The latest episode of The Eric Ries Show features my conversation with Reid Hoffman. Executive Vice President of PayPal, co-founder of LinkedIn, and legendary investor at Greylock Partners are just a few of his official roles that have changed our world. He’s also been a mentor to countless founders of iconic companies like Airbnb, Facebook, and OpenAI. He’s an author, a podcast host – both Masters of Scale and his new show, Possible, with Aria Finger – and perhaps most importantly a crucial steward of AI, including co-founding Inflection AI, a Public Benefit Corporation, in 2022.Reid has also long been a voice of moral clarity and a stabilizing influence on the tech ecosystem, supporting people who are working to make the world a better place at every level. He’s a firm believer that “the way that we express ourselves over time is by being citizens of the polis – tribal members.” That includes not just supporting the legal system and democratic process but also building organizations “from the founding and through scaling and ongoing iteration to have a functional and healthy society.” We talked about all of this, as well as AI, from multiple angles – including the story of how he came to broker the first meeting between Sam Altman and Satya Nadella that led to the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership. He also had a lot to say about how AI will work as a meta-tool for all the other tools we use. We are, as he said,” homo techne,” – meaning we evolve through the technology we make. We also broke down his famous saying that “entrepreneurship is like jumping off a cliff and assembling the plane on the way down” and: • The human tendency to form groups• The relationship between doing good for people and profits• AI as a meta-tool• What he looks for in a leader• The necessity of evolving culture• Being willing to take public positions• His thoughts on the economy and the upcoming election —Brought to you by:Mercury – The art of simplified finances. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more⁠⁠⁠⁠.DigitalOcean – The cloud loved by developers and founders alike. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Sign up⁠⁠⁠⁠.Neo4j – The graph database and analytics leader. ⁠⁠⁠⁠Learn more⁠⁠⁠⁠.—Where to find Reid Hoffman:• Reid’s Website: https://www.reidhoffman.org/• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reidhoffman/• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reidhoffman/• X: https://x.com/reidhoffmanWhere to find Eric:• Newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ericries.carrd.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠ • Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ericriesshow.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠ • X: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ericries⁠⁠⁠⁠ • LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/eries/⁠⁠⁠⁠ • YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theericriesshow⁠⁠⁠⁠ —In This Episode We Cover:((((((((((((((((((((((((—Production and marketing by ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://penname.co/⁠⁠⁠⁠. Eric may be an investor in the companies discussed.