E3: Modern Cold War between US & China, economic recovery, potential mass migration out of San Francisco, pandemic politicization & more with David Sacks & David Friedberg
from All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
by All-In Podcast, LLC
Published: Thu May 21 2020
Show Notes
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0:01 Jason & Chamath intro David Sacks & David Friedberg
1:15 Everybody gives their quarantine update: Sacks is in Mexico while running Craft remote, Chamath got a new poker table & is excited for shelter-in-place to end, Friedberg is getting back into a rhythm
8:04 Chamath & Sacks reflect on the coming return to normalcy & politicization of the virus
Sacks on 3 major data-driven discoveries about the virus
Friedberg on fatality rate data, overestimating the lockdown's impact on stopping the virus
Getting back to work
Chamath on the stock market not reflecting the economy, Sacks on what an economic recovery might look like
Friedberg on potential of another NYC-level outbreak, Chamath on negative impact of left/right culture war
Sacks on democratic hesitation to end lockdowns giving Trump a strategic advantage, Friedberg on Hydroxychloroquine's benefits/risks
Sacks on potential resorting of the Bay Area & Silicon Valley due to remote work
Chamath on benefits of working remote, why San Francisco might lose large numbers of people
Tesla/Fremont situation a microcosm for politicization of the pandemic, benefits of people starting to distrust inept bureaucrats
Chamath on the beginning of the modern Cold War, dealing with market conditions considering China's standing in the world, ideological issues
Sacks on US/China relationship, how US can penalize China
Friedberg on how US can leapfrog China in manufacturing by using modern, automated solutions