Your mind is a great tool, should be used.

Don't let it use you.

If the placebo effect is so strong, it'd be great to understand it.

It'd be great to harness it.

Athletes are usually the first people to do this because they're like biohackers.

The future is what we make it, right?

It's not inevitable.

It has to be willing to being.

No pain in my spine for the first time in 14 years.

Shoulder, feeling perfect.

Three months later to the MRI, there's absolutely nothing wrong.

Data plus AI plus iterations means we can finally make advances.

Aging is the real disease.

Hello everyone, welcome back to the A16Z podcast. This is your host, Steph Smith,

and I hope you're having an excellent holiday break.

I hope this episode is actually the Cherry on top of that break

because we really do have a pretty special guest. In addition to hearing from

Mark Andresen and Ben Horwitz today who of course are co-founders here at A16Z, you're also going to hear from Tony Robbins.

Now if somehow you have not heard of Tony Robbins, he's an entrepreneur, number one New York Times best-selling author, philanthropist, and more.

For over four and a half decades, Tony has empowered more than 50 million people from 100 countries

through his programs and is the author of six international bestsellers.

Not bad. Now today, Tony, Ben, and Mark are also joined by A16Z's very own

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