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This is what floored me when he wrote that essay. For years, a16z has been poring millions into pointless crypto related companies. And they just keep doing it. Yet Andreessen has the audacity to tell us all to build while he chases the decades most trivial investments and asset classes.

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Think of it this way:

As a VC, he bets on what makes money in the current system.

As a citizen, he calls for a change to a better system.

That makes him a talker.

His actions as a VC make it more difficult to accomplish what he's calling for as a citizen.

That’s your opinion. What if others disagree and view their investments in cryptocurrency tech to be investments in a future where individuals are liberated from banks and legacy money systems? That’s how I view it. Personally, it’s enough to remember how these people exploited the system to crash the economy during the “housing bubble” to sign up for that future. Disparage it all you want.

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