How to Beat China and Russia, And Fix the Broken Department of Defense

Joe Lonsdale at the American Optimist podcast had me on to share some observations about the history of defense innovation, the current state of our defense industrial base, how we might rebuild the DoD and national security -- and why we need to act now to do it. It's worth a listen, here

00:00 Episode Intro

01:40 "Bill Perry was my first boss" 

7:43 The Secret History of Silicon Valley

12:14 How US govt fell behind SV

17:05 SpaceX vs NASA

22:00 Radical ideas for Pentagon

26:28 Execution vs Innovation

31:13 Lean startup vs fat startup 

40:11 Does industrial policy work? 

43:40 The future of AI?