Explore " law" with insightful episodes like "The rightwing Christian group and the battle over end-of-life care", "Can Rishi Sunak create a smoke-free generation?", "The silencing of climate protesters in English and Welsh courts", "The Ministry of Defence’s multimillion pound Saudi defence deal" and "Forget Being the World's Policeman; the Federal Government Can't Even Keep DC Safe" from podcasts like ""Today in Focus", "Today in Focus", "Today in Focus", "Today in Focus" and "Audio Mises Wire"" and more!
While US taxpayers pay billions for military missions around the world in the name of “keeping us safe,” the federal government fails to keep residents of the nation’s capital safe from violent crime.
Original Article: Forget Being the World's Policeman; the Federal Government Can't Even Keep DC Safe
Intellectual property laws provide another example of how government stifles innovation and competition.
Original Article: Bye Bye Willie: The Political Rent-Seeker
While zoning laws do not explain all homelessness in this country, they help make housing less affordable, putting more people on the streets who no longer can pay for a place to live.
Original Article: Zoning Laws: Wolves in Sheep's Clothing
As we close off 2023, we wanted to revisit some of our favorite episodes from the last year. From AI hardware, to healthcare regulation, to disrupting the world’s largest asset class, to the electrification of nearly everything… there’s something in here for all listeners.
Resources:
AI Hardware, Explained:
https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-hardware-explained
Chasing Silicon: The Race for GPUs: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/chasing-silicon-the-race-for-gpus
The True Cost of Compute: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/the-cost-of-compute
AI Revolution: Disruption, Alignment, and Opportunity: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/ai-revolution-disruption-alignment-and-opportunity
The Robot Lawyer Resistance; https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/the-robot-lawyer-resistance
The Quest for AGI: Q*, Self-Play, and Synthetic Data: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/the-quest-for-agi-q-self-play-and-synthetic-data
The Road to Autonomous Vehicles: Are We There Yet?: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/the-road-to-autonomous-vehicles-are-we-there-yet-PstZz2G_
The Electrification of Everything: From Sky to Sea: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/the-electrification-of-everything-from-sky-to-sea
When Two Giants Intersect: Healthcare Meets Fintech: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/when-two-giants-intersect-healthcare-meets-fintech
Salary Transparency: Clarity or Chaos?: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/salary-transparency-clarity-or-chaos
Disrupting the World’s Largest Asset Class with Adam Neumann: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/disrupting-the-worlds-largest-asset-class
The Data Highway Above with Privateer’s Steve Wozniak, Alex Fielding, and Dr. Moriba Jah: https://a16z.simplecast.com/episodes/new-the-data-highway-above-with-privateers-steve-wozniak-alex-fielding-and-dr-moriba-jah
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What happens when you don’t have the resources to fight for your rights? Whether it’s a major medical bill or a more minor parking ticket… even if you were in the right, is it easier to just… pay?
Well, Joshua Browder's answer is Do Not Pay!
He’s built a thriving company of the same name, that helps consumers “fight corporations, beat bureaucracy, and sue anyone at the press of a button.” Through the power of technology, DoNotPay has resolved over 2m cases successfully and in this interview we get to hear where Browder hopes to take the organization, including his first-hand account of his recent plan to bring the robot lawyer into the physical courtroom.
Topics Covered:
00:00 - Introduction
01:51 - DoNotPay’s origin
03:09 - Surprising laws
05:49 - General counsel for consumers
06:54 - The role of AI and technology
09:26 - Ensuring quality counsel
13:19 - Prioritizing features
14:43 - Corporate pushback
17:11 - Reshaping the legal system
20:28 - Entering the physical courtroom
24:50 - Cross border possibilities
26:14 - Looping humans into modeling
29:01 - Deflationary impacts
30:05 - Recent pushback
33:13 - Is AI already writing law?
35:15 - Why is law so complex?
37:54 - Entering the Supreme Court
38:38 - Lawyer support
39:47 - Looking forward
43:07 - Building horizontal vs vertical
45:28 - Does this law exist?
Resources:
DoNotPay: https://donotpay.com/
Find Josh on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jbrowder1
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Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Congressman Mike Johnson discuss the current state of conservative America, the understated importance of inherent value, the trumped up climate crisis and the all too real crisis facing much of Europe this coming winter.
Rep. Mike Johnson is in his third term representing the 4th Congressional District of Louisiana. He represents nearly 760,000 residents of 15 parishes in the northwest and western regions of the state. Mike was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives on December 10, 2016, by the largest margin of victory in his region in more than 50 years and is currently serving his third term. He earned his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Louisiana State University in 1995, and then his Juris Doctorate from the Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University in 1998. Before joining Congress, Johnson was a partner in the Kitchens Law Firm and a senior attorney and national media spokesman for the Alliance Defense Fund, now known as Alliance Defending Freedom. He serves as the Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference—the No. 4 ranked Republican in Congress—is a leader on the Judiciary and Armed Services Committees, and serves as an Assistant Whip for House Republicans. Last Congress, he served as Chairman of the Republican Study Committee, known as the "intellectual arsenal" and the largest caucus of conservatives in Congress. Prior to becoming elected to the U.S. Congress, Johnson served as a constitutional law litigator for nearly 20 years.
