Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz returns to discuss his recent essays on AI, violence, and much more including: San Francisco, mandatory military service, Vogelin, and life extension. If you’re looking for an ERP platform, check out our sponsor, NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/zen

Check out our other interviews with Marc:
Moment of Zen E1: on SBF/FTX, Twitter, and Open AI/Chat GPT
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0smJY3xJXFhVsL0cX2BtVf?si=89cfd3ddc0434eb0
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-zen/id1661672738?i=1000591411124

Moment of Zen E2: on Elon Musk, Nietzsche, and America's Thousand Year Empire
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0qzUqkt0rCIfVsbUw7eZ77?si=1f7eec7bc1954380
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/moment-of-zen/id1661672738?i=1000591713971

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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Episode preview
(01:26) The evolution of human entertainment from epic poetry to NPC Tiktoks
(06:50) Violence is a choice
(11:00) True democracy mandates military service as a virtue
(20:00) Can San Francisco be fixed?
(31:00) Marc's empirical argument for AI
(34:45) Sponsor: NetSuite
(35:45) Where Sam Harris gets it wrong
(39:37) Eric Vogelin's concept of Immanetizing the EschatonWhat happens to religion after AI?
(46:20) What happens to religion after AI
(52:50) What would Nietzsche say?
(54:00) LLMs are already the subject of a religious war
(01:03:30) What comes after liberalism
(01:07:00) Based on Zuck's recent PR success, are a sign that alpha males are back?
(01:11:20) Men’s tailoring and the stripping of masculinity
(01:13:50) Is Twitter’s influence the real world?
(01:17:20) Is Left vs Right the central conflict of our time?
(01:22:28) Life extension

TWITTER:
@pmarca (Marc)
@dwr (Dan)
@antoniogm (Antonio)
@eriktorenberg (Erik)

LINKS:
Marc Andreessen, Fighting https://pmarca.substack.com/p/fighting
Marc Andreessen, Why AI Will Save The World. https://pmarca.substack.com/p/why-ai-will-save-the-world
Eric Voegelin, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Voegelin
Book: Regime Change by Patrick J. Deneen https://www.amazon.com/Regime-Change-Toward-Postliberal-Future/dp/0593086902

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