Tag: Marc Andreessen

The Techno-Optimist Manifesto with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz

a16z | 25 October 2023 | 1h 07m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz discuss Andreessen’s article The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. Challenges the pessimistic narrative surrounding technology today, celebrating it as a liberating force that can lead to growth, progress and abundance for all. Discusses how technological advancements can improve the quality of human life, uplift marginalized communities, and even encourage us to answer the bigger questions of the universe.

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The Education of Marc Andreessen

“Upstream” with Erik Torenberg | 24 March 2023 | 1h 36m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Marc Andreessen discussing his intellectual and political journey and his quest to find out how the world works. Includes mental models, master morality and slave morality, James Burnham’s worldview, and more.

This is the first of a new podcast series by Erik Torenberg about ideas that matter across tech, culture, and politics.

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Marc Andreessen – AI, Crypto, Regrets, Vulnerabilities, & Managerial Revolution

The Lunar Society | 1 February 2023 | 1h 19m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Marc Andreessen discussing how AI will revolutionize software; whether NFTs are useless, & whether he should be funding flying cars instead; a16z’s biggest vulnerabilities; the future of fusion, education, Twitter, venture, managerialism, & big tech.

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Marc Andreessen on Software, Immortality, and Bitcoin

EconTalk | 16 May 2022 | 1h 13m | Listen Later | Podcasts | Spotify
Interview with Marc Andresseen discussing why software is still eating the world, why he’s an optimist, and why he’s still bullish on Bitcoin and the blockchain.

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Marc Andreessen: Interview with an Icon

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish | 25 January 2022 | 1h 20m | Listen Later | iTunes | Spotify
Interview with Marc Andreessen exploring investing, decision making, and the art of solving unsolvable problems. Discusses why the Internet has become the conduit for some people to disrupt traditional power structures and for others to enforce them; optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for the future of the Internet; assessing judgment; the unresolvable problems in education; and the book he turns to for insight.

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Marc Andreessen – Making the Future

Invest Like the Best | 29 June 2021 | 1h 19m | Listen Later | iTunes
Interview with Marc Andreessen. Explores how software is making the world better, while highly regulated sectors like education, healthcare, and housing are eating the economy. References Mark Perry’s Chart of the Century.

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The Question of Education

a16z | 11 September 2020 | 0h 58m | Listen Later | iTunes
Marc Andreessen and Dylan Field discuss education. Covers the purpose, past and present of education; economics of education (student loans, the debt crisis, government funding, industry cost disease, credentialing and accreditation capture); tradeoffs of hard and soft degrees when it comes to making money and assessing skills objectively; and advice for students.

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Why We Should Be Optimistic About the Future

a16z | 2 January 2020 | 0h 44m | Listen Later | iTunes
Kevin Kelly and Marc Andreessen discuss the evolution of technology, key trends, and why they’re optimistic about the future. Lots of insightful perspectives on technology.

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