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Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 Network State is not about selling a product. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 the Internet itself is not a place, but there are Internet places Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 We are instead advocating an idea: the idea that a better world is possible Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 the successor to the rules-based order of America is the code-based order of the Internet. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 Our primary goal was to demonstrate that it is now politically, financially, and technically feasible to materialize your internet… Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Resolved true Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Jacqueline Poh runs JTC, which is Singapore's $40B real estate arm. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Ben Horowitz, cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, has said internet communities may be the next big thing. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, founder of PolicySphere, spoke about the Catholic Church as the original network state. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Mostly false Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 The Solana network state recently negotiated with governments for a measure of diplomatic recognition. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Other
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 All Network State Conference 2025 talks are available online for free. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Ben Horowitz is cofounder of Andreessen Horowitz, the world's largest venture capital firm, with $46B under management. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Infinita is a longevity network state, an L2 built on top of Próspera's L1. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Other
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 We define a popup as an internet community that temporarily meets up in the physical world, and terraforms it in some fashion while doing… Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 While I do love the Internet, the underlying logic is that digital versions of anything are ubiquitous and cheap, which means the physical… Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Unresolvable Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 In a Network State Conference 2023 talk, Garry recommended building parallel systems, particularly in media and academia, to replace dysfunctional unelected parts of the legacy system. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Mostly true Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 In 2024 Balaji Srinivasan held a conversation with Bryan Johnson comparing their paths, which led to similar conclusions. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 from internet company to internet currency to internet community. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Unresolvable Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 The Internet is the only thing with global economic scale comparable to China. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Technology
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 There are churches, cathedrals and entire countries with a cross on the flag. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Philosophy, ethics and society
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 Given that communists support the abolition of private property, we should all feel free to repurpose their phrases as we see fit. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Pieter Levels is a self-taught developer who has built and launched 40+ startups. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Technology
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 The old world is fading, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of popups. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 If that goes well, the next step is to crowdfund a permanent startup community. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 Popups really make that concrete. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Unresolvable Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 The Internet's digital legal system de facto manages about 99% of global communications and transactions. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Technology
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 Clearly, quite a lot of successful people now have an interest in startup societies. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 We think of this as the third kind of thing: after internet companies and internet currencies, we finally have internet communities. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 The whole point is to materialize the internet into the physical world. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Network State Conference 2025 reached thousands of attendees and millions of followers who heard about starting new societies. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 The core of each Network State Conference is talks by physical startup societies, both popups and permanents. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 we established that there’s now an entire ecosystem now available to support you socially, politically, and financially as you turn your… Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 But one thing I want to stress is that anyone can now start a startup society, with minimal resources, including you. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 This type of objection usually comes from someone who thinks the network state as a concept is entirely about the digital world. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Andreessen Horowitz is now interested in funding internet communities as the third step after internet companies and currencies. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 And from there, the sky’s the limit, because you’re bootstrapping from the cloud. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 Moving from popup to permanent may mean graduating from leasing real estate to buying it Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not checkable Balaji Srinivasan Not checkable 12 Oct 2025 Of course, our short recap of each talk doesn’t fully convey the energy of the event. Balaji Srinivasan · Not checkable · 12 Oct 2025
Not researched Balaji Srinivasan Factual 12 Oct 2025 Amazon is not set up to welcome its users at its warehouses, and Apple's stores focus mainly on selling laptops rather than hosting Apple users to socialise. Balaji Srinivasan · Factual · 12 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Mostly false Marc Andreessen Factual 8 Oct 2025 ChatGPT is today a better doctor than your doctor, with almost a hundred percent certainty. Marc Andreessen · Factual · 8 Oct 2025 AI capabilities
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable 8 Oct 2025 “There’s always been this question of: Is the requirement perfection or is the requirement better than the median human driver? If you… Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · 8 Oct 2025
Unresolvable Marc Andreessen Prediction 8 Oct 2025 If AI produced hyper-acceleration of productivity, the result would be hyper-deflation of prices. Marc Andreessen · Prediction · 8 Oct 2025 AI, the economy and work
Unresolvable Marc Andreessen Prediction 8 Oct 2025 AI-driven employment shifts will not happen at anywhere near the velocity people expect. Marc Andreessen · Prediction · 8 Oct 2025 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable 8 Oct 2025 “The other great economic fallacy that I just see everywhere right now is this idea that AI is somehow going to be this hyper-successful… Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · 8 Oct 2025
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable 8 Oct 2025 You can’t live your life that way, because it can’t be your doctor.” Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · 8 Oct 2025
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable 8 Oct 2025 “As a consequence, every single one of those people is now capable of doing so much more than they were ever capable of doing before.” Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · 8 Oct 2025
Mixed Marc Andreessen Factual 8 Oct 2025 A significant percentage of U.S. jobs are licensed, unionized or civil service in a way that means they cannot literally be replaced. Marc Andreessen · Factual · 8 Oct 2025 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable 8 Oct 2025 “And yet somehow that’s going to lead to people being eviscerated, and being poor and not having anything.” Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · 8 Oct 2025
