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My guest today is Joe Lonsdale, a founder of the data analytics firm Palantier of

OpenGov, which provides cloud software services for governments, and the University of

Austin, which seeks to reform higher education. He's the managing partner

at 8VC, a tech and life sciences venture capital fund, and is chairman of the board of the

Cicero Institute, a non-profit working to restore liberty, accountability, and innovation

in American governance. A California native who relocated his family and business to Texas, I talked with Lonsdale

about why he left the Golden State, how to curb government overreach while providing

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