Episode · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2023-09-29
Books mentioned on E147: TED goes woke, Canada's Nazi blunder, AI adds vision, plus: who owns OpenAI?
(0:00) Bestie intros with Coleman Hughes (1:12) Coleman's experience with TED, Understanding TED's ideological shift (15:11) Focusing on class instead of race when enacting policies, reaction to Colem
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt examines how well-intentioned safetyism and cultural shifts, combined with the rise of social media, are setting younger generations up for psychological distress and failure.
Discussed“have you read Jonathan hates book coddling of the American mind absolutely yeah great book and I think that speaks and that was the book I gave away in our gift bag at the all-in summit this year”
Where to get it
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Losing Ground
Losing Ground by Charles Murray is a foundational conservative text arguing that government welfare programs create dependency and ultimately harm the impoverished populations they are intended to help.
Discussed“have you read this book called losing ground by Charles Marine yes I have I mean a very provocative book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book End of Race Politics
“basically what happened is Chris Anderson invited me to give a TED Talk and and I chose the subject of my upcoming book which is coming out in February called the end of race politics”