Not checkable Marc Andreessen Not checkable 8 Oct 2025 “AI just makes every individual a super-PhD in every topic,” Marc Andreessen · Not checkable · 8 Oct 2025
Mixed Jeff Bezos Factual 6 Oct 2025 A past bubble, in which the companies as a group lost money, still produced a couple of life-saving drugs. Jeff Bezos · Factual · 6 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Wandering is so important because wandering is a kind of humility. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 So, you know, in retail, I would always rather lose a sale than lose a customer. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 These things go together. They’re not a strict trade-off. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 you should ask them, ask your customers, but it’s not sufficient. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 And so, as founders and entrepreneurs and business people, our job is to build a heavy company. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Unresolvable Jeff Bezos Prediction 6 Oct 2025 The benefits to society from AI will be gigantic. Jeff Bezos · Prediction · 6 Oct 2025 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 I am an inventor. This is my fundamental nature. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 People who are wrong a lot are very stubborn on the details. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Mostly true Jeff Bezos Factual 6 Oct 2025 The companies that laid fiber optic cable during the Internet bubble went out of business, going bankrupt. Jeff Bezos · Factual · 6 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 You also have to invent on their behalf because the biggest breakthroughs, the most important ideas, customers don’t know to ask. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 And so I started prioritizing the ideas better, keeping lists of them, keeping them to myself until the organization was ready for the… Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Our robotic technology is getting so good, we don’t need people to live in space. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not yet due Jeff Bezos Prediction 6 Oct 2025 Within roughly 10 to 20 years, giant gigawatt-scale data centers will start being built in space. Jeff Bezos · Prediction · 6 Oct 2025 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 We will still have meaning in our lives. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 There’s never been a better moment to be an entrepreneur. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 A bubble like a banking bubble, a crisis in the banking system, that’s just bad. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Let me assure you, there are plenty of regulations everywhere. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 And I think that that extra 10 years of experience actually improved the odds that Amazon would succeed. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 I’ve noticed that people who are right a lot change their mind a lot. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 I don’t see how anybody can be discouraged who is alive right now. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 I just love entrepreneurs and I always have, like missionary entrepreneurs Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Sometimes when you know where you’re going, yes, you should be very efficient. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 I always advise to young people, you know, go work at a best practices company somewhere where you can learn a lot of basic fundamental… Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 The second thing that happens when people get very excited, as they are today about artificial intelligence, for example, is every… Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 I’m the least retired person in the world and I will never retire because work is too much fun. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Unresolvable Jeff Bezos Factual 6 Oct 2025 As Amazon's stock price fell from 113 to 6, its number of customers rose every month. Jeff Bezos · Factual · 6 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 So an example at Amazon is that customers like fast deliveries. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Mostly false Jeff Bezos Promise 6 Oct 2025 Blue Origin will launch its New Glenn vehicle at the end of October or the first week of November 2025, sending NASA's Escapade satellite into orbit around Mars. Jeff Bezos · Promise · 6 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 There’s never been a better time to be excited about the future. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 You cannot prove it, but you have an instinct and a hunch, and then you’ll pay attention. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 So the two things don’t work against each other, they work together. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Resolved true Jeff Bezos Factual 6 Oct 2025 Computers can currently easily beat humans at chess. Jeff Bezos · Factual · 6 Oct 2025 AI capabilities
Not yet due Jeff Bezos Prediction 6 Oct 2025 Within the next couple of decades, space-based data centers will be able to beat the cost of terrestrial data centers. Jeff Bezos · Prediction · 6 Oct 2025 AI compute, hardware and data
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Everybody in this room, we’re gifted to live in a moment of time when there are multiple golden ages going on. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Civilizational abundance comes from our inventions. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Big companies need mavericks. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Mostly true Jeff Bezos Factual 6 Oct 2025 The fiber optic cable laid by the bankrupt companies remained in place and was later used. Jeff Bezos · Factual · 6 Oct 2025 Technology
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 We built a company that’s very good at inventing and doing more than one thing at a time. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Unresolvable Jeff Bezos Prediction 6 Oct 2025 AI will change every industry. Jeff Bezos · Prediction · 6 Oct 2025 AI, the economy and work
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 The stock price is an output, an ultimate output. You actually have very little control over it. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not yet due Jeff Bezos Prediction 6 Oct 2025 Within the next couple of decades, millions of people will be living in space. Jeff Bezos · Prediction · 6 Oct 2025 Technology
Not yet due Jeff Bezos Promise 6 Oct 2025 Blue Origin is building a hydrogen-powered lunar lander that will land on the moon in a few years. Jeff Bezos · Promise · 6 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Reality wins every time. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 And Europe has all of the ingredients they need to be a dynamic, entrepreneurial, you know, just a huge success. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 All of the data that gets used in business is essential. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 So we can use the moon as a rocket fuel depot to go to the rest of the solar system. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Investors don’t usually give a team of six people a couple of billion dollars with no product. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Resolved true Jeff Bezos Factual 6 Oct 2025 In 2000, when the Internet bubble burst, Amazon stock fell in a short period from $113 a share to $6 a share. Jeff Bezos · Factual · 6 Oct 2025 Economics and markets
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 In fact, entrepreneurs need to be optimistic almost to the point of delusion. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
Own records only Jeff Bezos Factual 6 Oct 2025 During Amazon's 2000 stock decline, it was still loss-making but its losses as a percentage of sales fell every month. Jeff Bezos · Factual · 6 Oct 2025 Their own work or organisation
Not checkable Jeff Bezos Not checkable 6 Oct 2025 Because the most important decisions that every person makes when they’re building something new is made with intuition. Jeff Bezos · Not checkable · 6 Oct 2025
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“There’s never been a better time to be excited about the future.”

Jeff Bezos 6 October 2025 Transcript: Jeff Bezos on Tech Future, AI, Space Revolution (Italian Tech Week 2025) (Singju Post)

There’s never been a better time to be excited about the future.

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Jeff Bezos, “There’s never been a better time to be excited about the future.” (said 6 October 2025). Verdict: not checkable. Reliability API, claim c_6ff5ec8ea166, method 0.1.0+c876030c. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_6ff5ec8ea166

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