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All-In PodcastE159: The Bestie Awards! Recapping the best and worst of 2023
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
All-In Bestie Awards 2023: Politics, Business, Science, and Self-Owns
- The hosts of the All-In Podcast hold their fourth annual 'Bestie Awards,' handing out tongue‑in‑cheek accolades for the biggest winners and losers across politics, business, science, tech, and culture in 2023.
- They frame 2023 as a year of political upheaval (Trump’s resurgence, DEI backlash, Hamas/Israel, third‑party candidates), business concentration (Magnificent Seven, Microsoft, Uber, NVIDIA), and societal strain (antisemitism, youth malaise, ballooning debt).
- Science and tech discussions center on CRISPR’s first FDA‑approved treatment, explosive AI/LLM progress, and room‑temperature superconductor hype, alongside worries about over‑regulation and the need for open-source, locally run AI.
- The episode closes with reflections on a turbulent but formative two years, cautious optimism for 2024, and appreciation for the show’s growth, with characteristic humor, roasting, and irreverent banter throughout.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasPopulism and non-traditional candidates reshaped 2023 politics.
Trump’s legal troubles strengthened his GOP lead; RFK Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, and Dean Phillips showed surprising traction, signaling deep voter dissatisfaction with a Biden–Trump rematch and rising appetite for a viable third party.
DEI and ESG suffered a major legitimacy and capital backlash.
Post–October 7 campus reactions and congressional testimonies, plus shrinking ESG assets, led the hosts to label DEI/ESG the year’s political and business ‘losers,’ arguing consumers and donors are rejecting ideological corporate signaling.
Economic power concentrated further in a few mega-cap companies.
The ‘Magnificent Seven’ drove most equity gains, while Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta, and Novo Nordisk exemplified how strategic bets in AI, gaming, semaglutides, and operational discipline translated into trillions in market cap shifts.
AI progress was explosive and decentralized, heightening both promise and control fears.
From GPT-powered apps and open-source models that run locally to rapid advances in generative media, the hosts see massive productivity upside but stress that offline, open tools are key to resisting overbearing regulation and censorship.
CRISPR’s first FDA approval marks a real-world gene-editing inflection point.
Editing sickle cell patients’ genes is framed as a quietly historic breakthrough, particularly for Black patients, demonstrating that once-hypothetical gene-editing therapies are now clinically and commercially real.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesThe biggest political winner was Donald Trump… everything the Dems have done has actually galvanized his support.
— Chamath Palihapitiya
My biggest winner in politics is abortion rights… it’s the Democrats’ only winning issue and they’re putting it on the ballot everywhere.
— David Sacks
America should be a colorblind meritocracy.
— David Sacks
The most important boundary condition to have a sustainable third party is a good name… No Labels is a terrible name.
— Chamath Palihapitiya
As long as we embrace the enlightenment and don’t embrace the dark ages, we stand a shot at keeping progress alive.
— David Friedberg
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