Marc Andreessen

As you know, so much of our politics have to do now with the nature of Western cultures and what it means to immigration, all the different debates around that and so forth. And so to me, it's been the most informative book to try to understand. how to think about cultures.

As you know, so much of our politics have to do now with the nature of Western cultures and what it means to immigration, all the different debates around that and so forth. And so to me, it's been the most informative book to try to understand. how to think about cultures.

Good. Thank you, Patrick. Awesome.

Good. Thank you, Patrick. Awesome.

The roaring 20s. The roaring 20s. The roaring 20s. I mean, look, couple things. It is remarkable over the last several years with all of the issues, including, you know, not just everything in politics, but also COVID and every other thing that's happened. It's really amazing. The United States just kept growing. If you just look at economic growth charts, the U.S. just kept growing.

The roaring 20s. The roaring 20s. The roaring 20s. I mean, look, couple things. It is remarkable over the last several years with all of the issues, including, you know, not just everything in politics, but also COVID and every other thing that's happened. It's really amazing. The United States just kept growing. If you just look at economic growth charts, the U.S. just kept growing.

The roaring 20s. The roaring 20s. The roaring 20s. I mean, look, couple things. It is remarkable over the last several years with all of the issues, including, you know, not just everything in politics, but also COVID and every other thing that's happened. It's really amazing. The United States just kept growing. If you just look at economic growth charts, the U.S. just kept growing.

And very significantly, many other countries stopped growing. So Canada stopped growing. The U.K. stopped growing. Germany stopped growing. And, you know, some of those countries may be actually going backwards at this point. And there's a very long discussion to be had about what's wrong with those countries. And there's, of course, plenty of things that are wrong with our country. But the U.S.

And very significantly, many other countries stopped growing. So Canada stopped growing. The U.K. stopped growing. Germany stopped growing. And, you know, some of those countries may be actually going backwards at this point. And there's a very long discussion to be had about what's wrong with those countries. And there's, of course, plenty of things that are wrong with our country. But the U.S.

And very significantly, many other countries stopped growing. So Canada stopped growing. The U.K. stopped growing. Germany stopped growing. And, you know, some of those countries may be actually going backwards at this point. And there's a very long discussion to be had about what's wrong with those countries. And there's, of course, plenty of things that are wrong with our country. But the U.S.

is just flat out primed for growth. And I think that's a consequence of many factors, you know, some of which were lucky and some of which through hard work. And so the lucky part is just, you know, number one, you know, we just have like incredible physical security by being our own continent. We have incredible natural resources.

is just flat out primed for growth. And I think that's a consequence of many factors, you know, some of which were lucky and some of which through hard work. And so the lucky part is just, you know, number one, you know, we just have like incredible physical security by being our own continent. We have incredible natural resources.

is just flat out primed for growth. And I think that's a consequence of many factors, you know, some of which were lucky and some of which through hard work. And so the lucky part is just, you know, number one, you know, we just have like incredible physical security by being our own continent. We have incredible natural resources.

There's this running joke now that whenever it looks like the US is going to run out of some rare earth material, some farmer in North Dakota kicks over a hay bale and finds a $2 trillion deposit. We're just blessed with geography and with natural resources. We can be energy independent anytime we want. This last administration decided they didn't want to be.

There's this running joke now that whenever it looks like the US is going to run out of some rare earth material, some farmer in North Dakota kicks over a hay bale and finds a $2 trillion deposit. We're just blessed with geography and with natural resources. We can be energy independent anytime we want. This last administration decided they didn't want to be.

There's this running joke now that whenever it looks like the US is going to run out of some rare earth material, some farmer in North Dakota kicks over a hay bale and finds a $2 trillion deposit. We're just blessed with geography and with natural resources. We can be energy independent anytime we want. This last administration decided they didn't want to be.

They wanted to turn off American energy. This new administration has declared that they have a goal of turning it on in a dramatic way. There's no question we can be energy dependent. We can be a giant net energy exporter. It's purely a question of choice, and I think the new administration is going to do that. Oh, and then I would say two other things.

They wanted to turn off American energy. This new administration has declared that they have a goal of turning it on in a dramatic way. There's no question we can be energy dependent. We can be a giant net energy exporter. It's purely a question of choice, and I think the new administration is going to do that. Oh, and then I would say two other things.

They wanted to turn off American energy. This new administration has declared that they have a goal of turning it on in a dramatic way. There's no question we can be energy dependent. We can be a giant net energy exporter. It's purely a question of choice, and I think the new administration is going to do that. Oh, and then I would say two other things.

One is we are the beneficiaries, and you're an example of this. We're a beneficiary. We're the beneficiary of, you know, 50, 100, 200 years of like the basically most aggressive, driven, smartest people in the world, most capable people, you know, moving to the US and raising their kids here.