Reid Hoffman
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It doesn't mean there aren't challenges. Brexit was a terrible idea. And I think there are challenges. But the notion of how we rejuvenate economies, we go, look, how do we build the economies of the future? And so you can't try to hold on to the economies of the past. You don't want to say, well, I want to be doing coal mining in Newcastle. You're like, no, no.
It doesn't mean there aren't challenges. Brexit was a terrible idea. And I think there are challenges. But the notion of how we rejuvenate economies, we go, look, how do we build the economies of the future? And so you can't try to hold on to the economies of the past. You don't want to say, well, I want to be doing coal mining in Newcastle. You're like, no, no.
It doesn't mean there aren't challenges. Brexit was a terrible idea. And I think there are challenges. But the notion of how we rejuvenate economies, we go, look, how do we build the economies of the future? And so you can't try to hold on to the economies of the past. You don't want to say, well, I want to be doing coal mining in Newcastle. You're like, no, no.
We should be good for those communities and people and try to help them transition, but we need to build the economies of the future. The question is, I think the UK is well positioned to make that progress and make that effort, but it has to be collectively investing in it, enabling it, bringing in talent.
We should be good for those communities and people and try to help them transition, but we need to build the economies of the future. The question is, I think the UK is well positioned to make that progress and make that effort, but it has to be collectively investing in it, enabling it, bringing in talent.
We should be good for those communities and people and try to help them transition, but we need to build the economies of the future. The question is, I think the UK is well positioned to make that progress and make that effort, but it has to be collectively investing in it, enabling it, bringing in talent.
Well, you may have studied this more closely than I have, and so there may not be yet, but I know that the capabilities, the talent, the will is possible. Now we just have to organize and make it happen. I mean, this is part of the thing of, Occasionally, since it's part of my support for Entrepreneur First, I meet with these entrepreneurs. They're great entrepreneurs.
Well, you may have studied this more closely than I have, and so there may not be yet, but I know that the capabilities, the talent, the will is possible. Now we just have to organize and make it happen. I mean, this is part of the thing of, Occasionally, since it's part of my support for Entrepreneur First, I meet with these entrepreneurs. They're great entrepreneurs.
Well, you may have studied this more closely than I have, and so there may not be yet, but I know that the capabilities, the talent, the will is possible. Now we just have to organize and make it happen. I mean, this is part of the thing of, Occasionally, since it's part of my support for Entrepreneur First, I meet with these entrepreneurs. They're great entrepreneurs.
They can create great businesses. We need to enable that. And by the way, once you create great businesses, that then has economy, jobs, revenue, tax revenue, et cetera, et cetera. That's the thing we need to be doing.
They can create great businesses. We need to enable that. And by the way, once you create great businesses, that then has economy, jobs, revenue, tax revenue, et cetera, et cetera. That's the thing we need to be doing.
They can create great businesses. We need to enable that. And by the way, once you create great businesses, that then has economy, jobs, revenue, tax revenue, et cetera, et cetera. That's the thing we need to be doing.
I think it's important to have chip sovereignty within the Western ecosystem. For example, I would be less concerned. I'm an advocate for, I think, what the Biden administration did with the CHIPS Act as a good idea. restart the chips ecosystem in the US is a very good idea.
I think it's important to have chip sovereignty within the Western ecosystem. For example, I would be less concerned. I'm an advocate for, I think, what the Biden administration did with the CHIPS Act as a good idea. restart the chips ecosystem in the US is a very good idea.
I think it's important to have chip sovereignty within the Western ecosystem. For example, I would be less concerned. I'm an advocate for, I think, what the Biden administration did with the CHIPS Act as a good idea. restart the chips ecosystem in the US is a very good idea.
I hope that while I expect that the next administration, because they'll say everything the Biden administration did was terrible, we're tearing it all down, that they'll tear it down in words and then keep doing the work, right, would be my hope. But I would be much less concerned about that if Europe had a good chips industry, because it's within the Western ecosystem and diversified.
I hope that while I expect that the next administration, because they'll say everything the Biden administration did was terrible, we're tearing it all down, that they'll tear it down in words and then keep doing the work, right, would be my hope. But I would be much less concerned about that if Europe had a good chips industry, because it's within the Western ecosystem and diversified.
I hope that while I expect that the next administration, because they'll say everything the Biden administration did was terrible, we're tearing it all down, that they'll tear it down in words and then keep doing the work, right, would be my hope. But I would be much less concerned about that if Europe had a good chips industry, because it's within the Western ecosystem and diversified.
One of the things we learned from COVID is one of the challenges of globalization tends to be the, oh, we resolve to one point of manufacture, but then you're brittle. So when Italy went down with COVID, all of a sudden, the specific medical manufacturer that was oriented there suddenly broke for the rest of the world. So you want...
One of the things we learned from COVID is one of the challenges of globalization tends to be the, oh, we resolve to one point of manufacture, but then you're brittle. So when Italy went down with COVID, all of a sudden, the specific medical manufacturer that was oriented there suddenly broke for the rest of the world. So you want...