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With virtually nothing. we see a tiny, tiny few in the elite — like you, dave friedberg — living with unimaginable wealth. capitalism doesnt work. capitalism has its downside. have you read any of steven pinker�*s books? yeah, in fact, weve had him on the show. so, i think he does a greatjob of framing the arc of progress. and the arc of progress, i think, is one where if you look at the relative condition of people as a whole, of the bottom 20%, of the bottom 50%, of the bottom 90%, every...

The likes of gates, jobs, and musk, built their empires from right here in california. their work has transformed our lives, but it hasnt always been for the better. well, my guest today is the san francisco tech billionaire, dave friedberg. he says science and technology can and will fix humanitys problems. should we believe him? dave friedberg, in san francisco, welcome to hardtalk. yeah, thanks for... thanks for coming by. its a real pleasure to be here. you describe yourself as an "extreme o...

Much technological innovation. and you can look at all the socialist and communist histories around the world, and technology has not been born from those markets. technology has been born from the free markets. and the free markets have allowed the industrial revolution, the internet, and the current age of bioengineering to really transform the human species, to transform medicine, to transform food, to transform industry, because the free markets operate. what you frame this as, dave, is cons...

And disparity—of—life condition than there is even today, believe it or not. and during that time, the attempts to cross the atlantic and discover the new world ultimately yielded benefits that were unimaginable at the time. and one could argue, yes, there was travesty and loss of life, and all these terrible things that happened because of it — but ultimately, it did enable a lot of progress for all of people that i think arose from discovering and realising the opportunities in the new w...

Who funds the billion dollars? and is the billion dollars ultimately going to yield the best benefit for the market, for the customer, and ultimately for the end user, for the consumer, for the people in need, for the 95% of the world that are desperate to move themselves up the ladder in the world? or will the motivation of the market, the market that says, "if this works, i will get paid for it" — will that source the billion? and by the way, its not... if i may interrupt, i mean, that sound...

20%, of the bottom 50%, of the bottom 90%, everyone continues to make progress. the rate of progress, however, is not symmetric across all people — and that is the downside of capitalism, and were certainly going through a cycle now where that downside is getting the focus of the democracies of the west. but i would argue that without the market, without the market—based system, there wouldnt be as much technological innovation. and you can look at all the socialist and communist histories a...