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The correlation between increased use of immersive digital worlds, like social media, and negative mental health outcomes in young people, including depression, isolation, and suicide.
Retirement funds for state employees that currently represent a massive unfunded liability for California.
Financial institutions that are heavily exposed to the commercial real estate crisis, as they hold a significant portion of the debt on these properties.
A strategy used by lenders, especially regional banks, to avoid recognizing losses on non-performing loans by extending the loan terms and hoping the market recovers, rather than foreclosing.
A segment of the commercial real estate market that is severely distressed due to the rise of remote work, leading to high vacancies and a projected $1.2 trillion loss in value.
A protracted crisis in the real estate market, particularly commercial, where problems emerge over time as loans mature and leases expire, forcing refinancing and repricing at unfavorable new rates.
The competitive moat a company has due to its unique, extensive, and valuable datasets. YouTube's repository of video, audio, and text is cited as the ultimate data advantage.
Customizable versions of OpenAI's models that developers can create by pointing the model at specific data repositories. Sacks sees this as a key part of OpenAI's platform strategy.
An investment strategy focused on providing the underlying tools or technology for an industry, analogous to selling picks and shovels during the Gold Rush.
The use of artificial intelligence to improve the performance and targeting of digital advertising. Meta successfully used this technology to recover from Apple's privacy changes.
CEO of Snap Inc. Mentioned in reference to Snapchat's Spectacles, a predecessor to smart glasses like Facebook's Ray-Ban.