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

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Referenced in the show:

NYT - In France, angry protests, rising infections and record vaccinations.

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

The Wizard of Menlo Park - Randall E. Stross

Tweets:

https://twitter.com/DavidSacks/status/1416879494283993088

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

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