Marc Andreessen

And so I just think in practice, this region is gonna be more central than it's been.

And so I just think in practice, this region is gonna be more central than it's been.

In the next decade, it'll be more central than it's been in the last 50 years.

In the next decade, it'll be more central than it's been in the last 50 years.

I'm a lot more optimistic than I was two years ago, and I'm a lot less optimistic than I was 20 years ago.

I'm a lot more optimistic than I was two years ago, and I'm a lot less optimistic than I was 20 years ago.

There is something magical in the American, I don't know what you want to call it, gestalt, character, psyche.

There is something magical in the American, I don't know what you want to call it, gestalt, character, psyche.

Quite honestly, a lot of it is the inflow of people from all over the world, and a lot of that is the great Europeans who have moved here over the last 400 years.

Quite honestly, a lot of it is the inflow of people from all over the world, and a lot of that is the great Europeans who have moved here over the last 400 years.

There's something about having a country that is this big and this powerful and this kind of, let's say, lucky and blessed in its geographics and its natural resources and size and scale and all the rest of it that nevertheless is incredibly dynamic and has risk-taking at the core of its DNA.

There's something about having a country that is this big and this powerful and this kind of, let's say, lucky and blessed in its geographics and its natural resources and size and scale and all the rest of it that nevertheless is incredibly dynamic and has risk-taking at the core of its DNA.

and a willingness and a history of like throwing the harpoon at like really big bets in extremely aggressive ways.

and a willingness and a history of like throwing the harpoon at like really big bets in extremely aggressive ways.

And there's just something amazing about that.

And there's just something amazing about that.

And, you know, you always kind of worry, or at least I was kind of, you know, I was kind of worried that that's diminishing and kind of, you know, there's this term managerialism I use a lot, but it's always kind of worried that everything's just becoming managerial, everything's becoming bureaucratic, everything's becoming stale.

And, you know, you always kind of worry, or at least I was kind of, you know, I was kind of worried that that's diminishing and kind of, you know, there's this term managerialism I use a lot, but it's always kind of worried that everything's just becoming managerial, everything's becoming bureaucratic, everything's becoming stale.

And there's certainly, you know, lots of aspects of the US in which that's true.

And there's certainly, you know, lots of aspects of the US in which that's true.