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Masters: Future trajectory hinges entirely on developing new technology

“Actually the future is going to be, you know, radically better. Than what we have now, or it's going to be radically worse, and that's going to hinge on the question of whether we can develop new technology.”

Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:21 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”

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Masters: Tech progress since the 1970s was mostly limited to IT

“And since since the early seventies we think there's been tons of Globalization and limited progress in technology. Almost all that progress has been confined to IT, which of course we know all about in Silicon Valley.”

Blake Masters Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:12 a16z Podcast | Secrets, Power Laws, and Technology – The Ideas of “Zero to One”

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