Marc Andreessen

In the last four years, overwhelmingly, the answer to your question is politics. In the last four years, overwhelmingly, the biggest issue that we had was government. That was very bizarre and disconcerting to me when it first started because I wasn't used to it. And I had never viewed us as being involved in politics or being partisan or really, we were not in Washington trying to curry favor.

In the last four years, overwhelmingly, the answer to your question is politics. In the last four years, overwhelmingly, the biggest issue that we had was government. That was very bizarre and disconcerting to me when it first started because I wasn't used to it. And I had never viewed us as being involved in politics or being partisan or really, we were not in Washington trying to curry favor.

We were not trying to get subsidies, but we also didn't think we had to do anything to avoid getting stepped on. And then that just radically changed. That's the single biggest thing. You're probably well aware at this point, or your listeners are well aware, the policy implications on crypto were just devastating for the last five years. FinTech also extremely damaging.

We were not trying to get subsidies, but we also didn't think we had to do anything to avoid getting stepped on. And then that just radically changed. That's the single biggest thing. You're probably well aware at this point, or your listeners are well aware, the policy implications on crypto were just devastating for the last five years. FinTech also extremely damaging.

Social media got tremendously stomped on by the state, which led to all the censorship stuff. And then AI, I've spoken at other places about what they were basically going to do to AI. For the last four years, I've just been in this bizarre situation where it's like my main enemy is my own government, which is very, very strange.

Social media got tremendously stomped on by the state, which led to all the censorship stuff. And then AI, I've spoken at other places about what they were basically going to do to AI. For the last four years, I've just been in this bizarre situation where it's like my main enemy is my own government, which is very, very strange.

And by the way, talk about accelerating my evolution from an elite into a counter elite. Yeah. It's like, OK, if they hate me and want to destroy me, it makes the call relatively easy for what I need to do.

And by the way, talk about accelerating my evolution from an elite into a counter elite. Yeah. It's like, OK, if they hate me and want to destroy me, it makes the call relatively easy for what I need to do.

It was sort of coincidental with a national mood shift, probably between I would describe it between kind of 2013 and 2017, which is I grew up politically. I'm like a child of the 90s. I happen to be at business at that point and high profile. So I knew Clinton and Gore quite well. And I was sort of just a default Clinton Gore Democrat. I It was great.

It was sort of coincidental with a national mood shift, probably between I would describe it between kind of 2013 and 2017, which is I grew up politically. I'm like a child of the 90s. I happen to be at business at that point and high profile. So I knew Clinton and Gore quite well. And I was sort of just a default Clinton Gore Democrat. I It was great.

It was what I call the deal with a capital D, which is, yeah, you're a Democrat, but the Democrats are pro-business. They're pro-tech. They're pro-startup. Clinton and Gore love Silicon Valley. They love new technologies. They were always thrilled to see what we were doing. They were incredibly supportive. They would try to help us if other countries came at us or whatever.

It was what I call the deal with a capital D, which is, yeah, you're a Democrat, but the Democrats are pro-business. They're pro-tech. They're pro-startup. Clinton and Gore love Silicon Valley. They love new technologies. They were always thrilled to see what we were doing. They were incredibly supportive. They would try to help us if other countries came at us or whatever.

They would try to help us and support us. And yeah, it was great. You could be a pro-business, pro-tech Democrat. It was great. You could make a bunch of money. People would write all these great articles about you. And then you give all the money away and you're a philanthropist and it's great.

They would try to help us and support us. And yeah, it was great. You could be a pro-business, pro-tech Democrat. It was great. You could make a bunch of money. People would write all these great articles about you. And then you give all the money away and you're a philanthropist and it's great.

You die and your obituary says he was a great entrepreneur and a great philanthropist and everything is wonderful. Basically, that deal collapsed starting in 2013. Specifically, every single part of that deal collapsed in 2013, including when a lot of the political system turned on philanthropy, which I found to be probably the most amazing thing of all.

You die and your obituary says he was a great entrepreneur and a great philanthropist and everything is wonderful. Basically, that deal collapsed starting in 2013. Specifically, every single part of that deal collapsed in 2013, including when a lot of the political system turned on philanthropy, which I found to be probably the most amazing thing of all.

It turns out philanthropy is evil if you haven't been updated on this yet, because the correct role of money is it should all go to the government and the government should hand it out. They created a slur in 2013 called Philanthrocapitalism.

It turns out philanthropy is evil if you haven't been updated on this yet, because the correct role of money is it should all go to the government and the government should hand it out. They created a slur in 2013 called Philanthrocapitalism.

Basically, these rich people who think that they can make private choices of how they give away money as opposed to letting the government do it and that that's evil. Basically, every aspect of that deal between, let's call it the tech elites and the democratic elites, broke down. That showed up in a thousand ways, but it showed up as press coverage.

Basically, these rich people who think that they can make private choices of how they give away money as opposed to letting the government do it and that that's evil. Basically, every aspect of that deal between, let's call it the tech elites and the democratic elites, broke down. That showed up in a thousand ways, but it showed up as press coverage.