Recommended Watch: Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America | Lex Fridman Podcast #458
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Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor, co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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Andreessen Horowitz: https://a16z.com
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Best possible future
10:32 - History of Western Civilization
19:51 - Trump in 2025
27:32 - TDS in tech
40:19 - Preference falsification
56:15 - Self-censorship
1:11:18 - Censorship
1:19:57 - Jon Stewart
1:22:43 - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan
1:31:32 - Government pressure
1:42:19 - Nature of power
1:55:08 - Journalism
2:00:43 - Bill Ackman
2:05:40 - Trump administration
2:13:19 - DOGE
2:27:11 - H1B and immigration
3:05:05 - Little tech
3:17:25 - AI race
3:26:15 - X
3:29:47 - Yann LeCun
3:33:21 - Andrew Huberman
3:34:53 - Success
3:37:49 - God and humanity
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CONTACT LEX:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Marc's X: https://x.com/pmarca
Marc's Substack: https://pmarca.substack.com
Marc's YouTube:

Andreessen Horowitz: https://a16z.com
SPONSORS:
To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:
Encord: AI tooling for annotation & data management.
Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/encord-ep458-sb
GitHub: Developer platform and AI code editor.
Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/github-ep458-sb
Notion: Note-taking and team collaboration.
Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/notion-ep458-sb
Shopify: Sell stuff online.
Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/shopify-ep45...
LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix.
Go to https://lexfridman.com/s/lmnt-ep458-sb
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:09 - Best possible future
10:32 - History of Western Civilization
19:51 - Trump in 2025
27:32 - TDS in tech
40:19 - Preference falsification
56:15 - Self-censorship
1:11:18 - Censorship
1:19:57 - Jon Stewart
1:22:43 - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan
1:31:32 - Government pressure
1:42:19 - Nature of power
1:55:08 - Journalism
2:00:43 - Bill Ackman
2:05:40 - Trump administration
2:13:19 - DOGE
2:27:11 - H1B and immigration
3:05:05 - Little tech
3:17:25 - AI race
3:26:15 - X
3:29:47 - Yann LeCun
3:33:21 - Andrew Huberman
3:34:53 - Success
3:37:49 - God and humanity
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