All In Podcast Episode 175 Recap and Notes April 19 2024

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
• 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