Joe Lonsdale
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is uh exactly you gotta you gotta you gotta make things you gotta make things much much much cheaper and better and then change the incentives around have it be more like a software thing not like a you know not like a thing where you're just selling as many as possible at six percent i mean you gotta that brings up a whole another topic i mean what about your personal security i'm genuinely curious i mean you've got to be off you know lockheed
is uh exactly you gotta you gotta you gotta make things you gotta make things much much much cheaper and better and then change the incentives around have it be more like a software thing not like a you know not like a thing where you're just selling as many as possible at six percent i mean you gotta that brings up a whole another topic i mean what about your personal security i'm genuinely curious i mean you've got to be off you know lockheed
is uh exactly you gotta you gotta you gotta make things you gotta make things much much much cheaper and better and then change the incentives around have it be more like a software thing not like a you know not like a thing where you're just selling as many as possible at six percent i mean you gotta that brings up a whole another topic i mean what about your personal security i'm genuinely curious i mean you've got to be off you know lockheed
I thought you meant killing all the terrorists. I think the guy who runs Lockheed, Jim, he ran American Tower. He's a great businessman. He's not from the military industrial complex himself. He's been brought in to figure it out and fix some things because there's some things that are broken there. He seems like an honorable guy to me.
I thought you meant killing all the terrorists. I think the guy who runs Lockheed, Jim, he ran American Tower. He's a great businessman. He's not from the military industrial complex himself. He's been brought in to figure it out and fix some things because there's some things that are broken there. He seems like an honorable guy to me.
I thought you meant killing all the terrorists. I think the guy who runs Lockheed, Jim, he ran American Tower. He's a great businessman. He's not from the military industrial complex himself. He's been brought in to figure it out and fix some things because there's some things that are broken there. He seems like an honorable guy to me.
I don't think those kind of guys are... Let's be honest, I'm a step down from... Peter Thiel and Alex Karp and Fain. They're both 15 years older than me. They're both important mentors to me. They're my co-founders. I think they're the ones who have more security than me. We have my security guy outside. I'm not that worried, though.
I don't think those kind of guys are... Let's be honest, I'm a step down from... Peter Thiel and Alex Karp and Fain. They're both 15 years older than me. They're both important mentors to me. They're my co-founders. I think they're the ones who have more security than me. We have my security guy outside. I'm not that worried, though.
I don't think those kind of guys are... Let's be honest, I'm a step down from... Peter Thiel and Alex Karp and Fain. They're both 15 years older than me. They're both important mentors to me. They're my co-founders. I think they're the ones who have more security than me. We have my security guy outside. I'm not that worried, though.
It's interesting, though. In this case, I think it's not the right way to think about it because it's not like there's some evil genius behind Raytheon or something. Raytheon is like a conglomeration of... of all of this stuff that merged together in the 90s. There were some great families, great people, maybe in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, who created some of this stuff.
It's interesting, though. In this case, I think it's not the right way to think about it because it's not like there's some evil genius behind Raytheon or something. Raytheon is like a conglomeration of... of all of this stuff that merged together in the 90s. There were some great families, great people, maybe in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, who created some of this stuff.
It's interesting, though. In this case, I think it's not the right way to think about it because it's not like there's some evil genius behind Raytheon or something. Raytheon is like a conglomeration of... of all of this stuff that merged together in the 90s. There were some great families, great people, maybe in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, who created some of this stuff.
And back then, by the way, it was legit. It was the best stuff in the world. And so you have this conglomeration, and then you have all these bureaucrats and all these committees. And the problem with the military industrial people is they become more like the broken bureaucracy in government. And these bureaucrats... They're mostly cowards.
And back then, by the way, it was legit. It was the best stuff in the world. And so you have this conglomeration, and then you have all these bureaucrats and all these committees. And the problem with the military industrial people is they become more like the broken bureaucracy in government. And these bureaucrats... They're mostly cowards.
And back then, by the way, it was legit. It was the best stuff in the world. And so you have this conglomeration, and then you have all these bureaucrats and all these committees. And the problem with the military industrial people is they become more like the broken bureaucracy in government. And these bureaucrats... They're mostly cowards.
They're mostly people who just automatically want to fill out more forms. They want to go along with whatever's safe. I think part of the problem with these companies is the fact that they're actually not bold, and they're not thoughtful, and they're not courageous. I'm not really afraid of the bureaucrats. I'm kind of just disgusted by them.
They're mostly people who just automatically want to fill out more forms. They want to go along with whatever's safe. I think part of the problem with these companies is the fact that they're actually not bold, and they're not thoughtful, and they're not courageous. I'm not really afraid of the bureaucrats. I'm kind of just disgusted by them.
They're mostly people who just automatically want to fill out more forms. They want to go along with whatever's safe. I think part of the problem with these companies is the fact that they're actually not bold, and they're not thoughtful, and they're not courageous. I'm not really afraid of the bureaucrats. I'm kind of just disgusted by them.
Brothers, sisters? I'm the oldest of three boys. I have two amazing younger brothers. I was with one of them yesterday in Miami. They both live in Austin, although one of them spends a lot of time in Asia. Right on. What did you grow up doing? What were your hobbies? A lot of sports, a lot of video games. What kind of sports? I was a baseball player. I was a swimmer.
Brothers, sisters? I'm the oldest of three boys. I have two amazing younger brothers. I was with one of them yesterday in Miami. They both live in Austin, although one of them spends a lot of time in Asia. Right on. What did you grow up doing? What were your hobbies? A lot of sports, a lot of video games. What kind of sports? I was a baseball player. I was a swimmer.