All-In PodcastE139: Recapping Chamath's wedding, VC surplus, unions vs Hollywood, room-temp superconductors & more
Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- July 27, 2023
- Duration
- 1h 17m
- Channel
- All-In Podcast
- Watch on YouTube
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
(0:00) All-In in Italy!: Recapping Chamath's wedding (11:55) Discourse around obesity and weight loss in the US (21:56) Are there too many VCs? (38:18) Actors/Writers union vs. Corporate Hollywood, endgame for the modern Hollywood machine (54:07) Equity participations vs. unions, ownership upside vs. downside protections (1:05:04) Potential impact of room-temp superconductors Special thanks to our Italian audio/video team!: https://twitter.com/domdalmatico https://www.mattiacaruso.com Follow the besties: https://twitter.com/chamath https://linktr.ee/calacanis https://twitter.com/DavidSacks https://twitter.com/friedberg Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/theallinpod https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast Intro Music Credit: https://rb.gy/tppkzl https://twitter.com/yung_spielburg Intro Video Credit: https://twitter.com/TheZachEffect Referenced in the show: https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1684176015948488704 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPelOnd7Sik https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3az9/venture-capital-vcs-existential-too-many https://twitter.com/jason/status/1681985828820766720 https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1679765658517610496 https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1679935918164135936 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2307.12008.pdf #allin #tech #news
SPEAKERS
Jason Calacanis
hostChamath Palihapitiya
hostDavid Friedberg
hostNatalie Palihapitiya
guestGuest
guestNarrator
other
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of All-In Podcast, featuring Jason Calacanis and Chamath Palihapitiya, E139: Recapping Chamath's wedding, VC surplus, unions vs Hollywood, room-temp superconductors & more explores from Italian wedding chaos to unions, VC bubbles, and superconductors The episode is a loose, comedic conversation recorded in Portofino around Chamath’s wedding, mixing personal stories, poker antics, and behind-the-scenes details from the event. From there, the group pivots into more serious topics: weight loss and obesity drugs, the glut of inexperienced VCs, and the structural problems facing Hollywood’s unions and economics. They argue that many elite careers (VC, Hollywood, media) are over-glamorized, with too many aspirants, weak value-add, and misaligned incentives, especially in unionized environments and shrinking industries. The show closes with a brief but earnest discussion of a claimed room-temperature superconductor and the broader potential of AI-driven materials discovery.
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