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Germany

also referred to as: germany

14 statements across 13 episodes · 5 bullish · 5 bearish · 13 people on the record · first statement Aug 14, 2018 by Margit Wennmachers · said 194 times in 85 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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brought up most by Marc Andreessen (40), Noah Smith (20), Balaji Srinivasan (12), Nazanin Daneshwar (7), Benedict Evans (7), Shaka Senghor (6), Margit Wennmachers (6), Gabriel Vasquez (6)

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2026 16 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
2025 44 mentions in 16 episodes 3 per episode
2024 28 mentions in 10 episodes 3 per episode
2023 8 mentions in 6 episodes 1 per episode
2022 11 mentions in 1 episode
2020 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 77 mentions in 38 episodes 2 per episode
2018 6 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
2017 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Germany, oldest first

Aug 14, 2018 neutral
Opinion
Silicon Valley maintains far higher risk tolerance than Europe
“And I don't want to speak for the UK, but like in Germany, if there's a bankruptcy on your resume, that ain't very good. So the risk tolerance, I just think is just so much greater in Silicon Valley still.”
Margit Wennmachers Aug 14, 2018 ▶ 21:58 Winning Founders & Influencing Everyone: Margit Wennmachers at Startup Grind Europe
Nov 2, 2018 neutral
Assertion Supported
Haun: Germany took four years to repatriate $30 billion in physical gold
“Germany tried to repatriate last year, or did repatriate last year. 50,000 gold bars worth thirty billion dollars. Weighed 700 tons. Know how much that cost to ship? It also took four years.”
Catherine (Katie) Haun Nov 2, 2018 ▶ 23:38 3 Common Myths People Have About Crypto
Jan 2, 2019 bullish
Disclosure
Butterfield: US and Canada comprise 47% of Slack's daily active users
“The US and Canada put together are 47% of our daily active users, roughly 30% in Europe, 20% in Asia. Japan was our number two country, both for paid seats and daily active users, until it got dislodged by the UK and Germany.”
Stuart Butterfield Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:15 a16z Podcast | Nobody Discusses Work Software Outside of Work -- and Then There’s Slack
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Horowitz: Germany's prison recidivism rate is 35%
“So he's telling me about the Germany story, and I was like, wow, I wonder what their recidivism rate is. 35%.”
Ben Horowitz Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 49:10 a16z Podcast | Your Worst Deeds Don’t Define You -- Life and Redemption in Prison
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Senghor: Germany bans life sentences, capping prison terms around 15 years
“Ah, they don't have life sentences at all. They have what's called a lifelong sentence, and basically what that is, is the longest you probably would serve is like, 15 years, and if they didn't, excuse me, if they didn't feel like you were ready for society, t…”
Shaka Senghor Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 46:46 a16z Podcast | Your Worst Deeds Don’t Define You -- Life and Redemption in Prison
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Sonal Chokshi: Germany published its legal statutes on GitHub
“When in the early days when countries like Germany put their entire code, their laws in GitHub, and people, everyone essentially became an open source contributor.”
Sonal Chokshi Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:11 a16z Podcast | Not If, But How -- When Technology is Inevitable (with Kevin Kelly)
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Attar: The most innovative refugee solutions come from refugees themselves
“The most innovative solutions are coming from the people themselves, and this is what we're seeing in the media with, like, the feel-good stories of refugees who've made it in Germany or made it in the U.S. And brought pieces of their culture, and now they're …”
Lena Sergi Attar Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:36 a16z Podcast | Mobility and the Global Refugee Crisis
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Opinion
Smith: Pre-WWI Britain And Germany Prove Trade Does Not Prevent War
“The idea that trade builds bonds between countries, I believe, is an overrated idea. Because on the eve of World War I, Great Britain and Germany were each other's largest trading partners.”
Noah Smith Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 33:26 a16z Podcast | Adjusting to Trade... and Innovation
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Reich: A migration from Russia replaced 90% of Britain's population 4,500 years ago
“Was that in this period, beginning about 4500 years ago, there was an absolutely huge population turnover, a massive migration from Russia into Central and Western Europe, where in Germany there was a minimum of 70% population replacement from people who came …”
David Reich Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:51 a16z Podcast | The Scientific Revolution of Ancient DNA
May 25, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Ismail: Countries with highest robotics adoption maintain the lowest unemployment rates
“The most roboticized companies in the countries in the world that have the highest penetration of robotics are South Korea, Sweden, Germany, which have the lowest unemployment.”
Salim Ismail May 25, 2023 ▶ 49:53 The Rise of the Exponential Organization with Peter Diamandis and Salim Ismail
Oct 29, 2024 negative
Assertion Supported
Andreessen: Germany is de-industrializing due to expensive energy costs
“Germany is currently de-industrializing. They're actually going backwards. They're actually shutting factories down, and the reason they're shutting factories down is because energy is too expensive.”
Marc Andreessen Oct 29, 2024 ▶ 28:03 AI, Robotics & the New Global Arms Race
Apr 28, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Buckendorf: Germany exited nuclear energy to rely on Russian gas
“Germany just decided to pull out a nuclear energy to become fully dependent on kind of cheap Russian gas.”
Philip Buckendorf Apr 28, 2025 ▶ 1:30 The Software Crisis Behind America's Infrastructure
Jul 16, 2025 negative
Assertion Supported
McEntush: Residential solar installation is cheaper in Germany than the US
“I think it's actually cheaper to put residential solar on your home in Germany than in the United States.”
Ryan McEntush Jul 16, 2025 ▶ 14:56 America's Energy Problem: We Need A New Grid
Aug 20, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Smith: Germany and South Korea maintain manufacturing despite demographic decline
“Observing countries like Germany and South Korea, where the manufacturing share of industry has remained remarkably high. So I see them with extremely low fertility rates, low rates of family formation, you know, skyrocketing divorce rates, and you know in Kor…”
Noah Smith Aug 20, 2025 ▶ 4:18 Oren Cass & Noah Smith Debate the True Impact of Tariffs
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