Reid Hoffman
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And just along with my saying, the world is flat, expert opinion comes up and says, hey, by the way, if you're listening to this, you should also consider that expert opinion says this is totally false, right? And so it allows you freedom of speech, but it then allows a collective learning system. And it says, I would prefer that, but we need to get there through a democratic process.
I was never a client of Jeffrey Epstein's. I never had anything directly to do with Epstein. Everything I did was fundraising for MIT. My mistake, which I publicly apologize for, is I relied on MIT's vetting. to say, hey, we vetted him and it's okay to do this. I obviously regret that. I've issued an apology about burnishing brands because the damage to victims and other kinds of things.
I was never a client of Jeffrey Epstein's. I never had anything directly to do with Epstein. Everything I did was fundraising for MIT. My mistake, which I publicly apologize for, is I relied on MIT's vetting. to say, hey, we vetted him and it's okay to do this. I obviously regret that. I've issued an apology about burnishing brands because the damage to victims and other kinds of things.
I was never a client of Jeffrey Epstein's. I never had anything directly to do with Epstein. Everything I did was fundraising for MIT. My mistake, which I publicly apologize for, is I relied on MIT's vetting. to say, hey, we vetted him and it's okay to do this. I obviously regret that. I've issued an apology about burnishing brands because the damage to victims and other kinds of things.
But of course, the modern age is such that these things get reported and so then have a media impulse. So you have to be responsive to that.
But of course, the modern age is such that these things get reported and so then have a media impulse. So you have to be responsive to that.
But of course, the modern age is such that these things get reported and so then have a media impulse. So you have to be responsive to that.
Yes, exactly. And the funny thing is, is the right wing says woke is cancel culture. And yet that's the shit they do. It's, of course, normally so destructive. I'm very careful about the things I say. I only say them when I have some ground for evidence that I can speak publicly to, that I can have other people validate why it is I'm saying it, right? That kind of thing.
Yes, exactly. And the funny thing is, is the right wing says woke is cancel culture. And yet that's the shit they do. It's, of course, normally so destructive. I'm very careful about the things I say. I only say them when I have some ground for evidence that I can speak publicly to, that I can have other people validate why it is I'm saying it, right? That kind of thing.
Yes, exactly. And the funny thing is, is the right wing says woke is cancel culture. And yet that's the shit they do. It's, of course, normally so destructive. I'm very careful about the things I say. I only say them when I have some ground for evidence that I can speak publicly to, that I can have other people validate why it is I'm saying it, right? That kind of thing.
That's the standard that we should all hold ourselves to.
That's the standard that we should all hold ourselves to.
That's the standard that we should all hold ourselves to.
So one of the things, in addition to quantum computing, which we already talked about, one of the things that I've been looking at is what other areas are people not paying nearly enough attention to that AI will make a huge difference for the human condition. And drug discovery is a really important one.
So one of the things, in addition to quantum computing, which we already talked about, one of the things that I've been looking at is what other areas are people not paying nearly enough attention to that AI will make a huge difference for the human condition. And drug discovery is a really important one.
So one of the things, in addition to quantum computing, which we already talked about, one of the things that I've been looking at is what other areas are people not paying nearly enough attention to that AI will make a huge difference for the human condition. And drug discovery is a really important one.
How you use drug discovery as we invent new drugs for really key things like cancer, those will make a huge difference to the quality of human life, to lives saved, and to the economics. So we spend an enormous amount of our economic budget on medicine, and we'll have a huge saving there. I've been working on the intersection of bio and computing for over a decade now.
How you use drug discovery as we invent new drugs for really key things like cancer, those will make a huge difference to the quality of human life, to lives saved, and to the economics. So we spend an enormous amount of our economic budget on medicine, and we'll have a huge saving there. I've been working on the intersection of bio and computing for over a decade now.
How you use drug discovery as we invent new drugs for really key things like cancer, those will make a huge difference to the quality of human life, to lives saved, and to the economics. So we spend an enormous amount of our economic budget on medicine, and we'll have a huge saving there. I've been working on the intersection of bio and computing for over a decade now.
Now is the time with AI that we will start seeing amazing new products.