Marc Andreessen

And so, and there's something in the American spirit that just like roars right back to life. And I've seen it before. I actually saw, you know, I saw it as a kid here in the early 80s, you know, because the 70s were like horribly depressing, right, in the US. Like it was, they were a nightmare on many fronts. And in a lot of ways, the last decade to me has felt a lot like the 70s.

Just being mired in misery and just this self-defeating, you know, negative attitude and everybody's upset about everything. And, you know, and then, by the way, like energy crisis and hostage crisis and foreign wars and just demoralization. Right. You know, the low point for. in the 70s was, you know, Jimmy Carter, who just passed away.

Just being mired in misery and just this self-defeating, you know, negative attitude and everybody's upset about everything. And, you know, and then, by the way, like energy crisis and hostage crisis and foreign wars and just demoralization. Right. You know, the low point for. in the 70s was, you know, Jimmy Carter, who just passed away.

Just being mired in misery and just this self-defeating, you know, negative attitude and everybody's upset about everything. And, you know, and then, by the way, like energy crisis and hostage crisis and foreign wars and just demoralization. Right. You know, the low point for. in the 70s was, you know, Jimmy Carter, who just passed away.

He went on TV and he gave this speech known as the malaise speech. And it was like the weakest possible trying to like rouse people back to a sense of like passion completely failed. And, you know, we had the, you know, the hostages in, you know, Iran for, I think, 440 days. And every night on the nightly news, it was, you know, lines around the block, energy crisis, depression, inflation.

He went on TV and he gave this speech known as the malaise speech. And it was like the weakest possible trying to like rouse people back to a sense of like passion completely failed. And, you know, we had the, you know, the hostages in, you know, Iran for, I think, 440 days. And every night on the nightly news, it was, you know, lines around the block, energy crisis, depression, inflation.

He went on TV and he gave this speech known as the malaise speech. And it was like the weakest possible trying to like rouse people back to a sense of like passion completely failed. And, you know, we had the, you know, the hostages in, you know, Iran for, I think, 440 days. And every night on the nightly news, it was, you know, lines around the block, energy crisis, depression, inflation.

And then, you know, Reagan came in and, you know, Reagan was a very controversial character at the time. And, you know, he came in and he's like, yep, nope, it's morning in America. And we're the shining city on the hill and we're going to do it. And he did it and we did it. And the national spirit came roaring back and, you know, roared really hard for a full decade.

And then, you know, Reagan came in and, you know, Reagan was a very controversial character at the time. And, you know, he came in and he's like, yep, nope, it's morning in America. And we're the shining city on the hill and we're going to do it. And he did it and we did it. And the national spirit came roaring back and, you know, roared really hard for a full decade.

And then, you know, Reagan came in and, you know, Reagan was a very controversial character at the time. And, you know, he came in and he's like, yep, nope, it's morning in America. And we're the shining city on the hill and we're going to do it. And he did it and we did it. And the national spirit came roaring back and, you know, roared really hard for a full decade.

And I think that's exactly what I think, you know, we'll see. But I think that's what could happen here.

And I think that's exactly what I think, you know, we'll see. But I think that's what could happen here.

And I think that's exactly what I think, you know, we'll see. But I think that's what could happen here.

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Yeah, that's right. Yeah. And as you know, America has this incredible streak of individualism. Individualism in America probably peaked, I think, between roughly, call it the end of the Civil War, 1865, through to probably call it 1931 or something. And there was this incredible – I mean, that period, we now know that period as the Second Industrial Revolution.

Yeah, that's right. Yeah. And as you know, America has this incredible streak of individualism. Individualism in America probably peaked, I think, between roughly, call it the end of the Civil War, 1865, through to probably call it 1931 or something. And there was this incredible – I mean, that period, we now know that period as the Second Industrial Revolution.

Yeah, that's right. Yeah. And as you know, America has this incredible streak of individualism. Individualism in America probably peaked, I think, between roughly, call it the end of the Civil War, 1865, through to probably call it 1931 or something. And there was this incredible – I mean, that period, we now know that period as the Second Industrial Revolution.

And it's when the United States basically assumed global leadership and basically took over technological and economic leadership from England. Um, and then, you know, that, that led to, you know, ultimately then therefore being able to, you know, not only industrialize the world, but also win world war two and then win the cold war. Um,