tech industry

6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Feb 24, 2021 by Wael Ghonim · across every show →

Everything said about tech industry, oldest first

Feb 24, 2021 positive
Insight
Ghonim: Reforming tech culture requires only a couple of prominent, patient VCs
“I believe that change doesn't take a lot of people anyway. You don't have to have a lot of VCs. It's probably a couple of VCs who are disciplined enough and they happen to be well known. So they inspire certain type of founders to help build on, on new princip…”
Wael Ghonim Feb 24, 2021 ▶ 59:44 Arab Spring Leader Wael Ghonim on Modern Social Media's Promise And Peril
Sep 21, 2021 neutral
Insight
The tech industry learned to win via regulatory arbitrage from PayPal
“And I think you know, the rest of the tech industry you know, kind of learned a valuable lesson from that experience, which is that you can you know, you can succeed by pursuing this sort of regulatory arbitrage by attacking a regulated industry and by making …”
Max Chafkin Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 12:49 Unraveling The Mystery Of Peter Thiel — With Max Chafkin
Sep 21, 2021 neutral
Opinion
Peter Thiel has had more cultural impact on tech than anyone
“I would argue that Teal has had a bigger cultural impact on, on the tech industry than any single person.”
Max Chafkin Sep 21, 2021 ▶ 2:40 Unraveling The Mystery Of Peter Thiel — With Max Chafkin
Apr 7, 2025 bearish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Petersen: Tech industry will be prime target for foreign tariff retaliation
“And the tech industry will be the natural place to target. It's our best industry, our best companies. And if you wanted to retaliate against America, that would be the place to hit.”
Ryan Petersen Apr 7, 2025 ▶ 8:27 Tariffs and Turmoil: Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen on What Trump Is Thinking, And What Comes Next
Nov 26, 2025 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Kantrowitz: The tech industry expects current AI to reach AGI within years
“This idea that within a couple years, the current AI technology will turn into artificial general intelligence or super intelligence”
Alex Kantrowitz Nov 26, 2025 ▶ 38:06 Communal Living, Sex, And Silicon Valley's Groupthink Problem — With Ellen Huet
May 22, 2026 negative
Opinion
Plouffe: Tech made a mistake pitching temporary jobs for data centers
“I think the industry made a mistake in the beginning of these fights, focusing on the jobs that were going to be created, building them, because as important as they are, they're kind of temporary.”
David Plouffe May 22, 2026 ▶ 28:14 How AI Changes Society, And Society Changes AI — With Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe
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