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Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness | Lex Fridman Podcast #338

Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist, engineer, CEO of Social Capital, and co-host of the All-In Podcast.

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Nov 15, 20222h 57mWatch on YouTube ↗

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EPISODE INFO

Released
November 15, 2022
Duration
2h 57m
Channel
Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist, engineer, CEO of Social Capital, and co-host of the All-In Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

EPISODE LINKS: Chamath's Twitter: https://twitter.com/chamath Chamath's LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/chamath Chamath's Substack: https://chamathreads.substack.com Social Capital (website): https://socialcapital.com All-In Podcast (podcast): https://youtube.com/channel/UCESLZhusAkFfsNsApnjF_Cg PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:05 - Childhood and forgiveness 14:49 - Money and happiness 21:40 - Poker 25:07 - Mistakes 35:58 - Early jobs 37:35 - Facebook 55:21 - Energy 1:03:01 - Cloud computation 1:07:17 - Fixing social media 1:17:08 - Trump's Twitter ban 1:22:13 - Kanye West 1:33:25 - All-In Podcast 1:42:41 - Nuclear war 1:54:17 - Startups 2:02:48 - Work-life balance 2:13:57 - Teamwork 2:25:18 - Energy transition 2:35:51 - Silicon Valley culture 2:39:10 - Activism culture 2:43:32 - Advice for young people 2:50:07 - Meaning of life SOCIAL:

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Chamath Palihapitiya and Lex Fridman, Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness | Lex Fridman Podcast #338 explores Chamath Palihapitiya on trauma, money, mistakes, power and energy’s future Chamath traces how a childhood of abuse and hypervigilance shaped his adult psychology, drive for external validation, and long process of forgiving his parents and rebuilding self-worth. He and Lex explore how money amplifies character without guaranteeing happiness, why rapid mistake‑making underpins success, and how poker, investing, and life all hinge on managing your own error rate. Chamath lays out big‑picture views on social media, AGI, zero‑marginal‑cost energy and compute, and the geopolitical implications of the coming energy transition. Throughout, he reflects on friendship, love, parenting, and what it means to feel “equal” to others after a life spent feeling less than.

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