Andreessen's core operating principle: the world recalibrates around maximum-effort pursuit far faster than people assume. Western stagnation isn't a law of nature—it's the default when nobody with conviction tries to reshape things. Entrepreneurs and the VCs who back them are, in his framing, 'a rough movement against stagnation,' and it's shocking how few people even give it a shot. 'The fate of the world over the next 1500 years is riding on the people who actually want to give it a shot.' Nobody licensed this, nobody applied for a permit—anyone can try, and almost nobody does.
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