Straight Answers

“And then, so after that, you bounce back again, and how did you introduce Lady Gaga to the world? Tell us about that.”

answered: “managing Eve, You know, we were able to build this cool company”

“You went on Al Sharpton's show and called for a corporate boycott of Facebook for not censoring pro-Trump ads, and then briefly tried to pause advertising on Twitter a couple years later as well. It seems like you've moved back from those positions now, or what do you think about, about calling for boycotts, you know, for people who, for not censoring Trump and that sort of thing?”

answered: “Well, let's step back. So So a couple things. So number one, um, I don't think I'm partisan.”

“And like, what do you see as the most important relationship for the U S next decade? And what gives you hope for America's role in the world going forward?”

answered: “Well, I think the biggest crisis that we have facing us... is education”

“That was a long time ago. What were you flying?”

answered: “we became like the hottest ticket in town. So we're doing loops and rolls”

“Like, what does that coalition look like of the, of the, of the good guys against this kind of broken regulatory cartel in all these industries? Is that, is that something we're going to all have to fight?”

answered: “the way I think about this is there's basically, right, three components”

“We have a whole nother really crazy cycle ahead. What's, what are they gonna do?”

answered: “I think history is running in reverse where. 1950 is like peak centralization”

“Like, how do we get these discussions and debates happening again? How do we get people not canceled to talk about these things?”

answered: “A civilization is defined by people living and talking together.”

“Is he just in a bad mood with the administration? Like, it seems like obvious stuff to vote for.”

answered: “we're trying to continue to explain to people what this bill does”

“You have a very bipartisan legislature there, so you had to persuade Democrats to join you and Reigning in the budget, expanding school choice, but how do you work with them?”

answered: “the biggest difference is that it's locally controlled.”

“Cause you've used obviously, you know, everything about how to build these things. What were some of the hard ones in the past you had to figure out?”

answered: “we've chosen as a company to be incredibly vertically integrated.”

“Are there lots of times now where you've submitted something that you knew was right and then you had to teach them that they were rejected it incorrectly? Has that happened very much?”

answered: “I think a useful thing to talk about a bit is how we onboard customers maybe.”

“Is there anything you changed like three, four, five, six years ago, based on what you learned to like make it even more robust? Like what are the types of things you learn as you do these crazy tests over time?”

answered: “we were the first company to achieve stage Complete the stage one”

“It just seems like a weird tradition that they always, would you like some coffee with your dessert, sir? And I'm like, I kind of would, but I, but that'd be a terrible idea, right?”

answered: “As far as nicotine, nicotine is actually like pretty close to a true nootropic”

“So what's an unusual custom in Russia that people from the outside might not have known about?”

answered: “I don't know as much about modern day Russia, but I think for my parents”

“It's very controversial, maybe, to say that, but it seems like there's, like, a big issue in our society where we're trying to say, oh, certain things that are bad for you are okay or are good or don't criticize. Like, is that contributing to this as well?”

answered: “I just don't know the data truthfully. I'm not interested in the subjective.”

“And so, so, so, so the tech exposure caused the bond thing to hurt them more. I think it's partially true.”

answered: “I want to talk about the hedging thing for a second”

“Uh, so, so you get to work closely with some interesting characters. Uh, what's it like working with, with Marco Rubio?”

answered: “he has really set an example of professionalism at the department.”

“Is it good if they're attacking it? I mean, those guys are pretty crazy.”

answered: “Maybe. Maybe. Well, there's, there's also, there's also a lot that people are doing”

“And like, we're going to look at the people seriously who do a great job on it. Like, why would you not do that?”

answered: “This is my controversial point of view is that it used to be”

“I think you started with a thousand dollars in a computer. Tell us about your entrepreneurial journey.”

answered: “and then, really, the reason I ran for, for office, 2018”

“There's people trying to push you to do the things the way you've always done that you kind of know are wrong, but they're really powerful. Like, like what instances are there when you have to apply courage to this?”

answered: “I've found over the years that most of it is just noise.”

“I think in part, thanks to this. So there's maybe some good things have come of it, but, but what are we going to do with Iran and what's going on with this, with this deal that's been made?”

answered: “what I used to always say is, look, we just want you to behave”

“Like, when do you allow competitors to merge and work together? When, when do you not?”

answered: “it's always a balance, right? ... you should be for having a plurality”

“Or is that just a populist thing that gets lots of votes? Or how do we think about this?”

answered: “I think we will have a disagreement on how much they should pay in taxes.”

