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E6: Big Tech antitrust aftermath, potential effects of an M&A clampdown on Silicon Valley & more

2020/7/31
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Jason's recent Big Tech antitrust hearings breakdown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWeMnJ0-a_U

0:00 Jason intros Chamath, Friedberg & Sacks, the gang finds out what planet Friedberg is on 3:14 Who came out the best during the antitrust hearings? How much of it was real vs. political theater? who took the biggest hit? 10:21 Chamath ranks the most at-risk companies, creating regulations that make sense in today's age, Facebook's strategy to delay antitrust 20:29 Is the age of Big Tech M&A over? Would stricter M&A regulations be a disaster for Silicon Valley? 33:37 Should there be a regulation committee for Internet content & user data? 42:38 Why Zuckerberg's position on free speech the most defensible & also the most hated. Are anonymous accounts & bots the main issue on social media? 1:05:42 Amazon's chances of being broken up, Friedberg gives insights on being a large third-party distributor on Amazon, benefits of at-scale companies with huge R&D budgets (like Google with Waymo) 1:13:19 Is Bezos the most dangerous monopolist of the bunch? 1:18:09 Friedberg on recent vaccine updates & election talk - Is Trump regaining ground or is Biden running away with it?