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emily: what is the myth of chamath palihapitiya, and what is the reality? amath: the reality is i'm a deeply insecure person who got extraordinarily lucky. more lucky than i deserved. who is trying very hard to leave a reasonably positive legacy so that i feel like i did the right things. i feel like there are way more people that are way more talented than me. i think the myth is i'm aloof, i can be arrogant. i say what's on my mind. i guess at some level, maybe all of those things are true, but the "me" that i know is just the same guy that feels like my parents gave up a lot. i feel like i should be really doing something important with it. emily: were you like this when you were young? has this evolved? chamath: it's definitely evolved. emily: have you become more courageous? chamath: what is that phrase, like, alcohol is a great truth serum. money is a great amplifier of courage. like i said, what do i have to be afraid of at this point? i have an obligation now to do what i think is right, to help people, and to build some things that i think are inter
emily: what is the myth of chamath palihapitiya, and what is the reality? amath: the reality is i'm a deeply insecure person who got extraordinarily lucky. more lucky than i deserved. who is trying very hard to leave a reasonably positive legacy so that i feel like i did the right things. i feel like there are way more people that are way more talented than me. i think the myth is i'm aloof, i can be arrogant. i say what's on my mind. i guess at some level, maybe all of those things are true,...
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. >> what is the myth of chamath palihapitiya, and what is the reality? >> the reality is i deeply insecure person who got extraordinarily lucky. more lucky than i deserve. who is trying very hard to leave a reasonably positive legacy so that i feel like i did the right thing. i feel like there are way more people that are way more talented than me. i think the myth is that i'm aloof, arrogant. i say what's on my mind. i guess at some level maybe all of those things are true, but the "me" that i know is just the same guy that feels like my parents gave up a lot. i feel like i should be really doing something important. >> were you like this when you were young? has this evolved? have you become more courageous? >> alcohol is a great truth serum. money is a great amplifier of courage. what else do i have to be afraid of at this point? i have an obligation to do what i need to do, to help people and build some things that are interesting. and frankly, to make more money, because if i can make more money, i will have a better sense of what i have to do. i sp
. >> what is the myth of chamath palihapitiya, and what is the reality? >> the reality is i deeply insecure person who got extraordinarily lucky. more lucky than i deserve. who is trying very hard to leave a reasonably positive legacy so that i feel like i did the right thing. i feel like there are way more people that are way more talented than me. i think the myth is that i'm aloof, arrogant. i say what's on my mind. i guess at some level maybe all of those things are true, but...
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emily: the venture capitalist chamath palihapitiya criticized your philanthropy efforts as marketing.you respond to that? i believe you saw that when that happened. marc: right. well, i think it is just amazing to me, you know, that anybody could say that. because we are so dedicated, for a decade and a half, to helping other people. and we are so through-and-through that this is what we are about and what we want to leave behind. at the end of the day, i am not sure people will ever remember salesforce. maybe they won't even remember cloud computing. but i know that they are going to remember all the work that we did in the world while we were a successful business. and all the things that we did to give back. and that is what is really important to me. emily: inequality protests have broken out right here in san francisco. google buses have been attacked. you have become, kind of, the social conscience of the tech industry. you have said the tech community has to do more. how satisfied are you with their response? marc: well, i am kind of a protestor and activist in the technology i
emily: the venture capitalist chamath palihapitiya criticized your philanthropy efforts as marketing.you respond to that? i believe you saw that when that happened. marc: right. well, i think it is just amazing to me, you know, that anybody could say that. because we are so dedicated, for a decade and a half, to helping other people. and we are so through-and-through that this is what we are about and what we want to leave behind. at the end of the day, i am not sure people will ever remember...
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emily: chamath palihapitiya, thank you for joining us today on studio 1.0. ♪ emily: he has built somee world's biggest pop stars. it all started when scooter bron stumbled across a youtube video of a kid in a canadian talent show. that kid was justin bieber, and bron is a manager who catapulted him to superstardom. as a music industry goes through traumatic transformation bron is reinventing his own empire producing movies and tv shows, investing in tech companies like uber and pinterest, and looking for more stars he can make along the way. joining me today on studio 1.0. scooter braun. thank you for joining us. you were raised in connecticut. scooter: that is true. emily: the son of an orthodontist and dentist. did you think you would be dominating pop music? scooter: i'm just having a good time. when i was younger i thought like every kid that i wanted to play in the nba and nobody told me i would grow up to be 5'11" and not have the hops i thought i was going to have. one thing led to another and read a couple books that inspired me, and here i am. emily: what music was scooter br
emily: chamath palihapitiya, thank you for joining us today on studio 1.0. ♪ emily: he has built somee world's biggest pop stars. it all started when scooter bron stumbled across a youtube video of a kid in a canadian talent show. that kid was justin bieber, and bron is a manager who catapulted him to superstardom. as a music industry goes through traumatic transformation bron is reinventing his own empire producing movies and tv shows, investing in tech companies like uber and pinterest, and...