climate change

7 statements across 6 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Chris Dixon · across every show →

Everything said about climate change, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019 positive
Opinion
Dixon: Science is the only way out of the climate change mess
“Science will be, the only way out of this mess, in my opinion, both for this and for climate change and for other kinds of big issues is science.”
Chris Dixon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 19:10 a16z Podcast | The Future of Food
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Mokyr: Climate change will become the central issue focusing modern human ingenuity
“And I think our own age is going to have, go through a similar thing as climate change becomes more and more the central issue that the human race is coping with.”
Joel Mokyr Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:35 a16z Podcast | Knowledge Builds Technology and Technology Builds Knowledge -- with Joel Mokyr
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Mokyr: Climate change can only be solved through technology, not politics
“Climate change cannot be solved by any means except technology, because a political solution is clearly not going to happen.”
Joel Mokyr Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:42 a16z Podcast | Knowledge Builds Technology and Technology Builds Knowledge -- with Joel Mokyr
Aug 2, 2023 positive
What-if
Horowitz: Deploying nuclear energy would have prevented the current climate crisis
“Had we deployed it, we would have sidestepped the whole climate change issue that we're in currently.”
Ben Horowitz Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 1:30:19 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Nov 12, 2024
Insight
Horowitz: Solving climate change requires technology, not policy
“The right solve is technological. It's not actually policy but policy can destroy the technological answers.”
Ben Horowitz Nov 12, 2024 ▶ 43:47 Trump is About to Change Everything For Tech Startups
Apr 23, 2025 negative
Opinion
Burgum: Losing AI race to China is existential threat, not climate change
“The existential threat is not a degree of temperature change in 2100. The existential threat was Iran getting a nuclear weapon, ah, and losing the AI arms race to China. Those are the two top order bits in terms of priorities.”
Doug Burgum Apr 23, 2025 ▶ 11:58 Powering the Next Big Things
Oct 20, 2025 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Hoffman: AI will be net super positive for climate change
“They obsess about the climate change stuff, because actually, in fact, if you apply intelligence at the scale and availability of electricity, you're going to help climate change. You're going to solve grids and appliances and a bunch of other stuff. And just …”
Reid Hoffman Oct 20, 2025 ▶ 34:48 Reid Hoffman on AI, Consciousness, and the Future of Labor
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