Mark Andreessen

But this Iran war, I think, is even beyond what I thought we'd be at 14, 15 months in.

So everything is worse.

I can't think of a single area of public life where things are not as bad as we thought they would be and are, in fact, worse than they would be.

And I think that's also partly to do with the fact that he surrounded himself with the worst people, right?

We are in a truly cacistocratic age, governed by the worst people, worst people morally, worst people intellectually, worst people politically.

you and I and everyone else who supported him, you wrote speeches for him, I campaigned for him.

I mean, we're implicated in this for sure.

Yes.

It's not enough to say, well, I changed my mind or like, oh, this is bad, I'm out.

It's like in very small ways, but in real ways, you and me and millions of people like us are the reason this is happening right now.

Yes.

So I do think it's like a moment to wrestle with our own consciences.

you know, will be tormented by it for a long time.

I will be.

And I want to say I'm sorry for misleading people.

It was not intentional.

That's all I'll say.

You can hear a lot about it. And I talk a lot about it on NextUp on my podcast. So if you want to hear even more, Batya and I are going to talk about it. But highlights, no huge news. It was 11 in the morning, not 11 at night. He looked his age, but he was not incoherent. Yeah, he was. No one would look at that and say he's deteriorated even more. Yes, he is.

You can hear a lot about it. And I talk a lot about it on NextUp on my podcast. So if you want to hear even more, Batya and I are going to talk about it. But highlights, no huge news. It was 11 in the morning, not 11 at night. He looked his age, but he was not incoherent. Yeah, he was. No one would look at that and say he's deteriorated even more. Yes, he is.

You can hear a lot about it. And I talk a lot about it on NextUp on my podcast. So if you want to hear even more, Batya and I are going to talk about it. But highlights, no huge news. It was 11 in the morning, not 11 at night. He looked his age, but he was not incoherent. Yeah, he was. No one would look at that and say he's deteriorated even more. Yes, he is.