politicians

6 statements across 6 episodes · 0 bullish · 4 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Sep 28, 2020 by Palmer Luckey · across every show →

Everything said about politicians, oldest first

Sep 28, 2020 negative
Insight
Luckey: Government-funded R&D prevents building cutting-edge tech
“If you're reliant on the government paying you to do work, it means you're only ever going to build things that the government and that politicians already believe are possible. And if you do that, you're never going to be able to build the things that are tru…”
Palmer Luckey Sep 28, 2020 ▶ 15:00 20VC: Anduril Founder, Palmer Luckey: "I Am Here To Build a $50Bn Company", How Palmer Evaluates His Relationship To Money Pre & Post Oculus' $2.3Bn Exit & Why The US DOD Needs To Be More Like China in It's Approach
Jan 23, 2023 negative
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Wenger: Political effort to preserve industrial age will worsen societal transition
“I think it's politicians misreading where we are and trying to keep us in the industrial, trying to fix the industrial age that is going to make this transition bad.”
Albert Wenger Jan 23, 2023 ▶ 8:48 Albert Wenger: Elon & Twitter; Impact of SBF; Income Inequality; Will they ban TikTok? | 20VC #969 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Oct 30, 2023 negative
Opinion
Tomaino: FTX was a perception fraud enabled by politicians and investors
“The people that got sucked into this perception game that FTX was playing that, you know, the politicians, the regulators, the investors, they all now are trying to just sweep it under the rug and say, oh, I didn't know about this financial fraud. It wasn't ju…”
Nick Tomaino Oct 30, 2023 ▶ 0:00 Nick Tomaino: The Future of NFTs, What Will Happen with FTX & Who Should be Held to Account | E1076 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 20, 2024
Insight
Nikesh Arora: CEOs Can Make Unpopular Decisions, Politicians Cannot
“I think there's a big difference between CEOs and politicians. It's okay for us to, you know, when we make a decision, if some people are not happy, it's okay for us to make that decision, because hopefully time will prove that that was a good decision, or tim…”
Nikesh Arora May 20, 2024 ▶ 36:12 Nikesh Arora: Lessons from $102BN Market Cap & How to Create & Sustain Competitive Advantage | E1155 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Apr 18, 2026 neutral
Insight
Geoffrey Woo: Tech Leaders Are Becoming Politicians as Cultural Influence Grows
“The tech leaders are becoming more and more politicians because they have a bigger, bigger impact on culture, on society.”
Jeffrey Wu Apr 18, 2026 ▶ 43:10 Jake Paul: Traditional VC is Toast & Attention is More Valuable than Cash · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 21, 2026 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
O'Driscoll: Politicians will punish Sam Altman and AI industry within 3 years
“And the people who are utter morons at AI but brilliant at politics are going to have us for lunch. That's the movie in the next three years. They're going to have Sam for lunch because he's lied to them as far as they're concerned, and they're going to have t…”
Rory O'Driscoll May 21, 2026 ▶ 1:19:25 Anthropic Raises $30BN at $900BN Price | SpaceX Files S1: How Does it Trade | Cerebras Smashes Day 1 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
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