Chamath Palihapitiya

Yeah, it's very fucking strange.

But it's all moving us in a general direction.

And that general direction is access to innovation.

I've said this a lot of times, and if people have heard it before, I apologize.

But if you looked at the human race from afar, if you were something else, you'd say, well, what does this species do?

Well, it makes better things constantly, even if it doesn't need them.

Like, you know, if you have an iPhone, I have a 16, you have a 16.

I have a 17.

I bought it.

I haven't even fucking turned it on.

I haven't plugged it in.

I didn't even bother buying this 17.

Eventually, I'll fucking plug it in and fucking swap everything over and figure out where my fucking passwords are.

But the reality is you don't need it, but you want it, and it's going to keep getting better every year.

Why?

Because that's what we're obsessed with.

This also aligns with materialism.

Like for a finite lifespan, why are people, like including old people, so obsessed with gathering stuff?

Well, because that fuels innovation.

Because if there's no new things coming, there's no motivation to get the newest, latest, greatest thing.