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7 quotes · Mar 2020 – Sep 2025

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  1. Friedberg cites 1955 Disneyland's Tomorrowland as an example of post-WWII techno-optimism now lost.

    “There's a YouTube video called the Disney History Institute, the channel, and it shows, like, what Tomorrowland was like when when Disney opened in 1955.”

    7:57 · All-In Podcast · 30 Sep 2025 · permalink
  2. Friedberg uses 1955 Disneyland's Tomorrowland as example of post-WWII optimism about technology building a better world.

    “And it was all about like, we're building this better world with all of these crazy technologies, rockets to the moon, plastics so we could all have cheap furniture.”

    8:05 · All-In Podcast · 30 Sep 2025 · permalink
  3. Friedberg cites 1955 Disneyland Tomorrowland as example of post-WWII techno-optimism about building a better world.

    “And it was all about like, we're building this better world with all of these crazy technologies,”

    8:05 · All-In Podcast · 30 Sep 2025 · permalink
  4. Friedberg recalls Google building shipping container data centers twenty years ago requiring only water and power.

    “Urs and his team were building these super secret shipping container data centers. They had these like data center in a box that you could ship anywhere.”

    15:39 · All-In Podcast · 16 May 2025 · permalink
  5. Friedberg notes that Disneyland's Tomorrowland in 1955 originally celebrated future technology opportunities optimistically.

    “In 1955, Disneyland opened, I've told this story before with this ride called Tomorrowland. This area called Tomorrowland. I mean, you've been there. And every ride there was about the future opportunity with technology.”

    23:08 · Tom Bilyeu · 2 Jul 2024 · permalink
  6. Friedberg reveals Ohalo is named after a 23,000-year-old archaeological site showing early seed cultivation.

    “The company, Ohalo, is named after a site discovered next to the Sea Of Galilee called Ohalo 2. It's an archaeological site.”

    51:35 · TED · 25 Jun 2024 · permalink
  7. Friedberg compares market retracements: 1987 saw 33%, 2000 saw 47%, 2008 saw 56%, but we're only 20% into this one.

    “1987, we saw 33% retracement. 2000, we saw 47%. 2008, we saw 56% and we're only 20 into this one.”

    1:03:47 · listen · All-In Podcast · 15 Mar 2020 · permalink

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