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(0:00) Coming Up
(1:24) Intro
(3:55) Eve of the election, predictions
(5:20) Biden’s chaotic reign
(7:54) Inflation at a 40 year high, causes and effects
(10:00) US oil and the global climate “crisis”
(13:34) Gaia before God, the new globalist religion
(17:25) The ultimate agenda: control
(19:22) The Republican response
(23:05) Seven Core Principles of American Conservatism
(27:35) Identity from the political perspective
(32:26) The need of faith in society and for individuals
(34:35) Foundational principles and why the left despises them
(40:23) To look upon what terrifies us, why we must
(47:08) The scientific view of faith, and why it’s wrong
(54:12) Preserving what guides us
(57:45) The vision going forward
(1:01:39) Muddling through up hill, the energy front
(1:03:49) The best way to serve the poor
(1:06:56) Taking the opportunity, clarity unites
(1:08:39) Practical steps to get involved in the political front
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All about section 230 of the Communications Decency Act -- in what Wired senior writer (and host of the Get Wired podcast) described as "one of the clearest-but-still-nuanced explainers I've heard - worth listening to".
So what does and doesn't it say? How does this law play out against broader questions and debates around platforms, content moderation, and free speech? This conversation between Mike Masnick (founder and editor in chief of Techdirt) and a16z editor in chief Sonal Chokshi was originally published on our show 16 Minutes, in the context of previous protests and presidential tweets (and an executive order then to prevent “online censorship”)-- but is exactly as relevant today... perhaps now more than ever.
https://a16z.com/2020/05/31/16mins-section-230-communications-decency-act-content-moderation-free-speech-internet-past-present-future/
image: presidential tweet activity/ Wikimedia Commons
We cover the tricky but important topic of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. The 1996 law has been in the headlines a lot recently, in the context of Twitter, the president’s tweets, and an executive order put out by the White House on “preventing online censorship”. All of this is playing out against the broader, more profound cultural context and events around the death of George Floyd in Minnesota and beyond, and ongoing old-new debates around content moderation on social media. [Please note this episode was first published May 31.]
To make sense of only the technology and policy aspects of Section 230 specifically — and where the First Amendment, content moderation, and more come in — a16z host Sonal Chokshi brings on our first-ever outside guest for 16 Minutes, Mike Masnick, founder of the digital-native policy think tank Copia Institute and editor of the longtime news & analysis site Techdirt.com (which also features an online symposium for experts discussing difficult policy topics). Masnick has written extensively about these topics — not just recently but for years — along with others in media recently attempting to explain what’s going on and dissect what the executive order purports to do (some are even tracking different versions as well).
So what’s hype/ what’s real — given this show’s throughline! — around what CDA 230 precisely does and doesn’t do, the role of agencies like the FCC, and more? What are the nuances and exceptions, and how do we tease apart the most common (yet incorrect) rhetorical arguments such as “platform vs. publisher”, “like a utility/ phone company”, “public forum/square” and so on? Finally: how does and doesn’t Section 230 connect to the First Amendment when it comes to companies vs. governments; what does “good faith” really mean and what are possible paths and ways forward among the divisive debates around content moderation? All this and more in this extra-long explainer episode of 16 Minutes, shared here for longtime listeners of the a16z Podcast.
image: presidential tweet activity/ Wikimedia Commons
“HUMBLE VOICES CARRY FURTHER IN THIS WORLD.”
All of us want to be loved and accepted. It’s how we were brought into this world, and it’s how we should be spending our lives.
I’ve learned that if you want to get love you have to learn to give it, but it’s not always that easy.
I’m sure you’ve found yourself around people who you may find creepy or that may hate on you for seemingly no reason.
Your knee jerk reaction is probably to respond with an attack back, but that does the opposite of what anyone wants.
Hate breeds hate and love breeds love.
At the end of the day, how do you want to be remembered? I know I want to be remembered as someone who lit the way with love, compassion, and really tried to understand everyone I encountered.
On this episode of The School of Greatness I’ve brought you someone who has been spreading nothing but love around the entire world: Bob Goff.
Bob is one of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. He used to be a lawyer and has since turned his life into one designed to spread love. He is a New York Times best selling author, a diplomat, and a phenomenal speaker.
He’s helped build schools and shelters around the world. He’s saved lives by educating witch doctors in other countries, and has even become the Uganda consolut to the US.
This was easily one of the most interesting interviews I’ve ever done.
Bob’s mission is one I truly believe in.
And believe it or not despite everything he’s done he still gets haters on social media.
We discuss how he deals with those haters, how you can love deeper, and how you can overcome your insecurities.
Discover all of that and much more, on Episode 622.
Some Questions I Ask:
Are you insecure? (7:34)
How do you do what you do? (8:50)
What did you learn from the last 25 years of being magnetic? (12:24)
Why did you want to become an attorney in the first place? (15:57)
When did you build your first school? (21:03)
What’s your best piece of advice that does rhyme? (26:17)
Who are you right now? (28:22)
How do you get in touch with the humblest version of you? (30:06)
What does faith have to do with loving difficult people or situations? (32:54)
How do you know if you are engaging people too long? (37:05)
How do you deal with haters when you’re just trying to spread love? (39:48)
You engaged with witchcraft people in Uganda? (43:50)
Do you go to the witch doctor graduations? (46:17)
What do you still need patience in? (52:27)
How did you transfer from being a lawyer to having a massive social media audience? (53:53)
What’s the biggest lesson you think you still need to master? (59:50)
In This Episode You Will Learn:
How people get caught up in stereotypes (6:46)
Bob’s boat race experience (10:25)
What Bob wants more than anything right now (13:06)
Who I want to be in 10 years (14:20)
Bob’s first publishing deal (17:33)
How to really engage with someone (20:13)
How to work towards the success you want (23:01)
The way Bob handles haters (30:26)
How you can make a large impact in the world (36:04)
Why love will be what we’re remembered for (41:29)
The biggest lesson Bob’s learned from witch doctors (48:30)
Where the best headlines of your book would come from (51:10)
Why Bob wrote his latest book (1:00:45)
Plus much more
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