U.S.

9 statements across 9 episodes · 3 bullish · 3 bearish · 9 people on the record · first statement Mar 24, 2022 by Judge Glock · across every show →

Everything said about U.S., oldest first

Mar 24, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Glock: California Cities Are Exceptionally Dense Yet Suffer Far Higher Housing Prices
“California has Actually, exceptionally dense cities. They have cities about 7008 thousand people per square mile, which is very high relative to the rest of the U.S., which is more like three to 4000 people per square mile. and yet it has housing prices that …”
Judge Glock Mar 24, 2022 ▶ 9:12 Free Housing Won't Solve the Homeless Crisis. Here's What Will. · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 5, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
UAE grants Israeli founder visas in months while the US takes years
“If you're an Israeli and you want to go move to the U.S. With your family, it could take you a year, two years to get all the visa. If you want to come work or start a company from Tel Aviv in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, you can bring your whole family and all your frie…”
Yitz Applbaum Apr 5, 2023 ▶ 18:58 Ep 52: Yitz Applbaum and a Modern Middle East Renaissance · Joe Lonsdale
Jun 22, 2023 neutral
Insight
Eddie Margain: U.S. Rule of Law and 911 Reliability Will Fade If Unprotected
“We sometimes give it for granted here in the U.S. That you can just dial nine one, and someone that, someone will answer the call, and someone that you can trust, and that is going to come for help. And that's not true in many other countries. Like, we're bles…”
Eddie Margain Jun 22, 2023 ▶ 7:32 Ep 63: Eddie Margain on Fleeing Mexico and Building Austin FC · Joe Lonsdale
Jul 14, 2023 bullish
Opinion
Karp: US is the only viable top choice globally to build something interesting
“So if you're sitting in any part of the world, and you want to do something interesting, your number one choice right now, without a good choice number two, is to come to the U.S. And build it.”
Alex Karp Jul 14, 2023 ▶ 4:19 Alex Karp On The Future Of AI And Building A Multi Billion-Dollar Company · Joe Lonsdale
Feb 29, 2024
Assertion Supported
Lomborg: Cold kills 170,000 annually in US and Canada, versus 20,000 heat deaths
“Every year in Canada and the U.S., about 20,000 people die from heat. That, we should absolutely recognize that. But every year, a 170,000 people die in Canada and the U.S. From cold.”
Bjorn Lomborg Feb 29, 2024 ▶ 34:41 Ep 79: Bjorn Lomborg and the 12 Best Ideas to Help the World · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 15, 2024 bullish
Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2034
Tyler Scriven predicts US e-commerce will triple over the next decade
“I mean, the e-commerce, e-commerce in the U.S. Will triple most likely over the next decade in the U.S. You know, it's taken us 24 years, you know, to get to where we are today. And we're going to you know, two and a half, three X at You know over the next 10…”
Tyler Scriven Mar 15, 2024 ▶ 24:37 Ep 81: How Palantir Star Tyler Scriven Is Helping Small Business Compete With Amazon · Joe Lonsdale
Mar 21, 2024 bearish
Assertion Supported
Baker: Global and US debt-to-GDP is at all-time historic highs
“We've gotten to this point where we have the highest debt to GDP globally, in the U.S., pretty much everywhere, secularly, that the world has ever seen, including those worlds.”
Whitney Baker Mar 21, 2024 ▶ 16:23 Ep 82: Rising Inflation? Looming Recession? The State of the Economy with Whitney Baker · Joe Lonsdale
Apr 18, 2024
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lonsdale: British intel chief believed Iran tricked US into Iraq war
“And one of my mentors ran British intelligence and was involved before the Iraq war in the U.S. And he tells me that the Iranians are very, very clever, the regime and certain people there. And he says that, that he believes from the best intelligence he saw, …”
Joe Lonsdale Apr 18, 2024 ▶ 22:26 Ep 85: The Path to Regime Change in Iran with Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi · Joe Lonsdale
Nov 21, 2025 bearish
Opinion
Ridley: The idea that China will overtake the US is outdated
“I think the idea that China is about to overtake the U.S. Is looking out of date, actually.”
Matt Ridley Nov 21, 2025 ▶ 24:30 What Steve Jobs Knew About Innovation That You Don't · Joe Lonsdale
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