The Minutes of David Friedberg on history https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/history/ Everything David Friedberg has said on history: 7 verbatim quotes between March 2020 and September 2025, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:42 +0000 Friedberg cites 1955 Disneyland's Tomorrowland as an example of post-WWII techno-optimism now lost. https://minutesof.com/q/927e1440-0337-43fc-acb7-56be4c641f2c/ https://minutesof.com/q/927e1440-0337-43fc-acb7-56be4c641f2c/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:14:12 +0000 history Friedberg uses 1955 Disneyland's Tomorrowland as example of post-WWII optimism about technology building a bet https://minutesof.com/q/d0ede649-8b8f-4c0d-99d3-cd78ef942a3d/ https://minutesof.com/q/d0ede649-8b8f-4c0d-99d3-cd78ef942a3d/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:14:12 +0000 history Friedberg cites 1955 Disneyland Tomorrowland as example of post-WWII techno-optimism about building a better w https://minutesof.com/q/8bf971e1-e4b0-47b1-a4cb-152d6b0150ba/ https://minutesof.com/q/8bf971e1-e4b0-47b1-a4cb-152d6b0150ba/ “And it was all about like, we're building this better world with all of these crazy technologies,” — All-In Podcast Tue, 30 Sep 2025 03:14:12 +0000 history Friedberg recalls Google building shipping container data centers twenty years ago requiring only water and po https://minutesof.com/q/73bec5f7-cc95-43ca-bc75-4899189ca8ef/ https://minutesof.com/q/73bec5f7-cc95-43ca-bc75-4899189ca8ef/ “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.” — All-In Podcast Fri, 16 May 2025 05:57:14 +0000 history Friedberg notes that Disneyland's Tomorrowland in 1955 originally celebrated future technology opportunities o https://minutesof.com/q/97a1c573-772d-4213-9a5a-7e1e0fbf75db/ https://minutesof.com/q/97a1c573-772d-4213-9a5a-7e1e0fbf75db/ “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.” — Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 history Friedberg reveals Ohalo is named after a 23,000-year-old archaeological site showing early seed cultivation. https://minutesof.com/q/e9f1760d-4689-46a6-ab96-3d4c24053724/ https://minutesof.com/q/e9f1760d-4689-46a6-ab96-3d4c24053724/ “The company, Ohalo, is named after a site discovered next to the Sea Of Galilee called Ohalo 2. It's an archaeological site.” — TED Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:00:23 +0000 history Friedberg compares market retracements: 1987 saw 33%, 2000 saw 47%, 2008 saw 56%, but we're only 20% into this https://minutesof.com/q/b9f0e0f2-18b5-4431-bc17-82bf6118326a/ https://minutesof.com/q/b9f0e0f2-18b5-4431-bc17-82bf6118326a/ “1987, we saw 33% retracement. 2000, we saw 47%. 2008, we saw 56% and we're only 20 into this one.” — All-In Podcast Sun, 15 Mar 2020 02:04:09 +0000 history