Stanford University

7 statements across 6 episodes · 4 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Feb 10, 2022 by Joe Lonsdale · said 138 times in 52 episodes since 2021 · across every show →

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2026 11 mentions in 5 episodes 2 per episode
2025 30 mentions in 11 episodes 3 per episode
2024 21 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
2023 28 mentions in 15 episodes 2 per episode
2022 27 mentions in 7 episodes 4 per episode
2021 21 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode

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Everything said about Stanford University, oldest first

Feb 10, 2022 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Lonsdale: Many Stanford Computer Science and Bioinformatics Professors Became Billionaires
“People teaching computer science there, the people teaching bioinformatics, A lot of them became billionaires in the last 10 or 20 years, and it's clear, it's because they were amongst the very best in that area, and then they were exposed, and they were able …”
Joe Lonsdale Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 24:38 Joe Lonsdale and Pano Kanelos on Building a New World-Class University · Joe Lonsdale
May 11, 2023 bearish
Assertion Supported
Balaji: Stanford and Fed studies reveal $2.2T in unrealized bank losses
“722 banks have these problems. Amit Saru at Stanford has a study saying It's 2.2 trillion dollars in losses.”
Balaji Srinivasan May 11, 2023 ▶ 12:49 Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale
Dec 13, 2023 negative
Assertion Supported
Ferguson: Jewish students are intimidated and singled out at Stanford
“Jewish students are being intimidated and threatened, singled out in some classes on the Stanford campus.”
Niall Ferguson Dec 13, 2023 ▶ 3:01 Ep 74: Niall Ferguson & Pano Kanelos on Building the University of Austin · Joe Lonsdale
Feb 8, 2024
Assertion Supported
Solana: Scott Nolan and I distilled Thiel's Stanford class into 'Zero to One'
“Scott, Scott Nolan and I at Founders Fund, we, he had just started around that time as well, it was like, 13 years ago. We came on to build out his class at Stanford, called CS-Intyre, that would ultimately become his book, Zero to one. So all of that informat…”
Mike Solana Feb 8, 2024 ▶ 14:28 Ep 77: Mike Solana on Exposing Corruption, Saving San Francisco, and Building a New Media Empire · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 22, 2024 positive
Assertion Contradicted
Blank: Stanford was the only Cold War university encouraging commercial spinouts
“Because all research universities in the United States during the Cold War worked on military weapons systems, but it was only Stanford where back by then the term was the provost Who pointed the university outwards. All other universities were focused inwards…”
Steve Blank Nov 22, 2024 ▶ 11:24 How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Embarrassing The U.S. Government · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 22, 2024 positive
Opinion
Blank: Stanford is most accurately described as an incubator with dorms
“And today I label Stanford as an incubator with dorms, which Most of the professors don't like to hear, but as you know, is, is probably the most accurate description of the school.”
Steve Blank Nov 22, 2024 ▶ 12:02 How Elon Musk’s SpaceX Is Embarrassing The U.S. Government · Joe Lonsdale
Oct 9, 2025 positive
Opinion
Lonsdale: Practical work at PayPal taught more engineering than Stanford CS
“I took computer science at Stanford and I actually, it was very theoretical, which I enjoyed as well. I think you should have some theory, but I actually learned a hell of a lot more from like working at PayPal and working around other kind of engineers and fo…”
Joe Lonsdale Oct 9, 2025 ▶ 35:48 This Idea is Destroying American Universities · Joe Lonsdale
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