Joe Lonsdale

But I mean, in theory, there's things like that hopefully we could do. But yeah, you don't want a war up there.

My wife, Taylor, and I are very traditional, but we love having six kids. We're probably done. That's probably enough. But that's really the most important thing in my life. We're running our firm. We're doing all sorts of new things in AI, backing great entrepreneurs. There's amazing companies in construction, doing things in bio.

My wife, Taylor, and I are very traditional, but we love having six kids. We're probably done. That's probably enough. But that's really the most important thing in my life. We're running our firm. We're doing all sorts of new things in AI, backing great entrepreneurs. There's amazing companies in construction, doing things in bio.

My wife, Taylor, and I are very traditional, but we love having six kids. We're probably done. That's probably enough. But that's really the most important thing in my life. We're running our firm. We're doing all sorts of new things in AI, backing great entrepreneurs. There's amazing companies in construction, doing things in bio.

I think there's a lot of ways we could save a lot of lives with the breakthroughs in bio, especially applying it to things that cure rare diseases and help young kids there. I think there's a lot of new ways of doing gene editing with plasmids and stuff that could treat rare diseases that right now kill kids very young.

I think there's a lot of ways we could save a lot of lives with the breakthroughs in bio, especially applying it to things that cure rare diseases and help young kids there. I think there's a lot of new ways of doing gene editing with plasmids and stuff that could treat rare diseases that right now kill kids very young.

I think there's a lot of ways we could save a lot of lives with the breakthroughs in bio, especially applying it to things that cure rare diseases and help young kids there. I think there's a lot of new ways of doing gene editing with plasmids and stuff that could treat rare diseases that right now kill kids very young.

And so I think there's tens of thousands of children we could save with stuff there. So there's a lot of promising things there. And then, you know, on the nonprofit side, I have the university, which I'm really passionate about. We have getting so many amazing young students there and partnering with them on things. And then I have my policy work. We have teams in 20 states at Cicero.

And so I think there's tens of thousands of children we could save with stuff there. So there's a lot of promising things there. And then, you know, on the nonprofit side, I have the university, which I'm really passionate about. We have getting so many amazing young students there and partnering with them on things. And then I have my policy work. We have teams in 20 states at Cicero.

And so I think there's tens of thousands of children we could save with stuff there. So there's a lot of promising things there. And then, you know, on the nonprofit side, I have the university, which I'm really passionate about. We have getting so many amazing young students there and partnering with them on things. And then I have my policy work. We have teams in 20 states at Cicero.

And we're just trying to make government smarter and dynamic and less stupid.

And we're just trying to make government smarter and dynamic and less stupid.

And we're just trying to make government smarter and dynamic and less stupid.

I can't help it. I can't help it. There are good people, but it's just like, I'll give you just one example. Like, let's say we all agree we want... middle-class, working-class people who maybe they're not going to be like the top investor entrepreneur, but they want to have a good job. They want to have a good vocational job with skills.

I can't help it. I can't help it. There are good people, but it's just like, I'll give you just one example. Like, let's say we all agree we want... middle-class, working-class people who maybe they're not going to be like the top investor entrepreneur, but they want to have a good job. They want to have a good vocational job with skills.

I can't help it. I can't help it. There are good people, but it's just like, I'll give you just one example. Like, let's say we all agree we want... middle-class, working-class people who maybe they're not going to be like the top investor entrepreneur, but they want to have a good job. They want to have a good vocational job with skills.

Anyone with the right teaching could get like a high-end vocational job if they're willing to work, right? And some of these jobs pay $100K, $120K, great stuff. And so all these states all have vocational schools. And the problem is a lot of these vocational schools are terrible. And so what do you do? Well, here, you know, average politician is like, let's give them more money.

Anyone with the right teaching could get like a high-end vocational job if they're willing to work, right? And some of these jobs pay $100K, $120K, great stuff. And so all these states all have vocational schools. And the problem is a lot of these vocational schools are terrible. And so what do you do? Well, here, you know, average politician is like, let's give them more money.

Anyone with the right teaching could get like a high-end vocational job if they're willing to work, right? And some of these jobs pay $100K, $120K, great stuff. And so all these states all have vocational schools. And the problem is a lot of these vocational schools are terrible. And so what do you do? Well, here, you know, average politician is like, let's give them more money.

If there's an idiot guy running it, it's looking at not doing well. So how do you help the 100,000 people coming out of these schools? Well, here's one. I'll tell you how you do it. You say, okay, there's 27 high-end technical vocational schools in Texas. We're going to only give them money in proportion to the salaries of the students coming out. That's not something they can gain.