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Balaji Srinivasan

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The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

But that's nine years ago.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

But that's good.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So the thing is...

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

This, you know, it's weird that there's so much coverage of like some... Look, obviously, you know, if it bleeds, it leads is one model of what news is.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And unfortunately...

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

They will make it bleed.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Like they'll often cause a conflict to generate the reporting and the content, like set fire to something, sell tickets.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

There's a completely different view of, you know, what the 8 billion people in the world are doing, where not in a naive Pollyanna way, like, oh, why don't we report the good news of, you know, giving a cookie to somebody?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

That's fine.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

I like that too.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Don't get me wrong.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

But we report the stuff, which is, let's call it investable.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Okay.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

The progress in battery, the progress in solar, the progress in nuclear, the progress also in let's call it the resilience economy.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Okay.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

With this crazy hormones thing, everybody's going to be allocating capital from wants to needs.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Okay.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

So how, you know, oil is not simply upstream of transportation, but all kinds of things from sticks.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

It's a, it's a hydrocarbon.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

That's an input to many, many different things down the supply chain, right.