20VC: Reid Hoffman on The Trump Administration | Elon Musk and DOGE | The US Defence Budget, NATO and The War in Ukraine | China, Tariffs and TikTok | The Future of Chips, Nuclear Energy, Quantum Computing and Climate
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The trade wars will create a massive drop in prosperity in the US. There is next to zero chance that the missions that they have declared will be successful because the only way to get $2 trillion out of the budget would be to massively reduce the deficit and reduce defense spending. We're not reaching the upper end of LLM. The next large LLM that's trained with a larger computer will still have new magic in it. The scale game is still playing.
This is 20VC with me, Harry Stebbings, and today Reid Hoffman joins me in the studio for what is the most wide-ranging discussion I think we've ever done on 20VC. We discussed the future of tariffs, cryptocurrency, Elon Musk, the war in Ukraine, defense spending, quantum computing, TikTok, nuclear energy, Chinese cars, climate change. I don't think there's ever been such a broad discussion with so much value in one show. That I can promise you. Huge thanks to Reid for being such an amazing guest today. But before we dive in today, excited to ignite your curiosity with a journey into the world of transformative ideas if you're driven by the pursuit of knowledge and personal growth you'll love exploring the vast collection of insightful book summaries on the blinkist app so with blinkist you can access expertly crafted summaries that distill the essence of thousands of influential books
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Okay. So, look, obviously there's been a meme because as I was talking about with my friends, I am still extremely hopeful for American prosperity. I will remain living in Seattle, Washington as my residence. But when I was talking to friends, I said, look, I'd love to spend more time in the UK. That became a whole meme with the New York Times saying, he's moving.
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