Solving our biggest problems, Cerebral’s fast & loose telehealth prescriptions, Jack leaves Twitter Board | E1469

This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis

Technology

4.4 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

We discuss the tragedy at a Texas elementary school and gun violence in America (2:25). Can tech play a role in decreasing child deaths? (21:14) Then we cover mental health startup Cerebral getting probed by the DOJ (52:55). Finally, we touch on a breaking story: Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter’s board (1:13:25).

(00:00) Jason and Molly introduce today’s show
(2:25) Talking about the school shooting yesterday in Texas
(10:49) Coda - The All-in-one doc for teams, get a $1,000 credit at https://coda.io/twist
(12:06) What is HB8?
(15:45) A school safety drone company?
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(21:14) Discussing potential technology to save children’s lives, top causes of death for children
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(31:22) Discussing potential solutions to prevent gun deaths in children
(52:55) Cerebral, startup that provides telehealth subscriptions to Adderall & other stimulants, probed by DOJ overprescription methods
(1:13:25) Breaking News: Jack Dorsey leaves Twitter’s board of directors
(1:15:45) Discussing the proper way to release the Palmer Luckey All-In talk

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0:00.0	Okay, everybody. There has been a tragedy in the world,
0:04.1	sadly, another school shooting. And we're going to talk about that.
0:08.0	And send them the misperceptions about what technology can solve, what it can't solve.
0:12.5	And then also how are kids are dying because there's some misinformation out there, Molly,
0:17.3	about what's actually killing our kids. And it has a lot to do with the last couple of years
0:22.6	we've been through. So I think it's an important discussion. It's a hard discussion, but I'm glad we
0:25.9	had it. It is. And stay with us. We're going to we're going to cover a lot of ground here.
0:29.7	We're going to do a lot of processing in real time. And we're going to pull ourselves back
0:33.9	from the brink occasionally. And I really encourage you. Everybody is just trying to understand
0:40.9	ourselves included. So with us through it, it's a, it is a top conversation. It's not easy.
0:46.6	And we are trying to counter the hopelessness by talking about whatever solutions we can come up
0:51.1	with at this point, you know? Yeah. And then we'll move on to some startup news, mental health
0:55.8	startup cerebral is getting pro by the DOJ because apparently it's very easy to get Zanix and Adderall
1:03.6	through a telemedicine option that they have been providing. Yeah. And over correction to one
1:09.2	of the many crises in this country. And then finally, just briefly, a breaking story, Jack Dorsey
1:14.2	stepping down from Twitter's board. It's going to be a hell of a show. Let me put it that way.
1:19.1	Yeah, it's a heck of a show. Yeah, it's a good show. Stay with us.
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