as he described the loneliness of a leader.
he does that throughout the whole talk, not just during that topic
@mattBlack3 I realized that shortly after making my silly comment
@lexfridman here’s something important to remember:
Life and everything it does is the result of a self organizing system, and the system by which it organizes are laws-sometimes called “principles,” sometimes called “values.”
Experience results in correlation.
Correlations result in conclusions (is).
Conclusions at time of inference produce values (ought).
Values drive behavior. The foundation of semantic understanding.
Change the values, change the culture OVER TIME-especially when they are organisms incentivized toward survival. Two key pieces of the equation of human behavior.
Self-organizing systems, especially where psychology is evolved, take time to distill new values and achieve new behaviors.
Thanks Captain obvious!
It's obvious you just enjoy writing
Interesting how sees (and criticizes) wokism as a modern religion, but fails to recognise that the silicon valley bubble is itself a (potentially dangerous) religion too with its own messiahs, holy texts, etc. Or the Trump cult, which he is now a part of. Overall, this was still a pretty insightful conversation.
Followers of ideologies tend to have a difficult time recognizing their own ideology
What happenend to Lex? Tell me who you're with and I'll tell you who you are ... He's picking up those toxic and egocentric ideas that suffer these tech billionairs ... probabley caused by corruption of having so much power and wanting more... SAD
What an excellent podcast, what a brilliant guest!
its nonsense - be careful
This guy is so full of it
How so?
Having to spend excess money at the end of the fiscal year?! Our government is ran like a spoiled brat lives
It's how virtually all large businesses run unfortunately
@@mitchellsteindler They can only be run that way because of the debt based financial system enforced by government.
@@franknuzzo2576 explain
@@mitchellsteindler I misread the comment.
On felony-level government pressure: How does that apply to Trump, who fired district judges for just doing their jobs (sentencing rioters)? It's the same or worse than Liz Warren would do in the same position.
Name one District Judge TRUMP FIRED
Marc is brilliant on so many subjects. He's is so interesting to listen to.
So humble isn't he?
This was one of my all-time favorite podcasts. I have listened to podcasts a lot since the beginning of it.
Can someone tell me how many of the positive comments on here are bots? It’s possible none of them are, but they read like the most bland NPC comments someone could make. Like “this man is very intelligent and informative!”. Or maybe the people that like this guy are really that dull
Same for the negative posts.
Very informative, as always, thanks for sharing ❤
Hey Marc.....Let's together stop and smell the roses with gratitude. Breathe in..breathe out.
This was the first podcast that I listened to regular speed in a very long time
Are you a heavy caffeine user? Perhaps adderall? I disilke the idea of people speeding up peooples conversations unnaturally just to cram more in. Seems bizarrely robotic and autistic. No offence. And no I'm not slow, I just think that we are already too mentally jackked up as a culture these days with the sheer input of information and stimulation. I can't imagine 'flow state' being achieved listenting to sped up podcasts. As in, I doubt it's more efficient than listening normally - likely lless efficient. There's plenty of studies showing people who try and multi-task (like listen to podcasts while playing video games|) just neurologically dilute the quality of both activities. And yet I see al lot of streamers doing this very thing.
Also normal speed is too fast with Andreesson 😂
Maybe.
I ‘m glad you are finally free to speak freely enough to confirm my worst fears about engineers understanding complexities about human needs, interactions, and organizations.
Yep. That's what I am thinking in horror. Mask and like to solve problems of society... Listen to Anderseen tone when he talks on fascism of the Indo- Europeans. And he is so wrong about that period
yes, the same thoughts. i am just horrified...
This is the kind of people taking over the country from wikipedia "In 2022, Andreessen advocated against the construction of 131 multifamily housing units in their affluent Atherton, California town.In a letter, Andreessen and his wife wrote that they opposed permitting more than one house on a single acre of land. Andreessen's comments sparked criticisms of hypocrisy, as he had previously argued for increased housing supply, in particular in California."
This interview is not just more than 3.5 hours. Since he talked at 2x speed, it’s equivalent to >7 hours of interview. Very educational and filled with insights, and I’m just 20 minutes in :-)