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The Realignment

138 | Katherine Boyle: What’s America’s Problem?

The Realignment

The Realignment

Saager Enjeti, Technology, Policy, News, Marshall Kosloff, International Relations, Politics, News Commentary, Public Policy, U.s. Politics, National Security, Economics

4.82.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Apply to join Marshall, Saagar, and Katherine Boyle in Miami on October 22, 2021 for the first Realignment conference: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-realignment-conference-tickets-158996058491 Let us know if you have any questions about the conference at realignmentpod@gmail.com Katherine Boyle, partner at General Catalyst, joins The Realignment to discuss the prospects for America’s renewal, how the finance and tech diminished interest in public service, and what D.C. and Silicon Valley can learn from each other.

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0:00.0

Soga and Marshall here, welcome back to the realignment.

0:03.6

I think Silicon Valley is very good at the micro.

0:11.6

Washington is very good at the macro.

0:13.2

So your point, like, is it a solution to have a shadow capital that's solving all of

0:17.3

the problems because the actual government doesn't like to solve problems?

0:20.5

No, that is not a, like, that's not a long-term solution.

0:24.1

But what I think is, like, the people who go to Washington are very good at macro.

0:27.8

It's 30-year, like, let's think of, you know, big picture ideas.

0:32.3

The people who go to Silicon Valley, a lot of them, like, have big picture thinking,

0:36.8

but it's like, it is a day.

0:38.4

It's like an hour by hour grind.

0:40.4

It's like, you've got to solve this tiny, tiny problem on day one.

0:43.3

And then on day five, it's like, okay, there's another problem.

0:45.4

How do we set up these systems?

0:46.4

And it's like, it's such a microwave thinking that it's just two different types of personalities.

0:51.2

And I think that you need both.

0:52.7

You need the people who are sort of seeing the 30,000-foot view in Washington and saying

0:57.3

actually, like, maybe we can solve part of the edge of pricing prices with one of these

1:01.2

companies, but there's this whole other thing that's going to happen in 10 years.

1:03.9

And we need to talk about that now.

1:11.1

We have an amazing guest for all of you, Katherine Boyle.

1:13.4

She is an investor at General Catalyst, located in the great city of Miami, which we're certainly

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