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Eli Dorado

Head of Strategic Investments, Astera Institute. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Eli Dourado is an economist focusing on accelerating economic growth and funding breakthrough hard technologies. Prior to Astera Institute, he served as head of global policy and communications at Boom Supersonic and directed the Technology Policy Program at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

What they said8 Shows1

Everything Eli Dorado said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

a16z Assertion Supported

Dorado: A two-kilogram drone causes human injury once per 187M flight hours

“And for a two kilogram drone, I think we found that there might be a human injury once every hundred eighty seven million years.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 27:51 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

a16z Assertion Contradicted

Dorado: Drone collision risk with commercial jets is once per 41B hours

“And then if you look at commercial jets, it's even smaller. I mean, it's, I think I got, I think the last number that we got was forty one billion years of continuous operation which is, you know, three times the Age of the universe.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 28:02 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

a16z What-if

Dorado: Early internet program managers would have permitted commercial use initially

“If they knew where we were today, they would have allowed Commercial use from the inception.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:12 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

a16z Prediction Held up

Dorado: FAA permanent commercial drone rules will be released in June 2016

“They're still not out, but they're coming. It'll probably be sometime next month. There will be some permanent commercial drone rules.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:17 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

a16z Assertion Supported

Dorado: Hollywood film productions used commercial drones before it was legal

“What's interesting to me about the Hollywood application is that they actually were some of the earliest adopters, and they adopted it even before it was legal for them to do so.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 13:04 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

a16z Assertion Supported

Dorado: Fewer than half of US consumer drones were registered in 2016

“I think there's something like a million plus consumer drones, and only 400,000 have registered.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:16 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

a16z Assertion Supported

Dorado: Under federal statute, paper airplanes are legally classified as aircraft

“Under federal statute, paper airplanes are aircraft.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 21:51 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

a16z Assertion Supported

Dorado: Pilot error causes 75% of general aviation accidents

“In general aviation, something like three quarters of all accidents are pilot error in, in commercial aviation. I think it's about half.”

Eli Dorado Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 37:32 a16z Podcast | Airspace as the Next Internet-Like Platform

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Eli's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
a16zLEDGER	Head of Strategic Investments, Astera Institute	1	8	86% 6/7	full record on the a16z Podcast →