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MORE OR LESS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sam Lessin: Countries attempting sovereign AI will fail and surrender control
“And what's gonna happen from conquest perspective, digital conquest, will be, like, a bunch of these countries will try that. It will go badly. Shit will start breaking. They'll be like, oh, shit, we need, like, the Americans. We need the, we need someone to c…”
Sam Lessin Jul 24, 2026 ▶ 18:40 Stripe Is Trying To Buy PayPal For $150b | OpenAI Cyber Incident, Frontier Model Economics, Peptides · More or Less Podcast
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Not checkable as stated
Emil asserts 47 million Americans have no healthcare or compromised care
“You have 47 million Americans with either no Or somewhat compromised care right now.”
Stephen Emil Jul 22, 2026 ▶ 5:59 Revolutionizing Chronic Care Management with Steven Amiel of Chronilogix
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Hammer: 40% of Americans Cannot Cover a $400 Emergency Expense
“40% of Americans can't do a 400 dollar emergency.”
Caleb Hammer Jul 13, 2026 ▶ 3:14 The #1 Money Habit That Separates Winners from Losers | Caleb Hammer
BIGDEAL Assertion Contradicted
Hammer: Only education, housing, and healthcare increased as US income shares
“School, housing, healthcare. Some of the, it's like the three, only three categories that has gone up as a percentage of our income as Americans over the past hundred years or so. Everything else has gone down. Even groceries, even going out to eat has gone do…”
Caleb Hammer Jul 13, 2026 ▶ 16:18 The #1 Money Habit That Separates Winners from Losers | Caleb Hammer
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Assertion Supported
Kirby: 53% of Americans cannot name their grandparents
“I don't really know what legacy is going to look like In 50 years, but I hope we've made some progress on that statistic of 53% of Americans not being able to name their grandparents.”
Alex Kirby Jul 8, 2026 ▶ 11:46 Preserving Multi-Generational Wealth Beyond the Balance Sheet
SOURCERY Assertion Partly supported
Armstrong: 83% of Americans say the financial system is not working for them
“If you survey Americans, something like 80, I think 83% of them say that the financial system is not currently working for them”
Brian Armstrong Jun 26, 2026 ▶ 7:44 Brian Armstrong: Rebuilding Coinbase Around Intelligence · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported
Berman: The gap between stock market and consumer sentiment is historically high
“There was a chart that you and I were looking at this weekend that showed, like, basically the delta between where the stock market is and where Americans, how they feel about the economy has literally never been larger since they've been measuring this.”
Jeff Berman May 29, 2026 ▶ 16:52 How to get better at money (with Carrie Joy Grimes) | Masters of Scale
Bo: American digital nomads are the most underserved tax demographic
“In that process, I kept seeing that Americans were the biggest, most underserved group.”
Beau (Bo) May 21, 2026 ▶ 4:01 I Make $1.7M/Year In The Most Boring Niche Imaginable
ACQUIRED Assertion Supported
Only 1% to 2% of Americans owned stocks in 1929
“Back then only one to two percent of Americans owned stocks.”
Ben Gilbert May 18, 2026 ▶ 6:44 Vanguard: The communist capitalist who saved investors a trillion dollars (Audio) · Acquired
STARTUP IDEAS Assertion Partly supported
Isenberg: Nearly 22% of Americans have zero close friends
“Americans with less than one close friends is almost at 22%. It's at 22%. Basically, almost a quarter of Americans have no close friends.”
Greg Isenberg May 18, 2026 ▶ 21:36 9 biggest startup ideas right now (AI, B2C, mobile etc)
SOURCERY Assertion Not checkable as stated
Bry: 16 million Americans live within two miles of a Skydio dock
“We did the math on this, I think, sixteen million Americans now live within two miles of one of our docking stations for first response, about five percent of the country”
Adam Bry Apr 23, 2026 ▶ 12:17 Skydio Raises $110M Series F at $4.4B Valuation | CEO Adam Bry · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
HOW I BUILT THIS Assertion Supported
Pang: 100 million Americans identify as having sensitive skin
“There's about thirty million Americans who have eczema and then more than a hundred million people who self-identify as having sensitive skin.”
