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All-In PodcastE60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
All-In Bestie Awards: Politics, Web3 Wars, Memes, and Meltdowns
- This year-end “Bestie Awards” episode mixes rapid-fire awards across politics, business, science, and culture with extended riffs on Jack Dorsey, Web3, and internal drama among the hosts.
- Politically, they focus on the rise of centrism and backlash against extremes, naming figures like Eric Adams, Glenn Youngkin, Joe Manchin and Kamala Harris as emblematic winners and losers.
- In business and tech, Elon Musk, Tiger Global, creator economy tools, DAOs, NFTs, and fusion/CRISPR breakthroughs dominate, alongside harsh critiques of Meta, big tech, China’s billionaires, and legacy media.
- The show ends with self-aware banter about their own conflicts, the difficulty of working together as four strong-willed “grinders,” and appreciation for the pod’s growth and impact.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasCentrism and backlash to extremes are becoming politically powerful.
The hosts frame Eric Adams, Glenn Youngkin, Joe Manchin, and the rejection of both progressive left and alt-right agendas as signs that voters want pragmatic, centrist governance focused on safety, schools, and economic sanity.
Elon Musk and “outsiders” were the dominant business forces of 2021.
Musk is described as operating in a “zone of mastery,” while retail investors, DAOs, NFTs, and Web3 communities showed that loosely organized individuals can challenge institutional capital across markets and fundraising.
Web3, DAOs, and NFTs are real trends wrapped in speculative excess.
They see DAOs’ Constitution bid and NFT mania as both inspiring and chaotic—proving new models for creator monetization and capital formation, but also exposing regulatory voids, bubbles, and naive participants likely to get hurt.
Big tech and legacy media face mounting structural and morale challenges.
Between regulatory pressure, talent flight, poor public perception (especially of Meta), and declining trust in outlets like the New York Times and Washington Post, the hosts argue the future lies with direct, independent voices and platforms.
Major science and engineering advances are quietly reshaping the future.
From CRISPR delivered in vivo and mRNA vaccines to oral antivirals, fusion progress, and SpaceX’s Starship/Starlink achievements, they highlight how 2021 accelerated platforms that could transform health, energy, and humanity’s presence in space.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesIf the Democratic Party has a future after the rejection of woke, it is Eric Adams.
— David Sacks
This was the year that loose affiliations of individuals could compete on a level playing field with organized capital.
— Chamath Palihapitiya
I think that 2021 was the year of plasma fusion… we are seeing that big step change where this stuff is starting to move from theory.
— David Friedberg
We have to have a regulatory framework for crypto, for DAOs, for NFTs, for tokens, and it’s just crazy that it hasn’t happened yet.
— Jason Calacanis
Without J-Cal this pod never would’ve happened… you really are the reason for this pod.
— David Sacks
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