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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

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