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Azeem Azhar's Exponential ViewA tour of the tech boom — 5 waves you need to understandAzeem Azhar welcomes Packy McCormick, founder and investor at Not Boring, to discuss the current tech landscape. In this episode you'll hear: (01:50) What Packy got wrong (and right) about Web3 (10:17) The shift to "know thyself and know thyself-nots" (14:28) Europe just woke up (18:46) Bits and atoms are cool again (21:10) London airport shutdown reveals a deeper challenge (23:32) A new kind of home energy infrastructure (29:28) A theory on Eric Schmidt's new CEO role (34:08) What's the role of nuclear in a solar + battery world? (40:33...2025-04-1042 min
Exponential View by Azeem Azhar🔮 AI, energy and robots — where to bet in the boomI hosted a live with Packy McCormick earlier today and we had a blast—covering a wide range of topics, including:1. A sense-check on crypto and Web3:* Transition from idealistic vision to mainstream financial instrument.* Importance of regulation and guardrails.* Challenges of open systems and manipulation.2. AI’s current state & impact:* “Super SaaS” vs existential threat.* ChatGPT and Claude competing for leadership in daily use.* Anthropic’s prediction of “thousands of geniuses in data centers” vs. skepticism of established AI scientists.* Focus on human...2025-03-2145 min
Azeem Azhar's Exponential ViewHow Web3 Is Changing Commerce and Governance (with Not Boring’s Packy McCormick)Web3’s ability to attach value and incentives to almost every part of human activity has radical implications not only for how businesses engage with their customers, but also for how people can self-organize to drive social change.
Web3 investor and analyst Packy McCormick makes the case, in conversation with Azeem Azhar, that an optimistic outlook rooted in market-dynamics can enable new sustainable businesses that operate for the public good.
They also discuss:
Why framing human behavior in terms of a game helps explain why crypto has seen such explosive growth.
Why blockchain allows us...2022-05-0444 min
Nathan Barry Archive031: Mario Gabriele - From Lifelong Obsession to Thriving BusinessMario Gabriele is the founder of The Generalist. His mission? To bring the most interesting tech writing to your inbox, every week. And he’s not doing it alone, either: Mario works with a team of contributors to deliver new ideas from some of the most original minds in venture capital and tech.In this episode, Mario talks about how and why he left a career in venture investing to build The Generalist, and his lifelong obsessions with writing and technology. The Generalist is not only a really successful newsletter, it’s a thriving business, too! Tune in t...2021-03-2955 min