Podcast Appearances
Everything's incredibly... I don't know that things are messaged the right way. The whole Doge thing is a little bit of a fiasco because the messaging seemed off. Like nobody was out... really talking about what they were doing and why they were doing it. You know, I don't know how well this works, you know? I mean, you have a very integrated global economy.
Everything's incredibly... I don't know that things are messaged the right way. The whole Doge thing is a little bit of a fiasco because the messaging seemed off. Like nobody was out... really talking about what they were doing and why they were doing it. You know, I don't know how well this works, you know? I mean, you have a very integrated global economy.
You guys know more about that than I do. Are you able to unwind that? And if you do, you have to unwind it in certain areas and certain areas you're going to have to allow to probably remain relatively stable and consistent, right? I mean, if you listen to Ray Dalio, he talks about like, a disaster coming with monetary policy, right?
You guys know more about that than I do. Are you able to unwind that? And if you do, you have to unwind it in certain areas and certain areas you're going to have to allow to probably remain relatively stable and consistent, right? I mean, if you listen to Ray Dalio, he talks about like, a disaster coming with monetary policy, right?
The whole unwinding of these economic and political structures kind of happening at once. I don't know. I think Americans do overconsume a lot of crap. I think cheap goods aren't necessarily the highest quality organizing principle of life. I think people have been sold the idea that cheap goods are more important than having a stable, functioning job and family.
The whole unwinding of these economic and political structures kind of happening at once. I don't know. I think Americans do overconsume a lot of crap. I think cheap goods aren't necessarily the highest quality organizing principle of life. I think people have been sold the idea that cheap goods are more important than having a stable, functioning job and family.
I think the gig economy has been sold to Americans as a way to offer them freedom and really in chaos at the expense of the stability that used to come with, you know, a job with benefits that you stayed in for, you know, but the other component to that is, you know, We have to make sure that, like, you know, we don't have skyrocketing prices that completely decimate people either.
I think the gig economy has been sold to Americans as a way to offer them freedom and really in chaos at the expense of the stability that used to come with, you know, a job with benefits that you stayed in for, you know, but the other component to that is, you know, We have to make sure that, like, you know, we don't have skyrocketing prices that completely decimate people either.
So I think you need to find a balance. I want to see my friends work in factories. I want them to get hurt. I want to release the safety standards. I want child labor. Children are terrorists, many of them. They start fights in malls. They have flash mobs. They run around Chicago trying to kill people that are just trying to have shellfish showers on the river. So, yes, children should work.
So I think you need to find a balance. I want to see my friends work in factories. I want them to get hurt. I want to release the safety standards. I want child labor. Children are terrorists, many of them. They start fights in malls. They have flash mobs. They run around Chicago trying to kill people that are just trying to have shellfish showers on the river. So, yes, children should work.
My friend should work in a plastics factory. DoorDash is a horrible job. You lose a finger at a factory, it's a story. Delivering burritos is a hell. Driving Uber, all these horrible, degrading things we make people do, and then tell them it's great, and then we look, you know, you should destigmatize being an electrician, a plumber, a contractor, all these things that when I was told...
My friend should work in a plastics factory. DoorDash is a horrible job. You lose a finger at a factory, it's a story. Delivering burritos is a hell. Driving Uber, all these horrible, degrading things we make people do, and then tell them it's great, and then we look, you know, you should destigmatize being an electrician, a plumber, a contractor, all these things that when I was told...
You know, when I was growing up, they'd point to a guy doing construction and go, you're going to do that if you don't do your homework. And then the people that did their homework are all, you know, bankrupt. And that construction guy, you know, is... Is killing you. Is killing you. He's doing pretty well. And so what? He went to January 6th. He went there peacefully.
You know, when I was growing up, they'd point to a guy doing construction and go, you're going to do that if you don't do your homework. And then the people that did their homework are all, you know, bankrupt. And that construction guy, you know, is... Is killing you. Is killing you. He's doing pretty well. And so what? He went to January 6th. He went there peacefully.
But the whole thing is like, I think... you need to figure out, you know, how to kind of reintroduce the idea that this gig economy, where people surf from one unfulfilling nightmare to the next, should be rethought.
But the whole thing is like, I think... you need to figure out, you know, how to kind of reintroduce the idea that this gig economy, where people surf from one unfulfilling nightmare to the next, should be rethought.
Can I ask a question? In David's estimation, when you're talking about these companies that are set up to get these chips that evade export controls, You think, is that the Chinese government doing that? Is that an intelligence agency doing that? Who would be setting those companies up? Is it people that are interested purely in profit and that are then selling those chips?
Can I ask a question? In David's estimation, when you're talking about these companies that are set up to get these chips that evade export controls, You think, is that the Chinese government doing that? Is that an intelligence agency doing that? Who would be setting those companies up? Is it people that are interested purely in profit and that are then selling those chips?
That's super interesting.
That's super interesting.