In this episode, my guest is Marc Andreessen, the legendary software innovator who co-created the internet browser Mosaic, co-founded Netscape, and is now at Andreessen Horowitz — a venture capital firm that finds and brings to life technologies that transform humanity. We discuss what it takes to be a true innovator, including the personality traits required, the role of environment and the support systems needed to bring revolutionary ideas to fruition. We discuss risk-taking as a necessary but potentially hazardous trait, as well as the role of intrinsic motivation and one’s ability to navigate uncertainty. We also discuss artificial intelligence (AI) and Marc’s stance that soon everyone will use AI as their personalized coach and guide for making decisions about their health, relationships, finances and more — all of which he believes will greatly enhance our quality of life. We also delve into nuclear power, gene editing, public trust, universities, politics, and AI regulation. This episode is for those interested in the innovative mind, psychology, human behavior, technology, culture and politics.

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Articles
A Logical Calculus of the Ideas Immanent in Nervous Activity. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics: https://bit.ly/3PlEvcO
Comparing Physician and Artificial Intelligence Chatbot Responses to Patient Questions Posted to a Public Social Media Forum: https://bit.ly/45TEX7M

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"The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium": https://amzn.to/45BqNYW
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Paul Graham’s essay on cities: https://bit.ly/3P3g16P
The Messages of Cities: https://bit.ly/3R7Nqjt
Why AI Will Save the World by Marc Andreessen: https://bit.ly/3Ep4CJC
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Timestamps
00:00:00 Marc Andreessen
00:03:02 Sponsors: LMNT & Eight Sleep
00:06:05 Personality Traits of an Innovator
00:12:49 Disagreeableness, Social Resistance; Loneliness & Group Think
00:18:48 Testing for Innovators, Silicon Valley
00:23:18 Unpredictability, Pre-Planning, Pivot
00:28:53 Intrinsic vs Extrinsic Motivation, Social Comparison
00:32:52 Sponsor: AG1
00:33:49 Innovators & Personal Relationships
00:39:24 Risk Taking, Innovators, “Martyrs to Civilizational Progress”
00:46:16 Cancel Culture, Public vs. Elite
00:53:08 Elites & Institutions, Trust
00:57:38 Sponsor: InsideTracker
00:58:44 Social Media, Shifts in Public vs. Elite
01:05:45 Reform & Institutions, Universities vs. Business
00:14:14 Traditional Systems, Lysenkoism, Gen X
01:20:56 Alternative University; Great Awakenings; Survivorship Bias
01:27:25 History of Computers, Neural Network, Artificial Intelligence (AI)
01:35:50 Apple vs. Google, Input Data Set, ChatGPT
01:42:08 Deep Fakes, Registries, Public-Key Cryptography; Quantum Internet
01:46:46 AI Positive Benefits, Medicine, Man & Machine Partnership
01:52:18 AI as Best-Self Coach; AI Modalities
01:59:19 Gene Editing, Precautionary Principle, Nuclear Power
02:05:38 Project Independence, Nuclear Power, Environmentalism
02:12:40 Concerns about AI
02:18:00 Future of AI, Government Policy, Europe, US & China
02:23:47 China Businesses, Politics; Gene Editing
02:28:38 Marketing, Moral Panic & New Technology; Politics, Podcasts & AI
02:39:03 Innovator Development, Courage, Support
02:46:36 Small Groups vs. Large Organization, Agility; “Wild Ducks”
02:54:50 Zero-Cost Support, YouTube Feedback, Spotify & Apple Reviews, Sponsors, Momentous, Neural Network Newsletter, Social Media

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