E41: Vaccine policy, Big Tech, DeepMind's latest breakthrough, wealth creation, opportunity & more

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

July 23, 2021

Duration

1h 35m

Channel

All-In Podcast

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Show Notes: 0:00 Intro & Dog update 5:48 COVID, Vaccine mandates, public vs. private policy 26:26 Collectivism, comparison to cigarettes, Sacks' latest podcast beef 36:56 Vaccine incentives in France 45:39 Friedberg's science corner: DeepMind's latest breakthrough, Big Tech censorship, free speech infringements 59:40 Capital's role in progress, Bezos' poor press conference, difference in criticism by party, Elon & Bezos as capital allocators 1:10:46 Modern online pessimist psychology & how to fix it 1:21:32 Besties give their tech industry takeaways 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 Referenced in the show: NYT - In France, angry protests, rising infections and record vaccinations. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/19/world/france-covid-vaccine-pass-protests.html NYT - Military and V.A. Struggle With Vaccination Rates in Their Ranks https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/01/us/politics/military-va-vaccines.html CNBC - Biden on Facebook: ‘They’re killing people’ with vaccine misinformation https://www.cnbc.com/2021/07/16/white-house-says-facebook-needs-to-do-more-to-fight-vaccine-misinformation.html Fortune - In giant leap for biology, DeepMind’s A.I. reveals secret building blocks of human life https://fortune.com/2021/07/22/deepmind-alphafold-human-proteome-database-proteins/ The Wizard of Menlo Park - Randall E. Stross https://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Menlo-Park-Thomas-Invented/dp/1400047633 Tweets: https://twitter.com/OliviaGoldhill/status/1417446281685966853 https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1416879494283993088 https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1417632367200673794 #allin #tech #news

🎤 SPEAKERS

• Chamath Palihapitiya

  host

• Jason Calacanis

  host

• David Friedberg

  host

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of All-In Podcast, featuring Chamath Palihapitiya and Jason Calacanis, E41: Vaccine policy, Big Tech, DeepMind's latest breakthrough, wealth creation, opportunity & more explores all-In Podcast tackles vaccines, censorship, DeepMind, billionaires, and ambition This episode of the All-In Podcast weaves between COVID vaccine policy, Big Tech’s role in moderating speech, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, and the ethics of billionaire space races. The hosts debate how far government should go in mandating vaccines and whether current outbreaks justify new restrictions, with sharp disagreement over civil liberties and public health. They then shift to concerns about state-coordinated social media censorship, praising DeepMind’s open-science release while questioning Big Tech monopolies and antitrust strategy. The show closes with a long reflection on wealth creation, personal agency, and why many critics underestimate both the opportunities in tech and the grind behind entrepreneurial success.

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