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A tour of the tech boom — 5 waves you need to understand
Episode 67

A tour of the tech boom — 5 waves you need to understand

Azeem Azhar welcomes Packy McCormick, founder and investor at Not Boring, to discuss the current tech landscape – reflections on Web3, why bits and atoms are cool again and how AI and energy are reshaping the world as we know it.

Azeem Azhar's Exponential View

April 10, 202542m 28s

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Show Notes

Azeem Azhar welcomes Packy McCormick, founder and investor at Not Boring, to discuss the current tech landscape. 

In this episode you'll hear: 

(01:50) What Packy got wrong (and right) about Web3 

(10:17) The shift to "know thyself and know thyself-nots" 

(14:28) Europe just woke up 

(18:46) Bits and atoms are cool again 

(21:10) London airport shutdown reveals a deeper challenge 

(23:32) A new kind of home energy infrastructure 

(29:28) A theory on Eric Schmidt's new CEO role 

(34:08) What's the role of nuclear in a solar + battery world? 

(40:33) The coming tech boom 

Our new show This was originally recorded for "Friday with Azeem Azhar", a new show that takes place every Friday at 9am PT and 12pm ET. You can tune in through my Substack linked below. The format is experimental and we'd love your feedback, so feel free to comment or email your thoughts to our team at [email protected]

Packy's links: 

  • Substack: https://www.notboring.co/ 
  • Twitter/X: https://x.com/packyM 

Azeem's links: 

  • Substack: https://www.exponentialview.co/ 
  • Website: https://www.azeemazhar.com/ 
  • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/azhar 
  • Twitter/X: https://x.com/azeem 

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