April 19 2024
- Chamath at Breakthrough Prize
- Yuri Milner/Julia Milner + Zuck/Priscilla + Sergey Brin + Ann Wojcicki organize it
- All in Summit
- Google fires protesters
- Protesting deal with Israel/Israeli entity
- Took over office and being disruptive
- ~28 people fired, some were even arrested
- Entitlement or people being brave and willing to live with the consequences?
- Left leaning employees asking Left leaning organizations to be more left leaning
- Right to protest is important - but can’t impede functioning of society
- Might not be so different from Vietnam War for US (this Gaza war for Israel)
- Protesters might be looked at differently over time just like the older supporters were
- Guerilla warfare is also similar
- There are even articles now showing that Israel might not win the war eventually
- Americans also killed millions of vietnamese in the war
- Rules of engagement are quite loose
- Dehumanization happened then, and now again
- NPR controversy
- Katherine Maher became CEO in Jan
- She previously led Wikipedia
- Came into news on April 9 - Uri Berliner wrote op-ed in Free Press criticizing NPR’s hard left turn
- She clapped back
- Chris Rufo started exposing her views and tweets
- How she claims truth is a distraction
- April 16 Berliner was suspended - and then later resigned
- NPR has always been left - no change really
- The only issue is that its government funded - and is partisan
- Katherine Maher became CEO in Jan
- Humane AI pin destroyed by MKBHD
- Reviewers will review, builders will build
- Stop your phone addiction
- Startup R&D tax new law
- Amortizing expenses over 5 years will break lots of startups
- This hurts all kinds of small companies
- How can you not deduct your expenses used to run your business?
- Law passed in 2017
- No innovation will happen in America where we’re taxing it
- Sports betting scandal
- Jontay Porter banned for life by the NBA
- Bestie grifts
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