E35: Biogen's controversial Alzheimer's ...

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Show Notes:

0:00 Bestie intro, Chamath's whereabouts

2:54 Breaking down Biogen's Alzheimer's drug & the FDA's controversial approval

26:46 Billionaire space race: Is Bezos going to space too risky or a smart marketing move? How the space industry is a perfect example of effective government intervention. Can anyone dominate space?

42:55 Big Tech getting back to the office: what is the new normal for companies with thousands of employees?

56:49 Recent factors on the commercial & private real estate markets, inflation head fake

1:05:01 ProPublica's report on billionaire tax returns

1:15:58 Bitcoin toxicity, Snowflake's CEO apologizes for comments on merit & diversity

1:32:48 Science corner with Friedberg: Induced pluripotent stem cells & cloning

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Referenced in the show:

https://www.statnews.com/2021/06/07/fda-grants-historicapproval-to-alzheimers-drug-designed-to-slow-cognitive-decline/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-10/harvard-expert-quits-fda-panel-as-furor-over-biogen-drug-grows

https://www.instagram.com/p/CP0MSOqnYEo

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-lets-more-employees-choose-full-time-remote-work-or-return-to-the-office-11623258049

https://news.yahoo.com/salesforce-ceo-marc-benioff-on-slack-acquisition-135151402.html

https://socketsite.com/archives/2021/04/visualizing-all-the-vacant-office-space-in-san-francisco.html

https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-you-sell-a-house-these-days-the-buyer-might-be-a-pension-fund-11617544801

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/T10YIE

https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax

https://www.aqr.com/Insights/Research/Journal-Article/Buffetts-Alpha

https://www.ft.com/content/42daca9e-facc-11e7-9bfc-052cbba03425

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-07/snowflake-ceo-offers-apologies-support-for-hiring-diversity

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