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🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Andrew Yang, an entrepreneur and author who is standing for president in the 2020 U.S. election, discusses the core ideas behind his platform, why they are necessary, and how to get there.

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0:00.0	There's no shortage of tech podcasts, but few give you a true dose of the future.
0:06.0	The A16Z podcast is an exception.
0:09.0	It takes you straight to the innovators behind new materials, data centers, self-driving cars, even electric boats,
0:15.5	eavesdrop on the future with the A16Z podcast. Hello and welcome to the Exponential View podcast.
0:36.0	I'm Azimazar, the creator of the Exponential View and your host today.
0:41.0	In today's podcast, I'm in conversation with Andrew Yang, a former tech entrepreneur who is now putting himself in the running to be the Democratic candidate for the 2020 US presidential election.
0:51.0	His platform includes a policy for universal basic income
0:54.7	which we explore during the podcast. But before we get to that conversation let me tell you
1:00.2	about exponential view. It's my way of explaining how the world is changing
1:05.6	under the force of technology. The podcast, these conversations with some
1:09.8	brilliant minds is one avenue. The other is through my free newsletter,
1:14.2	a Wundermissive which lands in your inbox every Sunday.
1:17.1	If you haven't subscribed, you can find it at
1:19.0	W.
1:19.8	Exponential View.
1:22.1	That is W.W. Exponential view.
1:24.6	In today's conversation with Andrew we do discuss the state of the
1:30.2	U.S in particular the regional economic employment and opportunity impacts of automation
1:35.3	and the concentration of power within the major technology players. Andrew knows his material.
1:40.7	He's toured the U.S. extensively and recently published a book, The War on Normal People,
1:45.0	which looks at how technological change could drive a tsunami of unemployment.
1:50.0	I should warn you that this podcast was recorded over an international line and the sound quality is not perfect.
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