Trae (Trey) Stephens

It's like almost cancelable to talk about it where like people matter, like individuals are driving things forward.

And this is why Founders Fund is called Founders Fund is we invest in people.

I don't want to hear a bunch of

disconnected business ideas from nameless, faceless groups.

I want to meet the people, and that's what we're investing in.

And you can look at Europe as the 10-year forward future of wherever culture is going.

And you look at the bills in the EU, they're just buildings.

There aren't even faces of people on the currency in the EU anymore.

At least the American currency still has the faces of presidents on it.

It's like we still believe that...

George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and whoever.

We believe that there were great men in history that made a difference.

But I think that we're slipping perilously into this trap of victimhood and just believing that people can't actually make a difference, which is a lie.

Europe is a disaster.

I'm hopeful.

I feel like

There is a bit of an awakening where people are realizing that these lies that they've been told are not productive.

But I think time will tell, and it will be a tough road to get back on track.

But it is a project worth going down.

Yeah, so the perfect project for Palmer is the intersection of defense and VR.