Does Silicon Valley Run the Country? with Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo

You’re Invited: SGDQ is Recording Live at the Comedy Cellar NYC with Neil deGrasse Tyson on 4/20. Limited tickets here.  And on THIS episode we laugh and learn with Silicon Valley icon, Dick Costolo, the CEO who took Twitter public 10+ years ago and investor who’s made smart bets since the 90s. Nayeema asks: Is Elon Musk an alien to go home? Is venture capital a Ponzi scheme? And did we just wake up in a K-shaped economy where the shareholders get richer and everyone else gets replaced by AI? Also on the agenda: SpaceX at a $1.5T+ IPO (??), why so much value gets captured in private markets before you even get a shot, the SEC rule change that helped companies stay private forever, plus how crypto + prediction markets are winning over D.C. Send us your “dumb questions” on IG/TikTok @smartgirldumbquestions or by calling 1-855-MyDumbQ.  Make sure you’re following Nayeema and the show on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.  And obvi: SHARE THE SHOW WITH YOUR FRIENDS, YOUR MOM and your drycleaner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices