- Introduction

- Best possible future

- History of Western Civilization

- Trump in 2025

- TDS in tech

- Preference falsification

- Self-censorship

- Censorship

- Jon Stewart

- Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan

- Government pressure

- Nature of power

- Journalism

- Bill Ackman

- Trump administration

- DOGE

- H1B and immigration

- Little tech

- AI race

- Yann LeCun

- Andrew Huberman

- Success

- God and humanity

Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor, co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
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OUTLINE:
(00:00) - Introduction
(12:46) - Best possible future
(22:09) - History of Western Civilization
(31:28) - Trump in 2025
(39:09) - TDS in tech
(51:56) - Preference falsification
(1:07:52) - Self-censorship
(1:22:55) - Censorship
(1:31:34) - Jon Stewart
(1:34:20) - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan
(1:43:09) - Government pressure
(1:53:57) - Nature of power
(2:06:45) - Journalism
(2:12:20) - Bill Ackman
(2:17:17) - Trump administration
(2:24:56) - DOGE
(2:38:48) - H1B and immigration
(3:16:42) - Little tech
(3:29:02) - AI race
(3:37:52) - X
(3:41:24) - Yann LeCun
(3:44:59) - Andrew Huberman
(3:46:30) - Success
(3:49:26) - God and humanity

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Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor, co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep458-sc

Marc Andreessen is an entrepreneur, investor, co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. 
Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep458-sc 
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CONTACT LEX: 
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EPISODE LINKS: 
Marc's X: https://x.com/pmarca 
Marc's Substack: https://pmarca.substack.com 
Marc's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@a16z 
Andreessen Horowitz: https://a16z.com 
 
SPONSORS: 
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Encord: AI tooling for annotation &amp; data management. 
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GitHub: Developer platform and AI code editor. 
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Notion: Note-taking and team collaboration. 
Go to https://notion.com/lex 
Shopify: Sell stuff online. 
Go to https://shopify.com/lex 
LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. 
Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex 
 
OUTLINE: 
(00:00) - Introduction 
(12:46) - Best possible future 
(22:09) - History of Western Civilization 
(31:28) - Trump in 2025 
(39:09) - TDS in tech 
(51:56) - Preference falsification 
(1:07:52) - Self-censorship 
(1:22:55) - Censorship 
(1:31:34) - Jon Stewart 
(1:34:20) - Mark Zuckerberg on Joe Rogan 
(1:43:09) - Government pressure 
(1:53:57) - Nature of power 
(2:06:45) - Journalism 
(2:12:20) - Bill Ackman 
(2:17:17) - Trump administration 
(2:24:56) - DOGE 
(2:38:48) - H1B and immigration 
(3:16:42) - Little tech 
(3:29:02) - AI race 
(3:37:52) - X 
(3:41:24) - Yann LeCun 
(3:44:59) - Andrew Huberman 
(3:46:30) - Success 
(3:49:26) - God and humanity 
 
PODCAST LINKS: 
- Podcast Website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast 
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#458 – Marc Andreessen: Trump, Power, Tech, AI, Immigration & Future of America