Christina Pang Apr 23, 2026 ▶ 9:46 Advice Line with Eric Ryan of Method returns
TBPN Assertion Not checkable as stated
CZ: Americans likely pay the world's highest fees to buy crypto
“I think right now crypto, if you buy crypto, Americans are probably paying the highest fees in the world. Whereas if you buy anything else, America's usually paying the lowest price.”
Changpeng Zhao (CZ) Apr 9, 2026 ▶ 13:20 Binance’s CZ: We’ll Never Know Satoshi, and That’s Good
a16z Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2031
Huberman: Over 50% of Americans will take GLP-1s within five years
“I'm guessing that more than half, especially people who come from families or communities where there's a lot of obesity are gonna be taking them.”
Dr. Andrew Huberman Mar 9, 2026 ▶ 15:27 Andrew Huberman: Peptides, Sleep Tech, and the End of Obesity
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Ray Dalio: 60% of Americans read below a sixth-grade level
“For example, 60% of all Americans have below a sixth grade reading level.”
Ray Dalio Mar 3, 2026 ▶ 24:58 Ray Dalio: "AI Is Eating Everything - and It Might Eat Itself"
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Sanchez: 62% of Americans and 36% Earning Over $200k Live Paycheck to Paycheck
“62% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. A couple that astounded me though was that 50% of Americans earning over a hundred K also do. And 36% of Americans earning over 200,000 annually say they're also living paycheck to paycheck, which kind of shocked me.”
Codie Sanchez Feb 27, 2026 ▶ 10:02 Wealth Expert: Do THIS Every Time You Get Paid | Morgan Housel
ACQUIRED Assertion Supported
Gilbert: 30 Million Americans Play Fantasy Football
“So any of the thirty million Americans who play fantasy football can relate to this situation.”
Ben Gilbert Jan 27, 2026 ▶ 1:45:01 The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Dr. Oz predicts 20% of Americans will adopt self-directed healthcare
“If 20% of Americans do what you're saying, and they will, it would make all of medicine function better.”
Dr. Mehmet Oz Jan 24, 2026 ▶ 18:29 Dr. Mehmet Oz on Fixing American Healthcare + Fraud | Live from Davos
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Armstrong: 52 million Americans have used cryptocurrency
“There's like, fifty-two million Americans who've used crypto now.”
Brian Armstrong Jan 23, 2026 ▶ 3:23 Coinbase CEO's Top 3 Crypto Trends for 2026 + More from Davos!
20VC Assertion Contradicted
Chang: Americans consume almost eight times more energy than Europeans
“The Americans use, you know, almost eight times more energy than Europeans and look at the quality of life.”
Alan Chang Jan 5, 2026 ▶ 17:01 Fuse CEO Alan Chang: The Revolut Playbook of Speed & Ownership, Why Founders Aren’t Ambitious Enough · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
DAVID SENRA Assertion Partly supported
Mackey: 74% of Americans Are Overweight and 43% Are Obese
“74% of Americans are overweight, and 43% are obese, and that has not peaked. It is still going up.”
John Mackey Jan 4, 2026 ▶ 4:29 John Mackey: The Dropout Who Changed How America Eats
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Partly supported
Poilievre: Pharmaceutical opioid over-prescription killed 500,000 Americans and 50,000 Canadians
“They killed half a million Americans and 50,000 Canadians.”
Pierre Poilievre Dec 27, 2025 ▶ 52:37 Pierre Poilievre on the Role of Government, Freedom, and Affordability
ALL-IN Assertion Supported
Bessent: 38% of Americans do not own equities directly or indirectly
“Right now, about 38% of Americans Do not own equities, either directly or through some kind of a four or one K or something.”
Scott Bessent Dec 22, 2025 ▶ 53:32 Scott Bessent: Fixing the Fed, Tariffs for National Security, Solving Affordability in 2026
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Forty percent of Americans eat plant-forward despite only 3% being vegetarian.
“Three percent of Americans is vegetarian, but 40% are eating more plant forward.”
Ron Shaich Nov 11, 2025 ▶ 1:06:53 Panera Founder Ron Shaich
Wang: Chinese and Americans Are More Alike Than Any Other People
“Chinese and Americans are more alike than any other people.”
