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Anish Acharya

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2269 total appearances

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The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

But I think there's no ceiling on human desire.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

There's no ceiling on company ambition.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

And so far we're seeing it as like companies doing more versus, hey, let's do the same amount with less people.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Right.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

So we'll have to see.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

I also think on the UBI point, like the thing that I think we need more than UBI if we ever get to that place is universal basic purpose.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

And the way you actually get the French Revolution is less that people don't have enough money, that's part of it, and more that people don't have something important to work on.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Like everybody's got to feel like they're on a hero's journey.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Right.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

And even if it's a little, I mean, look, arguably we both have fake jobs right now.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

So even if it's a little bit contrived, I think that we have to make sure people have a sense of purpose in addition to the means to kind of go achieve it.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Where do you think that's going to come from?

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Again, I think there's no ceiling on human desire.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

I think people are going to want vacation homes on Mars.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

I think people are going to like, you know, companies are going to be doing more ambitious things.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

We're going to have 100x more skyscrapers.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Like the history of all technology is it increases productivity and it also increases human desire.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

You've heard this thing of like luxuries become commodities, right?

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Therapy was considered a weird luxury 50 years ago.

The a16z Show
Network Effects, AI Costs, and the Future of Consumer Investing with Anish Acharya on The Kevin Rose Show

Now therapy is an expectation.