and I had to I had to sort of laugh a little bit at Marissa mayor's response she said well we let the math and data govern how things should look and feel which was kind of like yeah so what's wrong with data so I thought that waspretty and then of course you know on this very notion of you know people for whatever reason may decide to to leave
differences of policy were minimal between the candidates. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were not competing really on the basis of big differences in terms of how they would govern the country, they were campaigning largely on the differences of visions, on the differences of temperament, and style, and character. And we felt that one of thingsthat were really missing in the lot of coverage was a really intimate picture of what this process was like in the early 21st century and how these people went through it. And
Eric's Quest is really one which she wanted to find out answers about what this generation believes and kind of how this generation will look forward and govern the world in the future and he wrote a lot about listeners book and it's got some very interesting findingsI think you'll find it very very insightful unfortunately all of you got a copy and with that turn over to to
Clay: Yeah, yes to the first, no to the second. So, one of the great, one of the great government and that different factions are contending for the attention of that government, rather than pretending that anybody can govern on behalf of all Americans, as the current,
Any number with a B is audacious, but that is the point. There's a sense of urgency and within the context that governments now are mandating fortification across Africa and Asia. The system is starting to work. The machine works, the model does too.
Every other time we've had big unemployment, it's been a recession, and so the stock market's down and government tax revenues are down. Um this time, if AI is successful in the way we think it will, I think we're going to see high productivity, high GDP
And I know that because for 25 years, Pure Earth has been testing prevention strategies, and we've learned that when governments take three core steps, lead levels can drop dramatically. So, here's the model.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, FISA, expressly prohibits the government from doing bulk data collection on US citizens, but the government has frequently gotten around that by buying the data from private companies. The FBI is doing this now. This so-called data broker loophole could be closed every time Congress reauthorizes FISA. The amendment to
But when you place your money somewhere for five years, that's another story. Governance interests you. I have always been obsessed with knowing the right time to leave. I've seen too many leaders cling to their position to the detriment of the corporate interest.
And being at Google, you guys are very well familiar with what's happening. Governments around the world are chasing you guys, trying to figure out whether we should break up the company or not. But rather than single out a single company, I will give you my predictions, our predictions, on what we think the world of antitrust and AI
just a little bit more until it solves the problem. I hear this a lot, you know, if you find that spending a lot of government money leads to social problems, you just need a little bit more government money. Just a little bit more and then we'll be okay. That's the kind of argument that people will make.
You will see later when we do optimal policy that this also means that in this class of models the presumption for government intervention is much lower than say in micro policy in financial regulation. In financial regulation, the problem is that we're all trading and we don't internalize that we're all employing the same strategies and that
make it even stronger. I'm going to assume that the consumer has linear utility, which means that prices in equilibrium are going to be constant. governed by Kai. Okay, the higher is SI the more as they use it this becomes
Consumers are morons." Now, what I would say, it's true that consumers are not the most sophisticated people, but then you're assuming the government is better than consumers, and that's where I have a problem, because I'm not sure governments are any good at looking after consumers. And so I agree, consumers may not make the right decisions, but who else can make the decision for the consumer?
different interests. Okay, they are now becoming very close to government. Government all over the world. Government is getting very close to them.
Government all over the world. Government is getting very close to them. I think this is the number one issue that anyone that is in academia, in politics, everywhere should be concerned about.
They will be the Elon Musks of the next generation, the Jeff Bezos of the next generation. government have been tried, what have been the successes, what have been the setbacks, and even within our own history, what have been our success and our setbacks.
government, the US government never forced people into uniform before the Civil War.
government. So maybe you could speak a little bit more to the crisis that's important for us to understand, and how Diocletian solves the crisis in 284 AD.
Government grew under Reagan, defense grew, all sorts of programs grew.
government had actually made it easier to build nuclear power plants, to do other energy things that drive down the cost of electricity, then you are
government bond, a 10-year bond, a 2-year bond, a 90-day a Treasury bill they call them when they get that short.
Government needs to at least play you know, remember the COVID years where governments had to give furlough everywhere, hm? And ask people to stay
government. And we're going to keep doing it. We're we're providing it every four hours. where cuz one thing I have that I guess they hadn't thought through
government and their special agents in all of these different departments I'm working with now. I'm proud to be
government UAP investigations. Every single person is extremely credible. Hal Hal was one of my interview subjects.
government. That's a level less than 1% of all federal employees ever reach. You know, it's equivalent of a two-star
government invest $2 billion in Jared Kushner's fund? It wasn't because they just like Jared Kushner. It was because
governments don't do this very often, but if they ever said, "Okay, everybody, put on your seatbelt. I'm going to tell you exactly what happened with the JFK
governor of Georgia, and Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the Arkansas governor.
government being denied from people and doing things that benefit the people who are picking all of our pockets, that that is something I'm not going to stand
government dominated by the richest people who can use it to keep pulling money out of pockets into theirs?
government is really supreme and dedicated to certain values. An anti-slavery nation, a pro-equality nation, and they put that in the 14th
government are going against this the terms of the bargain that we struck and so we're withdrawing our consent and
government going to be too strong?
government has seemed to have been powerless in the face of mass migration, in the face of jobs being outsourced.
government, I'm so glad I'm a part of this." Yeah, yeah, yeah. I I I would have talked to a Californian who just feels
governing particularly well, but we're trying to we're trying to make it better.
government has promised before the end of this year. But when you compare that of this year. But when you compare that
government, because Iran's government is you know, seen as being fractured. And the message that came back from IRGC,
government. So, that seems to have ended whatever back channel there was, and the Iranian government wants to uh project
government has decided to be said. So, it doesn't seem that backchannel is going to produce anything or did produce
government are things like those covert operations or you know destabilizing the British democracy is something else that
government-togovernment communication to come through a dip through an embassy through diplomatic sources through the foreign office. Of course, leaders
government shows interest or powerful individuals are pushing it or even the media keeps talking about it. Like in
government system. The local government system is running to pay salaries to some workers who are actually not
government. And I think today their uh criticism has been very muted. I think
Governments are increasingly treating AI as a strategic technology. And if countries are forced to pick sides,
government does not censor online content but ensures that quote only objectionable content as clearly defined
government. They see this as a threat.