0:00 Bestie intros!

1:03 SPAC updates, state of the public/private markets

20:26 US VCs have $290B in dry powder and raised a record amount in H1 2022, is the market nearing a bottom?

31:14 Risks of backing Putin into a corner, Russia's end game, conditions for conflict

50:45 Government-heavy climate plans, Dilbert/ESG backlash

1:01:20 Poker plans, chess cheating scandal

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https://youtu.be/AODfsBMGzGQ

https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1461453308623659010

https://sites.tufts.edu/css/mip-research/#:~:text=According%20to%20our%20data%2C%20the,these%20missions%20occurred%20after%201999

https://www.wsj.com/articles/gavin-newsoms-2024-climate-platform-california-40-climate-bills-energy-electricity-blackouts-11663702766

https://twitter.com/Jason/status/1572399621389062145

E97: SPAC updates, public/private market overview, Putin's end game & more

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg