Why Technology Still Matters with Marc Andreessen

a16z Podcast

a16z

Science, Innovation, Business, Entrepreneurship, Culture, Disruption, Software Eating The World, Technology

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🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

With much coverage of technology lined with pessimism, the a16z Podcast returns to highlight the bright side of technology, alongside the founders building it. But before featuring the solutions in progress, we wanted to explore why building the future is still so important. And who better to traverse this ground than a16z’s own cofounder Marc Andreessen, who has built and invested in the future time and time again, especially when it wasn't the obvious thing to do. Together with Marc, this episode explores technology through the lens of history – including the three stages of human psychology as we encounter new technologies, how that process often manifests in regulation, when to change your mind, the Cambrian explosion of opportunity coming from distributed work, the importance of founder-led companies, and perhaps most importantly, we examine why there's still much reason for optimism.

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0:00.0	If a lot of smart people are working on something, it's like virtually guaranteed that it's going to happen.
0:03.4	It's just a question of when.
0:05.2	Hello everyone, the A16Z podcast is back and this is your new host, Seth Smith.
0:13.0	I am so excited to explore the world of technology with you
0:15.0	through the lens of the builders shaping it.
0:17.5	And if you've been listening to the pod for a while,
0:20.0	I hope you'll stick with me
0:21.0	as I take the reins from Sonel,
0:22.0	who by the way is doing really wonderful work at our sister
0:24.7	podcast, Web3 with A16C.
0:27.0	Okay, on to the content.
0:28.6	Today we have a very special kickoff episode to start our launch series where we wanted to explore the age-old
0:34.2	question why is building the next generation of technologies still so
0:38.4	important and perhaps even more important who is going to build this next
0:41.8	generation of technology and what needs to be done to
0:44.5	enable those founders and builders?
0:46.7	And I'm a little biased, but who better to traverse this ground than A16C's co-founder and general
0:50.8	partner, Mark Andreson, someone who is not only built but also invested in the future time and time again, especially when it was not the obvious thing to do.
0:58.5	So today, together with Mark, we explore technology through the lens of history,
1:02.5	including the three stages of human psychology
1:04.6	as we encounter these new technologies.
1:06.5	We also talk about how that process often ends in regulation,
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