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Venkat Rao (@vgr), joins Erik on this episode. He writes at Ribbonfarm, Breaking Smart, and The Art of Gig.

They talk about:

- Why the ambient humour level fluctuates in a society and the “seriousness bubble” in Silicon Valley before 2016.

- Mediocrity and its merits.

- Hannah Arendt, humans as social creatures, and why “to be whole is to be a part.”

- What he thinks libertarians get wrong, and why they “are wrong in an interesting way.”

- How Silicon Valley has been evolving and how it can change to broaden the base of prosperity.

- Why he stays away from utopian thinking.

- The idea of shared reality tunnels and how they are similar to the evolution of television over the years.

- Where humans will derive meaning in the future.

- Why climate change will be the next big cultural battlefield.

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Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global, is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg and is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

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