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Opinion
Markoff: Stanford has replaced its academic ivory tower with startup entrepreneurship
“Stanford, you know, is become, it's become an entrepreneurial hotbed on a scale that you can't imagine. You know, there used to be this notion of an ivory tower, and that's so gone. People pass through on their way to their startup”
John Markoff Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 33:28 a16z Podcast | Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff
Opinion
Markoff: Facebook and Google's growth is built on a Faustian bargain
“The Facebook and Google explosion has been based on this kind of Faustian bargain, where, you know, they give me these wonderful services, and what do I give them? Well, I give them behavioral information about my life.”
John Markoff Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 39:36 a16z Podcast | Talking Humans and Machines with NYT’s John Markoff
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