Village Global Podcast
Description
Eli Dourado (@elidourado) of the Center for Growth and Opportunity, joins Erik on this episode to discuss:
- Why Eli wants to radically increase GDP per capita and the current bottlenecks to achieving that.
- Why he thinks the 2020s will be the decade of atoms.
- Why amazing scientific breakthroughs like CRISPR haven't translated into new products or treatments.
- Why he's excited about geothermal power and how it could change geopolitics if its potential is realized.
- His breakdown of his position as a technological optimist and cultural pessimist.
- Where he agrees or disagrees with Tyler Cowen, Bryan Caplan, Peter Thiel, and Samuel Hammond.
- Why entrepreneurs shouldn't shy away from areas with regulatory risk, since "that's where all the action happens."
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- Why Eli wants to radically increase GDP per capita and the current bottlenecks to achieving that.
- Why he thinks the 2020s will be the decade of atoms.
- Why amazing scientific breakthroughs like CRISPR haven't translated into new products or treatments.
- Why he's excited about geothermal power and how it could change geopolitics if its potential is realized.
- His breakdown of his position as a technological optimist and cultural pessimist.
- Where he agrees or disagrees with Tyler Cowen, Bryan Caplan, Peter Thiel, and Samuel Hammond.
- Why entrepreneurs shouldn't shy away from areas with regulatory risk, since "that's where all the action happens."
Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform.
Check us out on the web at www.villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.
Want to get updates from us? Subscribe to get a peek inside the Village. We’ll send you reading recommendations, exclusive event invites, and commentary on the latest happenings in Silicon Valley. www.villageglobal.vc/signup