Samo Burja
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first heard Jun 2026
last heard 12 Jun
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Countries like Sweden and Denmark used to understand this.
This is why they had an export-driven system.
That's why Sweden isn't just the land of welfare.
It's the land of capitalism, right?
This is much...
the country of IKEA as it is the country of, you know, free healthcare.
And IKEA is like, you know, globally innovative logistics company.
I think that if we want the United States welfare state to continue, I think this would be a better long-term decision.
I don't think politicians are good at making long-term decisions, but maybe something pettier, maybe something like, you know, the emerging bipartisan corruption consensus.
will incentivize office holders to give corporate handouts to companies that are likelier to be profitable rather than just give it to the dole.
I mean, we always do punish profitability, but I do think that investments in infrastructure build out are a positive.
So let's just be very frank.
The reason I think that perhaps Sam Altman is floating this is that not only does it position his company as the company that's more benevolent to the general public than Anthropic, making an offer Anthropic has not made,
It sort of improves their PR on the margin, right?
It sort of vies for the position of least disfavored AI company.
There's a way in which there's like a big AI wave and a big anti wave of sentiment, right?
Sentiment that is opposed to AI.
And in a way, Anthropic has positioned itself as the least bad company, right?
That was also related to the papal statements we saw about two weeks ago, that, you know, picture of Chris Ulla talking with the Pope and commiserating how, you know, possibly AI is bad for inequality, right?
That makes the bleeding hearts like you.
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