government
also referred to as: governments · the government
14 statements across 12 episodes · 3 bullish · 5 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 12, 2023 by Sam Lessin · across every show →
Everything said about government, oldest first
Jun 12, 2023 neutral
Sam Lessin: Frontier sci-fi tech research now comes solely from mega-cap tech
“It's just, like, it's a weird point we are in history where, like, yes, there are these science fiction futures, but they're not coming from academia. They're not coming from non-profits. They're not coming from the government. They are coming from a handful o…”
Jun 12, 2023 bearish
Sam Lessin: Crypto risks harsh regulation without non-Bitcoin consumer use cases
“I think crypto is in a moment where like it's searching for a meaningful use case beyond Bitcoin. I think those exist, but like the timeline is ticking to have those in a way that people care about, or the government gets a lot more free lane to be like, well,…”
Nov 22, 2023 positive
Oct 18, 2024 bearish
Dec 6, 2024 neutral
Dec 20, 2024 bullish
Jan 4, 2025 neutral
Sam Lessin: Crypto risks strict regulation without consumer utility beyond Bitcoin
“I think crypto is in a moment where like it's searching for a meaningful use case beyond Bitcoin. I think those exist, but like the timeline is ticking to have those in a way that people care about, or the government gets a lot more free lane to be like, well,…”
Jan 4, 2025 neutral
Dave Morin: US antitrust slowed Microsoft to "the crawl of the DMV"
“So it's almost like the government operating system showed up inside of Microsoft and slowed it down to like the crawl of the DMV for like 10 years, right? Microsoft, like after the, you know, time period was up, I don't remember how long it was, just like sli…”
Feb 7, 2025 positive
Sep 26, 2025 negative
May 29, 2026 neutral
US government will inevitably secure early access to review frontier models
“Where we seem to be going is the government eventually, one way or the other, having much deeper participation in the, I don't want to call it vetting, but certainly getting an early Access early look into what is being developed.”
Jun 19, 2026 neutral
Jul 10, 2026 negative
Lessin: Altman's government equity offer is damaging regulatory capture
“Sam Altman trying to give five percent of the government to the government for regulatory capture and all this politics is so bad, right? Because all of a sudden it makes the game not a fair and open game that at least you can play with rules. It becomes a gam…”