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World War II

8 statements across 7 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Michelle Flournoy · said 9 times in 7 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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brought up most by Zooko Wilcox (2), Shyam Sankar (2), Ben Horowitz (2), Jimmy Soni (1), Ivan Linscott (1)

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Everything said about World War II, oldest first

Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Flournoy: Every US president since WWII faced a crisis in year one
“And if you look historically, every single presidency since World War II, something, some major policy crisis has happened in the first Six to 12 months of administration, usually unpredicted, not the thing you expected.”
Michelle Flournoy Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 4:23 a16z Podcast | What's Next for Technology and National Security?
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Blinken: Global displacement is at its highest since World War II
“We are now dealing with the largest single wave of human displacement around the world since World War II.”
Tony Blinken Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:53 a16z Podcast | Mobility and the Global Refugee Crisis
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Assertion Supported
Claude Shannon avoided the WWII draft via a Bell Labs contract
“Those mentors get him a wartime contract working at Bell Laboratories that spares him from the draft.”
Jimmy Soni Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:49 a16z Podcast | From Mind at Play to Making the Information Age
Nov 18, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chris Power: US won WWII through manufacturing scale, not superior weapons
“You know, in the US really won World War II because of manufacturing and logistics, not because we necessarily had The shiniest missile or whatever.”
Chris Power Nov 18, 2022 ▶ 7:22 The Factory of the Future with Chris Power
Aug 2, 2023 negative
Opinion
Andreessen: WWII U.S. industrial execution was light years beyond modern capabilities
“The speed and sort of quality of execution of the American production machine at that time, you know, was light years beyond what we have today.”
Marc Andreessen Aug 2, 2023 ▶ 7:05 Oppenheimer & the Catastrophe of Communism
Nov 19, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Andreessen: Wars Can No Longer Be Won With Mass Machinery
“In the old model of World War II era, mass machinery and mass men to win wars like those days are long over.”
Marc Andreessen Nov 19, 2025 ▶ 1:11 Ben Horowitz & Marc Andreessen: Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We're Fixing It)
Mar 20, 2026 neutral
Assertion Partly supported
Sankar: U.S. direct commissioned 100,000 technical civilians in WWII
“In World War II, we direct commissioned a 100,000 people that look like what we now consider Detachment two-oh-one. Into the military.”
Shyam Sankar Mar 20, 2026 ▶ 20:14 Palantir CTO on The SaaS Apocalypse & Preventing The Next World War | a16z
Mar 20, 2026
Assertion Partly supported
Sankar: Higgins boats comprised 92% of U.S. World War II landing craft
“In the end, 92% of all boats in World War II were Higgins boats.”
Shyam Sankar Mar 20, 2026 ▶ 11:12 Palantir CTO on The SaaS Apocalypse & Preventing The Next World War | a16z
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