What Marc Andreessen thinks about motivation

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Co-founder of Netscape and of the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. Wrote the Techno-Optimist Manifesto and “Why AI Will Save The World”.

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1. 15 Mar 2026

   Our readingExternal impact is probably not enough to keep a person going; many people with a lot of it eventually just stop.

   Their wordsJust because, like I said, I don't think external impact is enough to keep people going. Or at least I've seen way too many people who had a high level of external impact and then at some point they just stopped.

   ↗Marc Andreessen: The World Is More Malleable Than You Thinkyoutube.com 3rd of 35 in this recording