“Uh, you, you're now in the process of starting one. Uh, did you have, do you have more insight on why people have not done this before, given, given, given your last few weeks?”

answered: “You start new institutions when you recognize that there's a North Star”

“And so you, you, people also know you from shows, you've been on TV shows like Adventure Capitalists and Tahani Tackles the Globe. You see you doing some media these days still?”

answered: “Yeah, I, I had a great mentor when I was playing on the Giants”

“Is this like a whole thing where the whole society's getting a little softer, is this what you're saying?”

answered: “For me, football, I felt like it was a springboard, and Strahan”

“It was both kind of philanthropic, but also evolved into, into a business. Like how do you, it's clear you think about business in terms of causes, like, like what else are you looking at cause wise right now?”

answered: “And that's where Bowtie Cause originated from.”

“You don't like doing that. You know, you do measure some things like that, no?”

answered: “Well, but, but we do it to empower people. We give people the”

“On the other hand, it does seem like there's some good for the world to work with innovative people and Build together in some form. How should we be approaching this?”

answered: “from the Olympics, we need to really stress to our MBA affiliates”

“Is there another way out of the negativity and the anger, or do you need this anger to change things? Like, how do you talk to people who are stuck in where you were, you know?”

answered: “There's like four questions there. So I'm gonna... tell you a quick story.”

“I think millions of people don't at this point. Like, like, like how do we have that debate or discussion?”

answered: “anti-racism is a useful critique of the world. It is dangerous as a paradigm”

“But there's over a thousand laws at state level we've been trying to fight and stop that would screw this up, right? So there's a lot of people who are against this.”

answered: “California state government almost passed a law to outlaw AI in California six months ago”

“I think you started with a thousand dollars in a computer. Tell us about your entrepreneurial journey.”

answered: “and then, really, the reason I ran for, for office, 2018”

“What would you say to your fellow business leaders who don't want to get involved in politics? Do we need more of these guys to step up?”

answered: “running state government specifically is really a lot like running a business.”

“Is there anything you can say? What's the pace you're trying to go here?”

answered: “No, I mean, we focused on manufacturing from the very beginning.”

“What do you think the catalyst is going to be? Is there going to be a catalyst in the next few years that, that kind of gets everyone to push and fight here?”

answered: “to have a very clear game plan and strategy for the post-regime interim process”

“Who are you working with? What can you tell us?”

answered: “I don't know if I can name names here, but I think that”

“He can't tell people himself how awesome he is. Can you tell us a little bit of some, what are some of the numbers you could say?”

answered: “Yeah, happy to glaze Jake and make him sound very impressive.”

“Maybe there's, you could get stuck with a bunch of inventory. Like, how do you guys think about that?”

answered: “I think one thing that AI is good at is introspection.”

“Like all the top guys are calling you. How do you keep up with that when there's hundreds of people calling you with different breakings going on?”

answered: “one of the things that I've always had is the, I don't know if it's empathy”

“And that just seems like, that's like, kind of twisted, right? Because hating Islamophobia is not more important than loving Islam.”

answered: “there are so many ways to talk about all these things with race”

“He got like teenage boys to go and sleep with, you know, men in the Navy to find guys who are gay to get them thrown out. And, uh, you know, this was something where obviously getting those, like, young men to do this was a huge scandal, and he did all kinds of crap like that, right?”

answered: “by the way, since we're talking about banks in this conversation”

“But, like, the sports story, right? Like, Jake actually had to get in the ring and, like, fight A bigger man.”

answered: “I want to ask you guys about culture a little bit.”

“How can we be more bold in this fight, and are you seeing this even in your state? Is there, are there ways that woke nonsense gets into things in Oklahoma, and, and how are you thinking of fighting it?”

answered: “Our school choice plan. So I, I tell people all the time... And then during COVID”

“And you helped build this school for them originally, right? As well.”

answered: “Yeah. Well, actually how it started. So how, how we got into the”

“Should they make sure that if they're teaching critical race there, they're also teaching what smart people think who disagree with it then? Or would that be like the, or I think”

answered: “parents should Get involved in their schools and make compelling cases”