Dan Wang Oct 16, 2025 ▶ 22:10 China vs America: The Battle for Global Dominance Explained | Dan Wang interview · Invest Like The Best
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Lyon: 74% of Americans Fail Baseline Exercise Guidelines
“74% of Americans are not meeting the baseline recommendation. Of a 150 minutes and two days a week of resistance training.”
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 4:19 Doctor: This Will Strip Your Fat Faster Than Anything! | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon
20VC Opinion
Gibson: European tech workers have the drive to match American work ethic
“From the people that I work with, we certainly work very hard in Europe. So no, I think there is the drive, and there is the desire there to work just as hard as our Americans.”
James Gibson Sep 26, 2025 ▶ 47:48 20Product: Revolut Business $1BN Revenue: Five of the Biggest Product Lessons | How Revolut Structures Product and Design Teams | How Revolut Experiments and Invests in New Product Bets | How Revolut Ships Product So Fast with James Gibson
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Karp: Tolerating public dysfunction from legalistic policies paves the way for fascism
“They're actually paving the way for a fascism, because Americans and no one else are gonna tolerate that level of dysfunction.”
Alex Karp Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 36:07 Palantir CEO Alex Karp: Why the West is Destroying Itself, Data Empire, Skeptics, How to Win
WTF Assertion Partly supported
Sharma: American optimism about out-earning parents dropped from 80% to 30%
“Only about 30 to 40% of Americans today feel that they can have a better life than their parents. But back in the fifties and sixties, when the American dream was really shining, every American thought, virtually 70 to 80% of Americans thought that they, you k…”
Ruchir Sharma Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 18:54 India vs. China vs. US: Who Wins the Next Decade? | WTF is Finance | Ep 1 ft. Ruchir Sharma · Nikhil Kamath
NEON SHOW Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sikri: US weaponization of the dollar is weakening its own global dominance
“And that in my view represents a long-term danger for the Americans because this biggest tool which they have to dominate the world, they themselves are weakening it.”
Rajiv Sikri Aug 22, 2025 ▶ 2:50 Is China Behind Pakistan's Military Moves? | US Tariffs Hitting India’s Economy w/ Rajiv Sikri
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Sikri: US blockage of WTO tribunal eliminated appellate dispute resolution
“For example, the Americans held up the appellate tribunal of the WTO. So now there is no appellate tribunal to which any country can go in case they have a problem.”
Rajiv Sikri Aug 22, 2025 ▶ 4:37 Is China Behind Pakistan's Military Moves? | US Tariffs Hitting India’s Economy w/ Rajiv Sikri
NEON SHOW Assertion Supported
Sikri: US demands India open agriculture to GM and dairy products
“Now, in this mini trade deal that we have been negotiating with the Americans want us to open our agricultural sector to genetically modified products, dairy products, and so forth.”
Rajiv Sikri Aug 22, 2025 ▶ 7:53 Is China Behind Pakistan's Military Moves? | US Tariffs Hitting India’s Economy w/ Rajiv Sikri
NEON SHOW Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sikri: Large-scale American casualties would trigger a global war
“Now, if, you know, a few hundred or a thousand Americans die, there will be a global War.”
Rajiv Sikri Aug 22, 2025 ▶ 52:21 Is China Behind Pakistan's Military Moves? | US Tariffs Hitting India’s Economy w/ Rajiv Sikri
INVEST LIKE THE BEST Assertion Partly supported
Bertolini: Americans borrowed $74.9 billion last year for out-of-pocket healthcare
“Last year, two out of five Americans borrowed 74.9 billion dollars to pay their out-of-pocket costs for health care from banks.”
Mark Bertolini Aug 19, 2025 ▶ 20:31 The CEO Who Cheated Death, Slept an Hour a Night, and Built a Healthcare Empire · Invest Like The Best
Weisbrot: Many Americans use antidepressants to numb reality rather than face hardship
“And I think a lot of them are on antidepressants because it's easier than not being on antidepressants. It's easier to numb yourself than to be part of reality. And to accept that things are not always as easy as you want them to be.”
Sean Weisbrot Jul 11, 2025 ▶ 25:09 People Learn What They Think When They Hear Themselves Speak
BIGDEAL Assertion Contradicted
Sanchez: Only three percent of Americans own a business
“Do you know how many Americans own a business? What percentage? Three percent.”
