politics
6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Sep 14, 2021 by David Sacks · across every show →
Everything said about politics, oldest first
Sep 14, 2021 positive
Sacks: Markets drive progress better than politics because startups need only one funder
“This is why markets work better than politics, because Freeburg, in order for you to pursue what you want to pursue, you don't have to convince a majority of the country to support it. You just need to find one person who's willing to fund it. You know, you ra…”
May 30, 2022 negative
Silver: Politics discourages critical thinking and encourages confirmation bias
“I just don't think that like politics teaches people to think critically and it's like, yeah, part of that is like, they're not thinking probabilistically, but it's more like people just want to see their kind of priors confirmed.”
May 30, 2022 negative
Sep 17, 2023 neutral
Jun 29, 2024
Dec 13, 2024
Raboy: Personal move into politics is a decade away
“I'm in like the prime of my venture career. I'm only 12 years in actually, Chamath. So figure five, 10 more years, like is the sweet spot. And so I'd like to see the companies that I was involved in grow up, become public companies, et cetera. And I didn't fee…”