E59: Twitter's content warning algo, equity audits, politicians trading stocks, Fed's next move, mRNA & more artwork

E59: Twitter's content warning algo, equity audits, politicians trading stocks, Fed's next move, mRNA & more

All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg

December 17, 2021

(0:00) Bestie Intro: Sweater update, NYC stories (8:30) Sacks got flagged on Twitter, theorizing on Twitter's content warning algorithm (14:37) "Racial equity audits" with product-level consequences might be coming to Big Tech (27:37) Elizabeth Warren vs.
Speakers: Chamath Palihapitiya, David Friedberg, David Sacks, Jason Calacanis, London Breed
**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:00)
Let's talk about the sweaters, okay? David, let's start with you because I love it.

**David Friedberg** (0:04)
David.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:05)
I f*****g love that sweater.

**David Sacks** (0:06)
I decided to up my sweater game for Chamath. This is Tom Ford.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:10)
Love it.

**David Friedberg** (0:10)
Tom Ford.

**David Sacks** (0:11)
Tom Ford. The buttons are made out of endangered rhino horn.

**David Friedberg** (0:17)
We just lost a third of the audience.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:19)
So my sweater is a very light Italian cashmere made by a company called Doriani, Doriani Cashmere. I thought we weren't doing plugs for our startups.

**David Friedberg** (0:30)
This is how we're monetizing the All-In pod.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:31)
Here we go. Doriani Cashmere just got a free. This right here is a little young calf leather. Very soft.
The buttons, like David's, are made from shark fin.

**David Friedberg** (0:45)
For those of you at home who would like to spend $150 and stay warm, may I recommend the Marine layer? You can find it on Union Street jacket.

**Jason Calacanis** (0:54)
You can also find that jacket on Turk Street.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (0:58)
How tilted is Sweater Karen listening to this? Sweater Karen, if you're listening, I will never reveal.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:05)
Sweater Karen got back to me and she was like, oh my God, he's so tilted.

**David Friedberg** (1:08)
I think I know who she is.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:09)
Sweater Karen can kiss my brown ass.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:13)
Jade comes home last night, I kid you not. She's like, I don't like you in the t-shirts. I got you some sweaters. We're going to the mountains for the holiday. And I was like, did you watch the podcast about the sweater? She's like, no, I don't listen to your podcast. I was like, okay, fair enough.
And I'm like, I'm looking at these things, they're all in these boxes. And she's got this bunch of sweaters. I started to open up, I was like, what did you spend on this?
She said $3,000. I was like, I'm not comfortable spending $3,000 on a sweater.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:36)
That's half a sweater.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:37)
Let alone eight of them.

**David Friedberg** (1:38)
And she goes, no, no, it's $3,000 for all eight.

**David Sacks** (1:40)
Yeah, Chamath is like, is that a sleeve?

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (1:45)
Four buttons and a waistband?

**David Sacks** (1:47)
That might be a vest for Chamath.

**Jason Calacanis** (1:50)
I think that's the box the sweater came in with $3,000. So I got my three-quarter zip and I'm feeling good. I'm feeling really good. I feel pretty sexy in it, I'll be honest.
Welcome to the All-In Podcast. The All-In Podcast.
Breaking into the top 50 podcast week after week. Because of you, the amazing audience, telling your friends about the podcast.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:27)
It's been two weeks, so it's week and week.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:29)
All right, week, that's what I said, week after week.

**David Friedberg** (2:32)
A week and a week.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:33)
A week after week. For two weeks.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:35)
Hitting the top 40 podcast episodes in the world, thanks to the fans with me, of course, The Dictator himself in an amazing sweater.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (2:45)
Light, light cashmere gilet.

**Jason Calacanis** (2:47)
The Sultan of Science, I found out from his mom, she much prefers the Sultan of Science to Queen of Quinoa, so that's what we're going with going forward. David Friedberg, who had a great party up in Beep, and I really enjoyed going, and Sacks, who didn't go to Beep's party or to Friedberg's party. He stayed home and played chess on his iPhone.
The Rain Man himself, David Sacks. Welcome to the pod, everybody.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:16)
Okay, you want me to New York stories?

**David Friedberg** (3:17)
My one true bestie, Jason Calacanis.

**Jason Calacanis** (3:19)
It's true.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:20)
No, that's not true. I really wanted to come, but that's breastfeeding, and so I couldn't come.

**David Friedberg** (3:24)
The helipad was shut down. Chamath couldn't land.

**David Sacks** (3:27)
You were getting breastfed?

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (3:34)
Was there a Curb Your Enthusiasm?

**Jason Calacanis** (3:36)
Oh, no, it was this great show called Afterlife from Ricky Gervais. There's literally a scene in it where a woman, they work for a local newspaper that's going out of business, and they're going to do local stories. And the big story in town is a woman is making pudding, incredibly delicious pudding, and it's from her breast milk.
And they go and cover the story. Anyway, I'll just leave it at that. It's pretty amazing story.

**Chamath Palihapitiya** (4:04)

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