Codie Sanchez Jun 23, 2025 ▶ 6:40 How I Built 12 Income Streams Without Tons of Cash
INNOVATORS & INVESTORS Prediction Open · timeframe Jun 2040
Brehm: Commercial eVTOL deployment is definitely happening within 15 years
“And when you look at the institutional VC backing and these legacy players like United, American, Delta that are actively investing in this, it tells you that this is very much going to happen in the next 15 years.”
David Brehm Jun 23, 2025 ▶ 11:49 Venture Investing in Mobility + Tech with University of Michigan’s Early-Stage Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund
a16z Assertion Partly supported
Wolf: 88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy
“88% of Americans are metabolically unhealthy. Half of people don't go to the PCP, half of medications that are prescribed are never taken”
Daisy Wolf May 30, 2025 ▶ 4:08 Hey Tech, Come to Healthcare
Weisbrot: Asian workers struggle to express themselves and defer to Americans
“And I found that Asians are really bad at expressing themselves because they're afraid of being rejected. It's just, you know, plus they also defer to Americans.”
Sean Weisbrot May 23, 2025 ▶ 9:18 He Let a Filipino Team Run His 7-Figure Agency for 2.5 Years
BIGDEAL Assertion Partly supported
Sanchez: 47 percent of Americans die completely broke
“You know, 47% of Americans die broke.”
Codie Sanchez May 21, 2025 ▶ 58:21 The Step by Step Guide to Making Money: From Broke to Millionaire - Lewis Howes
Weisbrot: Doing business with Europeans is highly frustrating compared to American clients
“So I find it honestly doing business with Europeans very frustrating. So even though I love living in Europe, I typically just serve Americans because I understand them in a way that they they're also not frustrating for me.”
Sean Weisbrot May 20, 2025 ▶ 37:48 Trust Is the Most Valuable Intangible Currency in Business
BIGDEAL Assertion Supported
Vaden: 62% of Americans Say Customer Testimonials Most Influence Buying Decisions
“62% of Americans say the single most important piece of marketing collateral that will influence their purchasing decision, testimonials from other customers.”
Rory Vaden May 7, 2025 ▶ 58:06 Money Making Expert: How to Turn Attention into $$$
Mack: Americans achieve 5x more than Brits due to 10x agency
“I call it getting Ted lassoed now, which is when a Brit has twice the intelligence or knowledge, but the American has 10 X the agency or confidence, and as a result, they achieve five times more.”
George Mack May 5, 2025 ▶ 0:00 The Most Valuable Skill For Any Founder
TBPN Assertion Partly supported
Glyman: One in six working Americans is employed by the government
“Between federal, state, local education. One of the most mind blowing stats that I learned is one in six Americans who work, work for the U S government.”
Eric Glyman May 4, 2025 ▶ 14:41 We Went to DC to Interview Tech's Power Players
MASTERS OF SCALE Assertion Supported
Abuzeid: Tens of thousands of Americans are waitlisted for nursing school.
“For example, for nursing schools, there's wait lists of tens of thousands of Americans who want to get in, but they can't get in.”
Dr. Iman Abu Zayed May 1, 2025 ▶ 27:14 The strategic framework behind a $1.7 billion start-up | Masters of Scale
ACQUIRED Assertion Supported
Only 10% of Americans had health insurance in 1942
“In 1942, America is at war. There is something passed called the Stabilization Act that imposed wage and price controls. An interesting thing to note, at this point in time, only 10% of Americans have health insurance.”
Ben Gilbert Apr 21, 2025 ▶ 20:51 Epic Systems (MyChart) · Acquired
SOURCERY Assertion Supported
Josephs: 86% of Americans support banning congressional stock trading
“86% of Americans want them banned.”
Chris Josephs Apr 18, 2025 ▶ 15:38 Inside the $350M Pelosi Stock Tracker · Sourcery with Molly O'Shea
MORE OR LESS Prediction Not checkable as stated
Coles warns cheap Chinese AI will dominate globally and expose data
“What I'm hearing is the great anxiety around the Chinese just coming in over the top of Americans with a much cheaper version of AI that, that countries around the world will end up using and China will have direct access to all their information.”
