The Common Thread of All Technology: Monitoring the Situation, Ep.1
Announcing our new show, Monitoring the Situation, hosted by a16z General Partners Erik Torenberg and Katherine Boyle, with guest Eddie Lazzarin, CTO of a16z crypto.
In this first episode, we ask how American Dynamism, consumer, games, and crypto all fit together, from Palmer/Oculus to Marc Andreessen’s Techno-Optimist Manifesto, while also exploring crypto × AD values, parenting in the AI era, and how internet subcultures shape the news.
Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
1:25 Tech Coherence: American Dynamism & Consumer Crypto
4:55 The Hero’s Journey in Tech
5:59 Games, Toys, and Defense…
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