Chamath Palihapitiya on climate change
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“the left should just shut up and realize that climate change is simply not a politicization of having breathable air but it's just breathable air and it's a non-political issue and the right should shut the [__] up and realize that climate change is the simplest path to normalizing the geopolitical [__] show we've been in for 20 years.”
On , Chamath Palihapitiya, CEO at Social Capital, spoke about climate change during Chamath Palihapitiya: The World's First Trillionaire Will Be In Climate Change | Invest Here! on Beat the S&P.
About Chamath Palihapitiya
In a May 2026 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience, Chamath Palihapitiya discussed a range of topics including technology, economics, and governance. He argued that "attention" has been the central driver of technological revolutions over the past 30 years, citing Google, Facebook, and AI as examples. Palihapitiya also stated that the social compact between labor and capital has "totally collapsed," suggesting that corporate taxes should exceed personal taxes as a potential remedy. He compared the philanthropic efforts of past industrialists like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller to what he described as fewer "living tributes" built by modern capital. Palihapitiya also commented on government efficiency, estimating that 30 to 40% of the federal budget is lost due to "shitty code" and inefficiencies, and predicted that documenting government systems would reduce waste and fraud. Regarding China, he said the country's system rewards judgment and long-term priorities, which he described as "almost orthogonal" to the American system. On the topic of Elon Musk, Palihapitiya credited Musk's purchase of Twitter with preserving free speech, which he called a "core component of our civilization" that he believes was previously "curated" and "tightly controlled" by the federal government.