Bit

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CATALYST Insight
Koomey: Software moves on one-year cycles while physical infrastructure takes decades
“The world of Bits moves really fast. They have all the money in the world. The world of atoms is slower. So it's like a year for the world of bits, 10 years or 20 years for the world of atoms, and so it's like a mismatch.”
John Koomey Mar 6, 2025 ▶ 44:28 A skeptic’s take on AI electricity load growth
NEON SHOW Opinion
Ishan Sharma: IIT and BITS value is declining due to seat expansion
“I think it has gone down. It's not as glamorous as it used to be. Number one, also because there are a lot more seats created. There are new IITs coming. There was this very new IITs, right? So the value of IITs are going down. Same is the case with BITs.”
Ishan Sharma Sep 8, 2023 ▶ 24:02 BeerBiceps Gave Me the BEST Advice: Ishan Sharma's Unpopular Side on Neon Show
ALL-IN Insight
Sacks: Physical world businesses are 10 times harder than software
“And I've kind of learned that doing anything in the physical world with atoms is 10 times harder than doing anything with bits.”
David Sacks Aug 20, 2022 ▶ 10:41 E92: Adam Neumann's second act, a16z's $350M bet, housing policy, Inflation Reduction Act & more
NEON SHOW Opinion
Pitti: IIT Graduates Are More Risk-Averse Than NIT and BITS Peers
“Most of the IITians are actually risk adverse people. I mean, we studied way too hard to get into IIT, right? So, and I value people from bits. I value people from NITs because they didn't study that hard. They're not that risk adverse people. They didn't stud…”
Prashant Pitti Dec 28, 2021 ▶ 27:54 Bootstrap to IPO in 10 years ft. Prashant Pitti, founder EaseMyTrip
a16z Assertion Supported
Shannon originally termed the bit 'binary digit' before a colleague coined 'bit'
“What Shannon does in introducing the bit which he starts off calling the binary digit Before one of his colleagues comes up with BIT as a good abbreviation.”
Rob Goodman Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:41 a16z Podcast | From Mind at Play to Making the Information Age

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