internet

also referred to as: the internet

10 statements across 6 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Jun 29, 2021 by Kimbal Musk · said 2 times in 1 episodes since 2023 · across every show →

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Jun 29, 2021 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kimbal and Elon Musk were first to see internet door-to-door directions
“We were the first two humans to see maps and door-to-door directions on the internet.”
Kimbal Musk Jun 29, 2021 ▶ 3:58 Kimbal Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, The Kitchen, and Launching His First Company with Elon · Joe Lonsdale
Aug 11, 2021 neutral
Insight
Balaji Srinivasan: The internet increases variance by removing mediators
“One of my laws of physics is that the internet increases variance. You have more upside and more downside and everything because that mediator is removed, right?”
Balaji Srinivasan Aug 11, 2021 ▶ 2:39 Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale
Aug 11, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Balaji Srinivasan: India's internet adoption grew tenfold to over 50% in a decade
“Less than about five percent of India was actually online in, in 2009. I just, You know, look at this graph. Now it's more than 50%, right? That is basically, that's an insane number, right? You know, 10 x over a decade on something like kitchen net connectivi…”
Balaji Srinivasan Aug 11, 2021 ▶ 3:27 Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 27, 2022 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2032
Latta: 100% of world population will have internet access within 10 years
“In the next 10 years, that's going to be a hundred percent.”
Zach Latta Apr 27, 2022 ▶ 8:36 Zach Latta: Founding Hack Club & Inspiring the Next Generation of Builders · Joe Lonsdale
May 11, 2023 bullish
Insight
Balaji: Tech is unwinding centuries of state centralization in decades
“And now that you have the transistor and the personal computer and the internet and the smartphone and cryptocurrency, decentralizing technology is unwinding the last several hundred years of centralization in a few decades.”
Balaji Srinivasan May 11, 2023 ▶ 15:38 Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale
Oct 25, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gerstner: The AI supercycle will play out over decades, not months
“If this is as big as we all think it will be, this will play out like the internet did over decades, not months.”
Brad Gerstner Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 14:10 Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism · Joe Lonsdale
Oct 25, 2023 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Gerstner: AI will be bigger and more important than internet, mobile, and cloud
“I think AI, or I like to talk about augmented intelligence, will be more important to humanity. Then the first three super cycles I've lived through, which are internet, mobile, and cloud. I think it'll be bigger, and so I don't buy that thesis.”
Brad Gerstner Oct 25, 2023 ▶ 11:03 Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism · Joe Lonsdale
May 17, 2025 negative
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Lessin: In 2025, assume internet content is fake until proven real
“Just because someone wrote something on the internet doesn't make it real. In fact, your default assumption in 2025 should be that it is not real, right? And like in less proven otherwise.”
Sam Lessin May 17, 2025 ▶ 13:59 The Truth About AI: Sam Lessin’s Contrarian Take · Joe Lonsdale
May 17, 2025
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Lessin: Major modern internet problems stem from lacking an identity layer
“So many of our problems right now come down to the fact that the internet was born without an identity layer.”
Sam Lessin May 17, 2025 ▶ 11:28 The Truth About AI: Sam Lessin’s Contrarian Take · Joe Lonsdale
May 17, 2025
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Lessin: The internet optimizes for engagement over truth because attention is easily monetized
“The reality is the internet in general, not just Meta properties, not just Facebook, but the internet in general, it's an incredibly good machine for engagement and attention, right? It's incredibly entertaining and why it's incredibly easy to measure. You can…”
Sam Lessin May 17, 2025 ▶ 12:30 The Truth About AI: Sam Lessin’s Contrarian Take · Joe Lonsdale
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