Voting
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
How I Built This 
the a16z Podcast
2 statements about Voting, every show
Leon: Civic engagement does not spontaneously develop in adulthood without school foundations
“If you haven't been invited into spaces of power and community, You're not gonna wake up at 18 and suddenly start exploring those places of power, and one of those rights we get granted at 18 is the right to vote. If you can think back to when you were that ol…”
Caplan: Voters avoid direct mistake costs, unlike consumers who shop
“There's a fundamental difference between shopping and voting. When shopping, if you make a mistake, you pay the price. Where in voting, if you make a mistake, you were just tipping the scales a little bit towards all of society having a worse outcome.”