Joanna Coles Apr 11, 2025 ▶ 23:38 Why Elon Musk May Be Pulling Back from Washington (with Joanna Coles) | More or Less #94 · More or Less Podcast
ACQUIRED Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gilbert: Americans will not care about IPL without domestic US cricket first
“And, frankly, Americans are just not gonna start caring about IPL cricket. They need to start caring about US-based cricket.”
Ben Gilbert Mar 24, 2025 ▶ 3:49:08 Indian Premier League Cricket (Audio) · Acquired
TBPN Opinion
Mares: The US food system is poisonous to weak-willed Americans
“The American food system is basically poisonous to weak willed people like most Americans.”
Justin Mares Mar 14, 2025 ▶ 7:28 Justin Mares talks Tru Med, MAHA, and the Future of CPG.
THE PITCH Assertion Contradicted
96% of Americans are confused about recycling rules
“96% of Americans are also confused on how to recycle.”
Nicole Sewell Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 2:07 #124 ECGO: Turning Trash Into Treasure With AI
THE PITCH Assertion Contradicted
Mullen: Only 10% of Americans cook at home
“Only 10% of Americans cook, you know, and I need to meet my consumer where they're at, and I'm not gonna convince, you know, 90% of Americans to cook by an oil and vinegar line.”
Debbie Wei Mullin Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 5:23 #54 Is Selling in Walmart a Good Thing?
20VC Opinion
European Founders Project Less Ambition Than US Peers, but Businesses Compete Equally
“I'd say an average. Yes. When you speak to not only Americans also, I know you go to Tel Aviv, you also feel that that, that, that just feel smaller. And then you look at the business you have and they have not nothing to envy.”
Oscar Pierre Feb 26, 2025 ▶ 20:03 Oscar Pierre, Glovo CEO & Founder: Selling 30% for €100K |The McDonald's Deal That Saved Them |E1263 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
KNOWLEDGE PROJECT Assertion Supported
Parrish: Only 2.5% of Americans owned stocks in 1929
“Only 2.5% of Americans owned stocks in 1929, and his own wealth remained largely insulated, tied up in mostly private enterprises like Gulf Oil and Alcoa, rather than publicly traded securities.”
Shane Parrish Feb 25, 2025 ▶ 58:44 Andrew Mellon: America’s Secret Banker [Outliers]
MAD Assertion Supported
Murchison: Average American spends 40 days on hold in their lifetime
“Like the average American will spend 40 days of their life waiting on hold.”
Mike Murchison Feb 13, 2025 ▶ 2:44 Farewell, Chatbots: AI Agents Are Taking Over Customer Service | Mike Murchison, CEO, Ada
ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: 80% or more of Americans want the border secure
“80% of Americans want it kind of shut down and be orderly and legal, maybe even more.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 20, 2025 ▶ 1:30:02 Inauguration Interviews: Trump's Talent, Dem Rebrand & more w/ Whip Emmer, Reps Swalwell & Khanna
TBPN Assertion Not checkable as stated
Coogan: The US still lacks an American equivalent to DJI
“We still don't have an American DJI.”
John Coogan Dec 11, 2024 ▶ 52:39 How we became the fastest growing podcast (ep20)
ALL-IN Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Exposing waste will get 100% of Americans backing DOGE
“When you show people 22,000 dollar, you know, hammers and wasted money, you will get a hundred percent of Americans backing this.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 23, 2024 ▶ 37:02 DOGE unveils a roadmap, Unlocking GDP Growth, WW3 escalation, Fat cell memory
a16z Assertion Supported
Ellis: One in six Americans stays in a job to keep healthcare
“You have this situation today where, you know, one out of six Americans actually stays In a job they would otherwise leave for fear of losing their health care coverage.”
Chris Ellis Nov 14, 2024 ▶ 5:30 The Future of Health Insurance in a Work Remote World
MAD Assertion Partly supported
39% of Americans use ChatGPT and 28% use it at work
“39% of Americans say that they use ChatGPT, including 28% that say that they use it at work, and 11% use it every day.”
Matt Turck Nov 8, 2024 ▶ 52:46 Superintelligence, Bubbles And Big Bets: AI Investing in 2024 | Matt Turck & Aman Kabeer, FirstMark

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