Noah SmithによるMarc Andreessenのインタビュー
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Noahpinion 1/Some thoughts on my interview with Marc Andreessen! https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/1678997120118841351/6ghIsecW?format=jpg&name=medium#.png
Noahpinion 2/Most interviews I do are back-and-forth, but this one was just me sending him a list of 10 questions, so I didn't respond in the interview itself! So here are some responses. But it does ignore the incredibly successful Operation Warp Speed, and the extremely fast vaccine rollout under Biden.
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インタビューでも触れているパンデミックの最中でのスタートアップ賞賛は、かなり偏ったリバタリアン思想であるということに言及しているtkgshn.icon https://gyazo.com/cc3f667c9cfc0dd7130f43ac693aed92
Noahpinion 4/His idea that technology needs to drive down the prices of big-ticket service sector items is interesting (and similar to @elidourado
But ironically I think that in housing, regulation, not lack of technology, really is the big barrier!
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Noahpinion 5/I think he's absolutely right about Substack. I've never seen such a Cambrian explosion of good writing! Not sure if it can last, but it's pretty exhilarating. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4gPa0sVoAUWk1-?format=png&name=900x900#.png
Noahpinion 6/Interesting that he's sounding a note of caution on A.I., an area of tech that many techies I know have probably been over-optimistic about. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4gPwN5VgAIpzKo?format=png&name=900x900#.png
Noahpinion 7/I would just like to point out what a power move these two sentences are. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4gP6MJVUAUNMjE?format=png&name=900x900#.png
Noahpinion 8/Marc's economic optimism is...actually warranted! How weird is it to be able to say that, in America? We were so obsessed with the Trump Wars that we overlooked a really solid period of economic progress for regular Americans. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4gQKVOVoAEVf4T?format=png&name=900x900#.png
Noahpinion 9/His view of blockchain technology goes in the "I wouldn't ignore this if I were you" category. He's skeptical of the "Bitcoin as hard money" orthodoxy, and optimistic about blockchain as a general-purpose technology.
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Noahpinion 10/I really disagree with the "Left=centralized, Right=decentralized" idea here. In terms of the culture wars, it's the Right that's centralized and the Left that's decentralized! The idea of A.I. as Allende's Project Cybersyn is interesting, but I doubt that's how it works.
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Noahpinion 11/Marc's idea that West Coast VC could eventually usurp much of the big corporate finance function of the East Coast is among his more radical ideas! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4gRvECVkAQlHMe?format=png&name=900x900#.png
Noahpinion 12/His characterization of today's tech industry as a "Navy that acts like a pirate" is pretty spot-on, I think. I see this as an acknowledgment that the "techlash" isn't entirely wrong. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4gSZQ_VoAUfGyF?format=png&name=900x900#.png
Noahpinion 13/I really like Marc's call for revisiting the ideas of early tech thinkers. For my part, I've been reading a lot of @kevin2kelly
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Noahpinion 14/I agree with Marc's ambivalence toward the Chinese tech sector. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4gTEiWVIAEPvsM?format=png&name=900x900#.png