People by WTF Chamath Palihapitiya x Nikhil Kamath | Ep. 19 Trailer | People by WTF
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Feb 28, 2026 
Chamath Palihapitiya, venture capitalist and entrepreneur behind early bets on Tesla and Bitcoin, and founder of social+capital. He discusses why pain fuels scale. He questions common metrics of success. He explores politics as strategic tit-for-tat and where to allocate capital between silicon and machine-building.
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Podcast Without Ads Matched Charity Donations
- Chamath runs his podcast without ads and donates with guests to charities he selects.
- He forces guests to give money to a charity he likes and matches their donation, rejecting sponsorship revenue.
Invest Alone Don’t Rely On Investor Teams
- Do treat investing as an individual discipline and avoid consensus-driven teams.
- Chamath says "It is not a team sport" and criticizes investor teams as likely to lose money due to collective weakness and Prisoner's Dilemma dynamics.
Politics And Prisoner’s Dilemma Shape Markets
- Recognize political dynamics shape incentives and cooperate-or-defect outcomes in investing and society.
- Chamath links investing behavior to the Prisoner's Dilemma and to shifting political incentives, warning of tit-for-tat dynamics.