Marc Andreessen

Yeah, I mean, look, I've been through kind of every version of this myself.

Yeah, I mean, look, I've been through kind of every version of this myself.

There's a famous F. Scott Fitzgerald line where he said in the 1920s, where he said, you know, author of The Great Gatsby, and he said, there are no second acts in American lives.

There's a famous F. Scott Fitzgerald line where he said in the 1920s, where he said, you know, author of The Great Gatsby, and he said, there are no second acts in American lives.

You get one shot and that's it.

You get one shot and that's it.

And fortunately, I think like he was very, very, very deeply wrong about that.

And fortunately, I think like he was very, very, very deeply wrong about that.

And I think he was definitely wrong about that for American lives.

And I think he was definitely wrong about that for American lives.

And I think he was generally wrong about that for lives, at least elsewhere in the West.

And I think he was generally wrong about that for lives, at least elsewhere in the West.

Maybe a little bit less so in Europe, but I think still, you know, more than not.

Maybe a little bit less so in Europe, but I think still, you know, more than not.

Anyway, the point being like, I mean, look...

Anyway, the point being like, I mean, look...

somebody once told me there are two great stories uh oh the glory of it and oh the shame of it and so oh the glory of it is like the story of great success oh the shame of it is a story of like great disaster but then the even better version of it is oh the glory of it followed by oh the shame of it followed by oh the glory of it right and so the recovery

somebody once told me there are two great stories uh oh the glory of it and oh the shame of it and so oh the glory of it is like the story of great success oh the shame of it is a story of like great disaster but then the even better version of it is oh the glory of it followed by oh the shame of it followed by oh the glory of it right and so the recovery

And, you know, getting back up on your feet and then reachieving and rebuilding.

And, you know, getting back up on your feet and then reachieving and rebuilding.