Dave5

There are many disappointing things about working for an a16z funded start up (which I have done). Near the top of list is the depressing experience of having a breathless all hands just so you get to hear Marc Andreesssen bloviate.

Here is a perfect example of his vomitious commitment to his own profundity:

Andreessen goes on like this for the next minute, trying explain that Newton wanted to turn lead into gold, seemingly trying to draw a parallel to the tech industry’s drive to turn sand — silicon — into thought.

“In any event, you may know that he never — we have never figured out how to do that,” Andreessen continued. “And gold is still rare and valuable, so, imagine a form of alchemy that turns sand into thought. Pause on that for a moment.”

https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/marc-andreessen-sputters-ai-benefits

The greatest take down of Andreessen was done by Damien Walters soon after Marc released the toilet roll of a manifesto. I had 2 hours to kill on a car ride and by the end of the podcast was hooting and clapping like a mad man.