Rugged individualist 🇺🇸, ex @a16z, co-founder @ Hero.app (acquired by People.ai)

Joined September 2013
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Staggering the number of you guys that worship outlier lives of great accomplishment, but are completely disgusted by what true outlying behavior looks like
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God I love this guy. LFG 🔥
Saving LA - Phase III
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Almost at the "S-1 unpacking parties in SF" stage
Anna Watts, a 33-year-old public relations manager in New York, has stashed away $6,500 to buy SpaceX stock after it hits the market Friday. If she had her way, she’d buy even more. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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The adult crypto stuff is coming And you’re going to miss it Because you are still in a child’s lens So you will only be able to see new systems in terms of the old space
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Trading is basically MMOR(ock)P(aper)S(cissors).
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Morgan Bender retweeted
Leonardo da Vinci's greatest paragraph
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Imagine telling someone in 1990, when McDonald's finally opened in the USSR (w/ 50% ownership by Soviets): “The Soviet Union will collapse, China will embrace markets, and an American senator will propose confiscating 50% of the country’s most important technology companies.”
I will soon be introducing a bill to give the public a 50% ownership stake in the largest AI companies in America. This would guarantee that the trillions created by AI are used to improve the lives of all of us — and block oligarch decisions that harm the American people.
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Capitalists want to earn your money. Socialists want to steal your money.
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As a Trojan i would never go off a UC Berkeley poll. FIGHT ON!
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When I was in my 20’s I was on a TV show. When Karen Bass was in her 20’s, she was training in terrorist tactics and guerrilla warfare with communists in Cuba. Back when the LA Times was still in LA, and used to tell the truth…
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As an investor (and a human generally) I can’t stress how important it is to understand that well financed, often foreign enemies are trying to influence public perception on a range of topics from AI to Capitalism. They also sow discontent around social issues and have largely created what some have observed as the woke mind virus. If there’s one thing we should and are failing at is teaching our children to think critically, a difficult task since many of their teachers aren’t capable themselves. It’s a bummer but as parents we also have to teach our kids to see the opinions of their school teachers and college professors with the same skeptical eye.
We uncovered something far bigger than I ever expected. After seeing coordinated false attacks against the Utah data center project, we brought in an advanced data science team to trace where the content was coming from and the results were shocking. What we found led back to organized networks, political activist groups, and funding trails tied to massive international entities. We dug through IRS 990 filings, tracked IP data from around the world, and uncovered what appears to be a coordinated campaign targeting energy and data center projects across multiple regions. I shared 90 pages of evidence with federal law enforcement and raised concerns directly with contacts at the White House. This isn’t speculation. The filings, funding records, dates, and connections are documented. There’s a coordinated PR war happening around energy infrastructure and data centers, and we’re not going to ignore it.
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Love to see this! Some of my fondest memories at a16z are from board meetings with Peter (and narrowly avoiding spur of the moment ice climbing treks).
I am thrilled to announce my return to a16z as a full-time General Partner. Having made a full recovery from cancer and navigated some of life’s most taxing personal hurdles, I am returning with a sharpened sense of purpose and a deep optimism for the future, both personally and professionally. My time away reinforced that living to one's fullest capacity requires doing what you love with the people you trust. While I’ve continued to support my boards and founders, I’ve realized my greatest impact happens when I am 'all in.' I believe he current pace of innovation in infrastructure is unmatched, and I couldn't be happier to be back in the trenches with my colleagues and close friends on the a16z Infra team.
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So accurate. I know people with siblings who are locked into the street drugs cycle. 1) They don't want to get off the streets. 2) Every time they get arrested, their families pray for a long sentence so they have a chance to get sober. 3) They always get let right back out.
If that addict on your street were your own son, what would you do? That is the defining question that guides my 5 step plan to fix the homelessness problem in LA. We *must* end this evil racket of corrupt politicians and NGOs who profit off the misery of these poor souls. They launder money and feed them more drugs, so they can keep their customers locked in this hell on our streets. We have a moral obligation from God to help them and make our city safe and clean for everyone. Karen Bass and Nithya Raman have forsaken this city. Time for real leadership. Time for real compassion.
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Come to San Francisco to visit: $9/toll $40/parking $300/hotel $100pp/dinner $25/sip of wine/cocktail $500/sports or music tickets Come to buy fentanyl and cause trouble: $100,000/yr in freebies incl. drug use amenities, cash, cell phone, housing, meals, medical incidentals.
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Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down
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Socialist: "Nordic countries prove socialism works." Economist: "They rank higher on economic freedom than the US." Socialist: "But they have universal healthcare." Economist: "Funded by 25% VAT taxes on the poor and 180% car taxes." Socialist: "They're more equal." Economist: "Sweden has more billionaires per capita than America." Socialist: "That's not real socialism." Economist: "Correct. Real socialism is Venezuela, where toilet paper costs $100." Socialist: "That's different." Economist: "Is it."
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My favorite bit is that 100% of her anti-AI posts has an em dash
A single AI data center uses as much electricity as 100,000 households—and utility companies are passing the upgrade costs to you, not to the trillion-dollar tech giants. I've opened an investigation. These companies need to pay their costs.
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They called @Flock_Safety a "Snitching-Ass Startup". Now, the Mayor we serve is one of America's favorites. In a San Francisco Chronicle poll, Mayor Daniel Lurie has reached a staggering 74% approval rating. The data is clear: when you prioritize safety, you revitalize the city.
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It will soon be common knowledge that China has been pushing harmful policies from inside of our own country… DEI, absurd climate regulations, wealth taxes, soft-on-crime reforms, illegal immigration and even the anti-standardized test movement.
#BREAKING: California mayor Eileen Wang charged as an illegal Chinese agent; set to plead guilty.
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LA is worth saving. Vote Spencer Pratt.
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