E14: Salesforce acquires Slack, DeepMind’s AlphaFold breakthrough, Trust Fund Socialists & more

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Referenced in the show:

NYT - The Rich Kids Who Want to Tear Down Capitalism

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/style/trust-fund-activism-resouce-generation.html

Coinbase - An upcoming story about Coinbase

https://blog.coinbase.com/upcoming-story-about-coinbase-2012afc25d27

NYT - ‘Tokenized’: Inside Black Workers’ Struggles at the King of Crypto Start-Ups

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/technology/coinbase-cryptocurrency-black-employees.html

Show Notes:

0:00 Besties intro, fashion talk & the All-In Syndicate

3:47 Insights on Slack being acquired by Salesforce for $27.7B - why did they sell, are there any nitpicks, was this a home run for Salesforce?

19:14 Sacks on going up against Marc Benioff and Salesforce Chatter while at Yammer, importance of holding onto winners as long as possible

27:26 Why is DeepMind's AlphaFold a major breakthrough? When will it begin impacting drug discovery? Dangers of AI at scale

47:07 Republican party misfires, Georgia runoff implications, can Trump pre-pardon his family, Biden's effective strategy so far

59:21 Trump's Section 230 gambit, will Trumpism fade away?

1:05:23 Trust Fund socialists

1:26:14 Coinbase vs. NYT round 2, https://www.thesyndicate.com/allin