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Linux is not an anti-AI project, and anyone who has a problem with that is free to fork it or leave.
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Fixing local politics — housing, crime, recovery — should be the priority because functional local systems naturally produce better state and national leadership over time.
Garry describes his civic engagement in San Francisco, fighting against ideological extremism on crime and education, arguing that fixing local problems cascades upward to state and national governance. ✦ AI generated
Garry Tan · a16z Podcast · 2026-08-12 · original ↗
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“How do you get energy to do that work? You know, is there a white pill for that aspect of our society? Maybe talk a bit about that.”
I care about San Francisco, I care about housing, I care about crime, I care about uh you know, treatment and recovery and if we do that like we can have the society we want to live in and then you know, if we fix local like state and national will fix itself cuz like on a five or 10 year basis like the people who win up there like they they will come up through a system that's functional and about saying no to things that don't make sense, about saying yes to the things that are awesome for the people.
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50:38uh so many people get very very obsessed with national. I mean we want to look at national generally right now. It's like you know what? Like I care about San Francisco, I care about housing, I care about crime, I care about uh you know, treatment and recovery >> Yeah. >> and if we do that like we can have the society we want to live in and then you
50:56know, if we fix local like state and national will fix itself cuz like on a five or 10 year basis like the people who win up there like [music] they they will come up through a system that's functional and about saying no to things that don't make sense, about saying yes to the things that are awesome for the people. >> I love it. All right, Gary. First of
51:16many. Thanks, brother. [music] >> Thanks, bro. >> This is great. >> Cool. Yeah.
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