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U.S. Antitrust Chief Makan Delrahim Was Once Google's Lobbyist
“Macon Dalrahim, for example, is the attorney general for antitrust in the US. He was Google's lobbyist for the double click acquisition.”
Jonathan Tepper Oct 7, 2019 ▶ 30:46 Jonathan Tepper - Variant Perception of Capitalism (Capital Allocators, EP.110)
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Milkman: Rigid routines harm exercise habit durability compared to flexible schedules
“We were startled to find that the rigidity was harmful. What we found is that that group, they went ever so slightly more often, they did sort of form a habit around going at that magic time, a little bit more often than the group that had had a more flexible …”
Katy Milkman Jun 14, 2021 ▶ 51:27 Katy Milkman – How to Change (Capital Allocators, EP.199)
Assertion Supported
Chainlink uses OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google models to reach data consensus
“Through our technology, we were able to have the AI models reach consensus on that single piece of data that is the share split 10 to one. OpenAI, yes. Anthropic, yes. Google, yes. We posted that on a blockchain as a unified golden record.”
Ryan Lovell Mar 12, 2026 ▶ 25:10 Ryan Lovell – Chainlink: The Infrastructure Pipes for Multi-Chain Finance (EP.491)
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Crypto startups cannot rely on Facebook or Google for customer acquisition
“Many of the traditional customer acquisition channels you can't use like Facebook and Google don't make it easy to advertise crypto things. You just can't use those channels.”
Avichal Garg Aug 4, 2022 ▶ 44:10 Avichal Garg – Programmer-Centric Crypto Investing at Electric (Manager Meetings, EP.34)
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Graña: The S&P 460's Returns Match Emerging Markets Exactly
“If you were to strip out the 40 most successful US stocks out of the S&P 500 and compare that to the, so the remaining S&P 460, I guess. The S&P 400 sixty's performance is actually bang in line with emerging markets. Bang in line with European markets. There's…”
Daniel Graña Sep 30, 2021 ▶ 37:37 Daniel Graña – Janus Henderson Investors Emerging Markets Equity (Manager Meetings, EP.13)
Assertion Supported
Sacca: Google published verbatim executive meeting notes for employees to subscribe to
“They were wildly transparent and their executive meetings, they had a note taker who would take the notes and then you could subscribe to the notes from that meeting. They would be published after the end of the meeting. And you could see almost like a script,…”
Chris Sacca Jun 12, 2023 ▶ 58:20 Chris Sacca – Hustling to Save the Planet at Lowercarbon (Capital Allocators, EP.321)
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