Welcome to "The Ben & Marc Show" featuring a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. In this first episode in a two-part series, Marc and Ben answer YOUR questions about startup building in the post-COVID world.

In this one-on-one conversation, Ben and Marc unpack the biggest tech and cultural disruptions in recent time, including loss of trust in institutions, major problems facing American cities – including crime and the commercial real estate crisis – and even the relevancy of our 40-hour work week. That and much more. Enjoy!

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Topics Covered:
00:00:00 Teaser
00:00:34 Intro
00:01:32 Biggest tech disruptions out of COVID
00:07:42 Massive blow to societal trust in institutions and authority
00:14:57 How our cities have evolved post-COVID
00:17:43 Commercial real estate crisis
00:21:54 Rise of urban crime
00:27:02 Massive societal shifts during COVID
00:33:05 Future of the 40 hour work week
00:48:50 How do we measure productivity?
00:50:22 A need for education AND productive work
00:57:27 Prognosis of HR departments
01:09:05 Culture in the new post-COVID world
01:14:18 What a CEO can do to maintain cultural coherence
01:18:20 Sign off

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Book mentioned on this episode:
- “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair https://amzn.to/3Ue2snA

Films mentioned on this episode:
- “The Graduate” (1967; Dir. Mike Nichols) https://amzn.to/44a7BSi
- “The Hunt for Red October” (1990; Dir. John McTiernan) https://amzn.to/3UvYc4j

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