America
part of Americas
18 statements across 17 episodes · 5 bullish · 5 bearish · 11 people on the record · first statement Oct 24, 2016 by Morgan Housel · across every show →
Everything said about America, oldest first
Oct 24, 2016
Feb 5, 2019 positive
Nov 24, 2020 negative
Mar 23, 2021 positive
Ridley: America's tolerance of failure gave it an edge over Europe
“One of the great things that America brought to the world of innovation, in my view, is a relative tolerance of failure. Compared with Most European countries. The fact that you've started a business and it went wrong was actually quite often a good thing in t…”
Apr 5, 2022 negative
Aug 22, 2023 negative
Rey Flemings: The U.S. presidency is outdated for managing modern complex systems
“The problem in America is with the presidency itself. You know, the idea of the presidency was developed so long ago. Hey, let's elect our king. Well, when the constitution was ratified, A human being had never traveled faster than a horse could carry them. Th…”
May 28, 2024 neutral
Dec 24, 2024
Feb 25, 2025
Apr 1, 2025 bullish
Apr 22, 2025 neutral
Apr 29, 2025 positive
Garry Tan: The US should issue every citizen an Artificial Superintelligence
“My argument would be, like, the most American version of it is that, like, you know, you and I have our own ASI. And, like, each, you know, each citizen should be, you know, issued an ASI and be taught how to get the most out of it.”
Jul 15, 2025 positive
Oct 7, 2025
Oct 7, 2025 neutral
Jan 20, 2026 negative
Housel: Affordable Housing Is the Single Biggest Social Problem in America
“So housing, affordable housing, I think is the single biggest social problem, certainly in America, probably in Canada right now. Because so many other social problems that might seem bigger than that are downstream of housing. A lot of the drug problem, the d…”
Feb 17, 2026 neutral