a16z Podcast: Talent, Tech Trends, and Culture -- with Ben, Marc, and Tyler Cowen by a16z published on 2018-12-29T19:00:59Z with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Tyler Cowen (@tylercowen) This episode of the a16z Podcast features the rare combination of a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz in conversation, together, with economist Tyler Cowen (chair of economics at George Mason University and chairman and general director of the Mercatus Center there, and host of his own podcast.) The conversation originally took place at our most recent annual innovation Summit -- which features a16z speakers and invited experts from various organizations discussing innovation at companies large and small, as well as tech trends spanning bio, consumer, crypto, fintech, and more. This discussion covers Ben and Marc's marriage, er, partnership; the evolution of VC and "talent as a network"; and where are we right now on industries being affected by tech (such as retail) and tech trends (such as VR/AR and wearables) -- and where are we going next? Finally, is software eating culture... or is it the other way around? Genre Business Comment by Choimirai School I think VR is going to be about 1,000 times bigger. 2019-08-15T00:59:28Z Comment by Jud Valeski “Non-profit sushi” :) 2019-01-13T18:57:01Z Comment by Dan Blechner "retail will basically be gone" - that's an enormous statement. im all in 2019-01-13T06:36:03Z Comment by 🄰🄻🄴🅇🄲🄴🄻🄰🄲 if you want extreme personalities, you should also look into electronica. djs are living in the future more than hip-hop/pop, it could be a sweet spot 2018-12-30T15:29:52Z Comment by brunoisy Hi, could you please make this podcast downloadable so we can listen at higher than 1x speed? 2018-12-30T14:27:10Z