E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more
Episode description
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Referenced in the show:
NYT - The Rich Kids Who Want to Tear Down Capitalism
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/style/trust-fund-activism-resouce-generation.html
Coinbase - An upcoming story about Coinbase
https://blog.coinbase.com/upcoming-story-about-coinbase-2012afc25d27
NYT - ‘Tokenized’: Inside Black Workers’ Struggles at the King of Crypto Start-Ups
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/technology/coinbase-cryptocurrency-black-employees.html
Show Notes:
0:00 Besties intro, fashion talk & the All-In Syndicate
3:47 Insights on Slack being acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B - why did they sell, are there any nitpicks, was this a home run for Salesforce?
19:14 Sacks on going up against Marc Benioff and Salesforce Chatter while at Yammer, importance of holding onto winners as long as possible
27:26 Why is DeepMind's AlphaFold a major breakthrough? When will it begin impacting drug discovery? Dangers of AI at scale
47:07 Republican party misfires, Georgia runoff implications, can Trump pre-pardon his family, Biden's effective strategy so far
59:21 Trump's Section 230 gambit, will Trumpism fade away?
1:05:23 Trust Fund socialists
1:26:14 Coinbase vs. NYT round 2, https://www.thesyndicate.com/allin