Elon Musk, The Changing World Order & America’s Future - Marc Andreessen - #877

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
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How much of a new timeline are we on right now?

**Marc Andreessen** (4:16)
We are on a very, very different new timeline.
Yeah, so I think the timeline is split twice. It's split once in the second week of July, and then it's split again on November 6th. And I don't know, you tell me, I mean, can you feel it?

**Chris Williamson** (4:36)
The sense in the air, the ambience, has certainly taken a hard pivot. Lots of people that were happy are now unhappy, and lots of people that were unhappy are now fucking ecstatic.