#338 – Chamath Palihapitiya: Money, Success, Startups, Energy, Poker & Happiness

Chamath Palihapitiya is a venture capitalist, engineer, CEO of Social Capital, and co-host of the All-In Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) - Introduction

(07:55) - Childhood and forgiveness

(21:39) - Money and happiness

(28:29) - Poker

(31:57) - Mistakes

(42:47) - Early jobs

(44:25) - Facebook

(1:02:11) - Energy

(1:09:51) - Cloud computation

(1:14:06) - Fixing social media

(1:23:58) - Trump's Twitter ban

(1:29:03) - Kanye West

(1:40:15) - All-In Podcast

(1:49:31) - Nuclear war

(2:01:07) - Startups

(2:09:38) - Work-life balance

(2:20:47) - Teamwork

(2:32:08) - Energy transition

(2:42:41) - Silicon Valley culture

(2:46:00) - Activism culture

(2:50:21) - Advice for young people

(2:56:56) - Meaning of life