Marc Andreessen

Well, so there is this, I mean, no one just talked geopolitics the whole time, but there is this really fascinating, as you know, the big difference, the American constitutional system versus the European kind of parliamentary system.

There is this thing where when an American president becomes deeply unpopular, he sinks down to like 40% approval rating.

There is this thing where when an American president becomes deeply unpopular, he sinks down to like 40% approval rating.

When a European politician becomes unpopular, he gets down to like 6%.

When a European politician becomes unpopular, he gets down to like 6%.

Yeah.

Yeah.

They start at 40 and they just nosedive straight to six.

They start at 40 and they just nosedive straight to six.

And so, I don't know, I always look at that and I'm kind of like, wow, if you know that your default path is to go from 40 to six, like maybe it's time to try something different.

And so, I don't know, I always look at that and I'm kind of like, wow, if you know that your default path is to go from 40 to six, like maybe it's time to try something different.

The question that I answered before of like concentration in Silicon Valley is like the main line companies building AI.

The question that I answered before of like concentration in Silicon Valley is like the main line companies building AI.

Google and OpenAI and Anthropic and Meta and, you know, XAI, like Silicon Valley, right?

Google and OpenAI and Anthropic and Meta and, you know, XAI, like Silicon Valley, right?

So that's true for sure.

So that's true for sure.

But I think there's a second phase to it, which again, I'm like very excited about.

But I think there's a second phase to it, which again, I'm like very excited about.

And the second phase, which relates to your new question, the second phase is I think the benefits of AI, the power of AI diffuses out globally, like to a degree people are really not expecting.