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The Case for American Seriousness
The Case for American Seriousness
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches from the Vandenberg U.S. Space Force Base on February 2, 2022, in Lompoc, California. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)
We don't need aging institutions to pave the way for 21st-century dynamism. What we need is will. And audacity.
By Katherine Boyle
04.18.22 — Culture and Ideas
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The Case for American Seriousness

You can’t be a successful investor if you look at the world with ironic detachment. If you are a naysayer. Or a cynic. Skeptical, yes, of course. But fundamentally you have to believe that individuals with tremendous willpower can do things. Great, shocking, inconceivable things. Like find your husband on your phone. Or build a spaceship to go to anothe…

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Katherine Boyle

Katherine Boyle is a venture capitalist and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. She is the co-founder of the American Dynamism practice, which invests in companies building to support the national interest.

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