David Friedberg
Guest on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Host of All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
David Friedberg is a South African-American entrepreneur and investor best known as the co-host of *All-In* and the founder of The Climate Corporation, which he sold to Monsanto for more than $1 billion. He is currently CEO and co-founder of Ohalo Genetics and CEO of The Production Board, a venture foundry focused on food, agriculture, and life sciences.
Products they talk about
Deception: The Great COVID Cover-Up💬 Mentioned
…discussing senator paul's new book on covid origins and alleged coverup
“I want to talk about your new book, Deception, The Great COVID Cover-Up. What was at the heart of the cover-up from your point of view? Some people get nervous when you talk about cover-up or conspiracy... my wife helped me write it.”
on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Leucovorin👍 Recommends
…discussing potential treatment for autism related to folate receptor autoantibody
“One of the things that they announced is they're going to work on getting the label updated for leucovorin, which will resolve for many people the folate receptor issue... I have several friends who have kids on the spectrum. I talk to them about Leucovarin. What they say is that when you have extreme autism, the drug is very effective.”
on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Logan's Run👍 Recommends
…recommending classic science fiction films
“Maybe Silent Running. You like Silent Running. That's a good one. Logan's Run. Silent Running. Those are good shows.”
on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Long Hill Wagyu👍 Recommends
…comparing premium wagyu beef producers
“Not as good as Long Hill Wagyu, but, you know. Oh, yeah. I mean, listen. These are... That's like two elite steak producers. Get the coulette, a.k.a. the picanha.”
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Project Hail Mary👍 Recommends
…summer reading recommendations from podcast hosts
“I've been reading, because I never read it, the Andy Weir Project Hail Mary book. Oh, great. Yeah. It's awesome. So good. I am disappointed. I like Andy Weir. I interviewed Andy Weir. Halfway through, I got disappointed with one of the core assumptions.”
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Retatrutide👍 Recommends
…discussing retatrutide peptide medication clinical trial results
“The coverage is coming out of this phase three clinical trial data release that Lilly put out last month. So, everyone's going crazy over the data, which continues to show pretty amazing results. So, unlike trisepatide, which is kind of Lilly's main product today, which is a dual agonist, it's got two peptides in it that bind to different receptors, the GLP-1, the GIP receptor. This other one now also binds to glucagon, which is a third receptor.”
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The Arrival👍 Recommends
…recommending science fiction films to watch
“I did recently rewatch The Arrival by Denis Villeneuve. How do you pronounce his last name? Villeneuve. He's doing the new Bond.”
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The Light of Other Days💬 Mentioned
…discussing how public revelation of private communications affects perceptions of powerful people
“There's this great book I've mentioned in the past by Stephen Baxter and Arthur Clarke called The Light of Other Days. And it's all about how basically all the world's information becomes available to everyone. Like what if you could read every other person's text, email, IM, DM that they've ever had with everyone else in the world? What would the world look like?”
on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg