“The thing that bothers me about Silicon Valley is that being wrong has no real cost to it. Because if you're wrong, you can just keep kicking the can down the road to the next thing. Let's look at crypto… The metaverse is like my favorite example because it was so obviously bullshit in a lot of ways around the thing that I was just talking about of like, get on board because it's inevitable.”

Actually, I think self-driving is like a really great example to use because, you know, we were covering it back then and it was always five-year timelines. Everything is going to be autonomous in five years. And this is why we can raise this crazy amount of money. The reason Uber worked is because they basically sold off all of their very expensive development, including self-driving. And Dara came in and became a cost cutter, basically. I think what I would say is like the thing that bothers me about Silicon Valley is that being wrong has no real cost to it. Because if you're wrong, you can just keep kicking the can down the road to the next thing. Let's look at crypto. Let's look. The metaverse is like my favorite example because it was so obviously bullshit in a lot of ways around the thing that I was just talking about of like, get on board because it's inevitable. Like it's not inevitable. People like decided they don't like it. And so it didn't become a thing, you know? But that's why I just like, I think they're very helpful use cases in the lens by using a lens to view like these statements from the people at the top of these companies. The