Moment of Zen E1 w/ Marc Andreessen on SBF/FTX, Twitter, and Open AI/Chat GPT

Marc Andreessen is our guest on the first Moment of Zen, a weekly podcast where Dan Romero (Farcaster), Antonio Garcia Martinez (Spindl), and Erik Torenberg (Village Global/On Deck) discuss the latest in tech, business, and culture.

We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com.

TIMESTAMPS:

(00:00) All-in Tribute

(02:15) What happens to SBF? FTX = Enron + Theranos

(06:00) History of collapses in crypto

(09:10) DeFi/Web3 actually works

(12:35) Redemption arc for SBF/Caroline? Comparing with other frauds

(16:37) In an alternate universe, what could FTX have become? Steelmanning FTX the business

(23:30) What’s going to happen to Twitter?

(25:20) How would we advise Elon?

(26:20) Is controversy good for Twitter?

(27:10) The killer app for Twitter is to dunk on your enemies

(27:40) Bull case for Twitter

(35:00) Tech civil war? The fight for free speech

(41:15) Future of AI - open vs closed?

(46:10) Intersection of AI and crypto

(54:00) Role for gov’t regulation

(59:50) 2023 Predictions

TWITTER:

Dan Romero: www.twitter.com/dwr

Antonio Garcia Martinez: www.twitter.com/antoniogm

Erik Torenberg: www.twitter.com/eriktorenberg

Marc Andreessen: www.twitter.com/pmarca

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