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December 15 2023 Bestie mullet Friedberg Holiday Party Epic Games vs Google Google App Store $50B/year revenue Apple App Store $85B/year revenue Google apparently did sweetheart deals with other developers Epic didn’t press for damages Google apparently deleted employee chat logs that were relevant Epic went after them direct because Google would win in anti-trust court OpenAI deal with Alex Springer AI models being sued for using copyright material Deal isn’t about fair use and training - its able to access data behind a paywall FCC vs Starlink Brendan Carr dissented Sitting member of the FCC is telling the public about this political harassment - unprecedented FCC is pre-emptively judging the service 3 years ahead Nixon was attacked for having an enemies list This country is engaging in political harassment Look at actions Biden says something like “we need to look into this guy” Elon wasn’t invited to the EV summit Biden is a union guy and won’t support a

December 7 2023 Tucker episode feedback was great Ivy League antisemitism hearings Harvard has abysmal record on free speech (see FIRE survey results) Victim groups vs oppressor groups Donors were OK to donate to universities when they didn’t realize whether they were in the oppressor or victim group What if other ethnic groups were targeted? Can be traced back to when USNews and World Report started ranking schools - these schools started chasing asset management - learning became secondary Mission of these universities has been lost Color blindness is now considered racism Was the civil rights movement’s basic tenet TBD if these leaders will get fired Kids and parents have to decide whether they want to go to these schools State of the economy Only in the US is feeling tied to politics but not reality Are wages keeping up with inflation? If there is a quarter point interest rate cut, $1T out of $5.7T sitting in money market accounts will become active SaaS

December 1 2023 Tucker joins the Pod! Not sure why he was fired from Fox News Doesn’t remember ever being told to not cover something against a particular company, etc Acknowledges it was their company and they had the right to do that Doesn’t really feel he has anything to complain about regarding his experience there - he felt like he had a lot of freedom Views on state of American society Doesn’t regard it as a real democracy Feels a small class of people have disproportionate influence on society conversations become more inane as the problems get bigger From personal experience can see that society is focusing on small problems that it thinks it can control instead of the real issues Priorities for America National cohesion - can we all agree on what does it mean to be an American? Thinks too much change too fast is not healthy for society Some people can deal with it but most people can’t Admires how China resists change due to this philosophy That’s why soci