Big societal responses to big challenges are sui generis. You can and should learn from similar big events in history but it’s dangerous to use them as a lens. Obama’s 2010 “Sputnik moment” was an example of such a misstep in response to GFC.https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/12/06/president-obama-north-carolina-our-generation-s-sputnik-moment-now …
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They’re usually in the room to try and get a slice of the new pie to extend their old program. Usually one set in motion on some vector a decade ago. They are literally not paying attention to the present at all. Depressing af. Not had people, just lost in their own worlds.
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I’m cueing up a cold take. If you aren’t aware of the deep and chequered history of “building” in America, you’ll probably miss the point of
@pmarca essay. I’ll probably unpack it from my perspective in this week’s@breaking_smart on Friday. Stay tuned.https://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-time-to-build/ …Show this thread -
(wanted to wait out the predictable derpfest of the first techlashy news cycle so we can discuss the interesting bits after the hot take crowd moves on)
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. I recall they talked Sputnik moment in framing the event