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IT'S TIME TO BUILD
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Sonal Chokshi, Marc Andreessen
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Apr 21, 2020
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If the work you’re doing isn’t either leading to something being built or taking care of people directly, we’ve failed you, and we need to get you into a position, an occupation, or a career where you can contribute to
building.
What Are You Building?
We have top-end universities, yes, but with the capacity to teach only a microscopic percentage of the 4 million new 18-year-olds in the U.S. each year, or the 120 million new 18-year-olds in the world each
year.
The Education System Is Outdated and Unable to Meet Demand
Tens of millions of laid off workers and their families and many millions of small businesses are in serious trouble right now, and we have no direct method to transfer them money without potentially disastrous
delays.
The US Government Can't Easily Distribute Bailout Money to People & Small Businesses
Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the
decade.
Western Institutions Were Unprepared for COVID-19
The things we build in huge quantities—like computers and TVs—drop rapidly in price. The things we don’t—like housing, schools, and hospitals—skyrocket in
price.
Building Is How We Reboot the American Dream
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Sonal Chokshi Intro
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Western Institutions Were Unprepared for COVID-19
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The US Lacks COVID-19 Tests, Ventilators, & Medical Gowns
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Despite Advanced Warning of Bat-Borne Coronaviruses, We Lack a COVID-19 Vaccine
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The US Government Can't Easily Distribute Bailout Money to People & Small Businesses
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The US Chose Not to Build & Now Lacks Adequate Medical Equipment Amid COVID-19
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US Cities Have Failed to Build Adequate Housing
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US Cities Trail in Comparison to Skyscraper-Dense Metropolises Like Singapore
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The Education System Is Outdated and Unable to Meet Demand
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The US Should Build More Automated Factories
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Money & Technical Competence Can't Explain the Lack of Innovation in America
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Causes of the Innovation Stagnation: Desire, Inertia, Will, & Regulatory Capture
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Both Political Parties Must Contribute to Innovation & Building
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Private Universities Should Do More to Solve the Climate Crisis
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Building Is How We Reboot the American Dream
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What Are You Building?
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To Honor Our Forefathers' Legacy & Create a Bright Future, We Must Build
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Sonal Chokshi Intro
Western Institutions Were Unprepared for COVID-19
The US Lacks COVID-19 Tests, Ventilators, & Medical Gowns
Despite Advanced Warning of Bat-Borne Coronaviruses, We Lack a COVID-19 Vaccine
The US Government Can't Easily Distribute Bailout Money to People & Small Businesses
The US Chose Not to Build & Now Lacks Adequate Medical Equipment Amid COVID-19
US Cities Have Failed to Build Adequate Housing
US Cities Trail in Comparison to Skyscraper-Dense Metropolises Like Singapore
The Education System Is Outdated and Unable to Meet Demand
The US Should Build More Automated Factories
Money & Technical Competence Can't Explain the Lack of Innovation in America
Causes of the Innovation Stagnation: Desire, Inertia, Will, & Regulatory Capture
Both Political Parties Must Contribute to Innovation & Building
Private Universities Should Do More to Solve the Climate Crisis
Building Is How We Reboot the American Dream
What Are You Building?
To Honor Our Forefathers' Legacy & Create a Bright Future, We Must Build
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