The Minutes of David Friedberg on regulation https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/regulation/ Everything David Friedberg has said on regulation: 9 verbatim quotes between May 2020 and March 2026, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it… en Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:22:42 +0000 Friedberg says Silicon Valley felt attacked under Biden and realized government could restrict business operat https://minutesof.com/q/081af209-c57d-43bc-bc15-1c8550a081fe/ https://minutesof.com/q/081af209-c57d-43bc-bc15-1c8550a081fe/ “And under the Biden years, I think is when Silicon Valley really felt like it came under attack.” — Suffiyan Malik Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:34:36 +0000 regulation Friedberg says Silicon Valley felt attacked under Biden, waking up to government's influence on business opera https://minutesof.com/q/8a4635de-b463-459c-8b46-6ecc86a8af85/ https://minutesof.com/q/8a4635de-b463-459c-8b46-6ecc86a8af85/ “And Silicon Valley kind of woke up to the fact that the government can play an outsized role in influencing, affecting how we might be able to operate and do business.” — Suffiyan Malik Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:34:36 +0000 regulation Friedberg says autonomous vehicles reduce fatalities by 95% per million miles but single crashes shut down ent https://minutesof.com/q/d29a3b26-5a23-4b44-8f22-39ab2a890c66/ https://minutesof.com/q/d29a3b26-5a23-4b44-8f22-39ab2a890c66/ “for every million miles, autonomous vehicles reduce fatalities by, like, ninety five percent. But if there's one autonomous vehicle that crashes once, everyone shuts that entire program down and says, wait a second.” — All-In Podcast Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:27:21 +0000 regulation Friedberg recounts how one gene therapy death in the late 1990s halted all such treatments for seven years. https://minutesof.com/q/a86282d6-444d-4b89-93dd-2fbe7141801a/ https://minutesof.com/q/a86282d6-444d-4b89-93dd-2fbe7141801a/ “And when he died, they put a stop on gene therapy treatments for I think seven years. They weren't allowed to do any more gene therapy treatments.” — Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 regulation Friedberg says one gene therapy death led to a seven-year halt despite dozens of life-saving therapies now ava https://minutesof.com/q/66d9c00f-abb2-4605-b012-3c8d3f9e6e45/ https://minutesof.com/q/66d9c00f-abb2-4605-b012-3c8d3f9e6e45/ “They weren't allowed to do any more gene therapy treatments. And since then we now have literally dozens of gene therapy treatments that can cure dozens of human diseases saving millions of lives.” — Tom Bilyeu Tue, 02 Jul 2024 13:00:38 +0000 regulation Friedberg interprets the $70 million FINRA fine on Robinhood as industry self-regulation to prevent government https://minutesof.com/q/b4c94c28-f540-4012-9599-e36e50253cc5/ https://minutesof.com/q/b4c94c28-f540-4012-9599-e36e50253cc5/ “I feel like the the Robinhood fine the FINRA fine of $70,000,000, was a good red herring for what's gonna happen in this industry which is that the big financial services firms wanna participate in this market and they don't want regulators coming in and reregulating the market.” — CNBC Television Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:05:56 +0000 regulation Friedberg argues the $70 million Robinhood fine was meant to prevent broader regulatory intervention in fintec https://minutesof.com/q/cc2d3c96-068b-459e-aa92-c919117e4ad8/ https://minutesof.com/q/cc2d3c96-068b-459e-aa92-c919117e4ad8/ “They they see the opportunity in the same way that the startups do. And FINRA is a self regulatory organization.” — CNBC Television Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:05:56 +0000 regulation Friedberg argues FINRA's $70 million fine was sized to keep the SEC from regulating digital financial services https://minutesof.com/q/166b46a2-e070-4b50-b974-1a4d73573c0a/ https://minutesof.com/q/166b46a2-e070-4b50-b974-1a4d73573c0a/ “And, you know, putting that $70,000,000 fine on Robinhood was a big enough fine to say, you know what? We don't want the SEC coming in.” — CNBC Television Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:05:56 +0000 regulation Friedberg explains FINRA's $70 million fine was designed to keep the SEC from imposing stricter regulations. https://minutesof.com/q/a7f29f34-cec6-47ec-9903-d1a6d673ad95/ https://minutesof.com/q/a7f29f34-cec6-47ec-9903-d1a6d673ad95/ “putting that $70,000,000 fine on Robinhood was a big enough fine to say, you know what? We don't want the SEC coming in.” — CNBC Television Tue, 13 Jul 2021 17:05:56 +0000 regulation