E57: Understanding Omicron, tech stocks plummet, VC's great resignation, Jack Dorsey's departure

**Jason Calacanis** (0:00)
Yeah, Chamath goes to those sorts of events, and they all pick some endangered animal, and then they skin it, and they make a sweater out of it for them.

**David Friedberg** (0:05)
That's that Illuminati s***, Illuminati.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:08)
So this is Cashmere, it's lower piano. The lining is chinchilla.
Geez.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:14)
I knew it was some poor animal. It is so phenomenal.
Probably nicer than a dog.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:19)
It's so warm.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:20)
Probably sweeter than any dog you've ever met if you actually played with a chinchilla.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:24)
It's so warm. It's so, I'm just rubbing it.

**David Friedberg** (0:54)
Hey, everybody. Hey, everybody. Welcome to another episode of the All-In Illuminati podcast. We took Thanksgiving off, but the Illuminati is back to tell you what's going on in the Star Chamber.
David Friedberg, the Sultan of Science, Queen of Kin Wands.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:10)
Sultan of Science.

**David Friedberg** (1:11)
Super thin looking Schveldt. David Sacks at his fighting weight 168 to 172 pounds in the red corner. And with a cashmere chinchilla sweater.
The Urkel from Sri Lanka at 142 pounds.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:31)
Chamath Palihapitiya.

**David Friedberg** (1:36)
And I'm of course Jake.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:37)
I'm at my not peak weight, but in my 20s and 30s, I was like 172 pounds.

**David Friedberg** (1:46)
Well, you're six foot, right? So that's six, too.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:48)
So I mean, I'm currently 166

**David Friedberg** (1:53)
What?
Wow. And you and you and you are wearing a shirt. Wow, that's incredible. If I was 166, I would I did my I did my side right now.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:02)
I did my I did my body scan. I was percentage body fat is what 14% 11.1%.

**David Friedberg** (2:08)
What you're going into elite athlete slash cast away territory.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:14)
I've been there.

**David Friedberg** (2:15)
I've been there.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:16)
And sacks lean body mass was 152.8 pounds. My basal metabolic rate was 1868 calories.
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Yeah, this was with my jeans on. Sorry. And and this was midday. So I had breakfast. So it was 171.9. So 172 So minus the clothes in the morning. I think I'm 167 less eating.

**David Friedberg** (2:39)
Amazing.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:40)
Yeah, body. Yeah.
11.1% body fat. My BMI was 22.7.

**David Friedberg** (2:46)
That's incredible.
Congratulations. All right. So we took Thanksgiving off, but we're back. And of course, it's been a bit of a crazy run.
Sacks and I are in Miami for Web 3.0. You would be delighted to know that there is no COVID in Florida. They've solved the COVID problem, but I miss you guys.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:13)
I miss you guys.

**David Friedberg** (3:13)
It's tough to take a week off. That was a mistake. We should have done a Thanksgiving episode. It's lame to take a week off because I miss everybody. I agree.

**Jason Calacanis** (3:20)
Did everyone have a good Thanksgiving?

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:21)
I took my kids to Vegas.

**Jason Calacanis** (3:23)
You did? Really?

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:24)
The older three, me and Nat's dad, we took the older three to Vegas.
We took them to Blue Man Group, Lion Safari. Although Blue Man is a little loud, actually, to be honest. I don't think it's really appropriate for kids, too. I almost had a seizure, so I don't like it. Did you teach your kids how to play craps?

**Jason Calacanis** (3:42)
I like that Beatles Cirque du Soleil show.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:45)
That would have been a better choice in the end.
What else did we do? We took them to the Adventure Dome, which is an indoor amusement park.

**Jason Calacanis** (3:53)
What did you eat? Any good food?

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:54)
We ate a Cipriani one night and Carbone the next night.

**David Friedberg** (3:57)
I was about to say, man, those are those two places.
Carbone with that Vodka sauce. I was talking to Jade about the Carbone rigatoni with Vodka sauce and she started making it for me. She has the recipe online. It's unbelievable.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (4:10)
It's so funny you mentioned it, but both me and Popsie got it and we were both like, this is freaking awesome. Spicy rigatoni. It's so delicious.

**David Friedberg** (4:20)
I mean, you can make it at home and it's pretty amazing.
Sacks, what was your thought? You came to Miami for Thanksgiving. I take it.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (4:27)
Oh, wait, wait, wait. So the best part is, and I won 100 dimes, you know, played craps for a little bit, bop, bop.

**David Friedberg** (4:33)
Okay, so that's for half the trip.