E46: False Ivermectin narratives, regulatory grift, wartime mentality in solving issues & more

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

September 14, 2021

Duration

1h 12m

Channel

All-In Podcast

Watch on YouTube

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Show Notes: 0:00 Open: LIVE from TPB Symposium 1:18 False Ivermectin story fools Rolling Stone, Rachel Maddow & more 15:47 Biden's recently announced vaccine mandates, why US hasn't been able to solve cheap testing 25:36 The threat of regulatory capture 34:18 Benefits of the "wartime mentality" when solving major issues 45:30 CCP looking to break up Alipay, what this means for US/China relations 49:11 Audience Q&A! 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://kfor.com/news/local/patients-overdosing-on-ivermectin-backing-up-rural-oklahoma-hospitals-ambulances/ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/gunshot-victims-horse-dewormer-ivermectin-oklahoma-hospitals-covid-1220608/ https://twitter.com/RollingStone/status/1433922442850930696 https://twitter.com/maddow/status/1433521336282976256 https://twitter.com/ggreenwald/status/1434854957614780424 https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-files-xcheck-zuckerberg-elite-rules-11631541353 https://www.ft.com/content/01b7c7ca-71ad-4baa-bddf-a4d5e65c5d79 https://sacks.substack.com/p/your-startup-is-a-movement https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1426986193271640065 #allin #tech #news

🎤 SPEAKERS

• David Friedberg

  host

• Jason Calacanis

  host

• Narrator

  other

• Chamath Palihapitiya

  host

• Audience member

  guest

• Alex Filippenko

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of All-In Podcast, featuring David Sacks and Jason Calacanis, E46: False Ivermectin narratives, regulatory grift, wartime mentality in solving issues & more explores media bias, pandemic policy, and wartime innovation in broken systems This live All-In Podcast episode, recorded at The Production Board Symposium, critiques mainstream media’s handling of the ivermectin story and broader COVID communication failures, arguing that bias and double standards erode trust. The hosts debate vaccine mandates, rapid testing, and how regulatory capture and corruption undermine effective pandemic and climate responses, contrasting government waste with the efficiency of entrepreneurial innovation. They explore wartime-style coordination for tests, climate tech, and nuclear/fusion, while warning about political bias in tech platforms and the geopolitical implications of China’s tightening control over its tech sector. The conversation closes on whether decentralized technologies (crypto/DeFi) and startup-driven innovation can offset government dysfunction, and whether the hosts themselves should use their platform to shape concrete political and policy agendas.

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