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Philippines

also referred to as: the philippines

7 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by John Markoff · said 34 times in 22 episodes since 2018 · across every show →

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brought up most by Jonathan Swanson (4), Parag Khanna (3), Marc Andreessen (3), Christopher Mims (3), Jonathan Lim (2), Chris Dixon (2), Balaji Srinivasan (2), Travis Kalanick (1)

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2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2020 2 mentions in 1 episode
2019 12 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
2018 1 mention in 1 episode

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Everything said about Philippines, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Markoff: Offshore call center jobs are returning to US data centers as software
“Because of falling cost of telecommunication, many of those jobs were outsourced to the Philippines and India. And now you have this Freakonomics reverse thing happening where those jobs are coming back to run in U.S. Data centers as software, not as U.S. Work…”
John Markoff Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 30:18 a16z Podcast | Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Khanna: Countries with most special economic zones grow fastest
“And that's why, you know, the Philippines and India and Vietnam, these countries that have the most such special economic zones are among the fastest growing countries in the world.”
Parag Khanna Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:24 a16z Podcast | Connectivity and the Internet as Supply Chain
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Khanna: Philippines surpassed India in call center workers and revenues
“The Philippines now has more workers and more revenues from call centers than India does because they physically made a plan.”
Parag Khanna Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 26:56 a16z Podcast | Connectivity and the Internet as Supply Chain
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Assertion Supported
Allison: China uses trade leverage like banana imports to coerce foreign governments
“The Chinese Not only have economic power, but they exercise economic power. So when the Philippines behaves in a way they don't like, they say, I think your bananas that you're importing to China may be suspect. So they just leave them on the dock till they ro…”
Graham Allison Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:23 a16z Podcast | Centers of Power, War, and History
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Partly supported
Reich: Modern populations in Oceania carry 3% to 5% Denisovan DNA
“People in New Guinea and Australia and the Philippines have about three to five percent of their DNA derived from Denisovans, archaic Denisovans who interbred with modern humans as modern humans settled these places.”
David Reich Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 12:52 a16z Podcast | The Scientific Revolution of Ancient DNA
Mar 5, 2024 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gallagher: If Taiwan falls, US treaty commitments to Japan and Philippines become impossible
“If Taiwan falls, it will make our ability to fulfill our treaty commitments with Japan and the Philippines, Impossible.”
Congressman Mike Gallagher Mar 5, 2024 ▶ 10:34 The China Threat: Silicon Valley and the Great Uncoupling
Dec 10, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Athena chose the Philippines for executive assistants due to caretaking culture
“One of the reasons we picked it for assistance is being an executive assistant is really taking care of someone.”
Jonathan Swanson Dec 10, 2025 ▶ 14:28 The Unicorn Founder Who Delegated Everything.
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