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> [Aaron Sorkin was completely unable to understand the actual psychology of Mark or of Facebook. He can't conceive of a world where social status or getting laid or, for that matter, doing drugs, is not the most important thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/aaron-sorkin-was-completely-unable-to-understand-the-actual/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

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> [Amazon drove Borders out of business, and the vast majority of Borders employees are not qualified to work at Amazon. That's an actual, full-on problem. But should Amazon have been prevented from doing that? In my view, no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/amazon-drove-borders-out-of-business-and-the-vast-majority-of-borders/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

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## More by Marc Andreessen

> [I'm really excited about anything that is able to address the really big markets, so anything that's universally appealing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/i-m-really-excited-about-anything-that-is-able-to-address-the-really/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [One of the big first computers was called SAGE, which was a missile defense, the first missile-defense computer, which was, like, one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/one-of-the-big-first-computers-was-called-sage-which-was-a-missile/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [It was a joke, okay? If we thought it would actually be used, we wouldn't have written it!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/it-was-a-joke-okay-if-we-thought-it-would-actually-be-used-we-wouldn/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Today's leading real-world retailer, Wal-Mart, uses software to power its logistics and distribution capabilities, which it has used to crush its competition](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/today-s-leading-real-world-retailer-wal-mart-uses-software-to-power/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Smart tech investor thinks about: a) future product roadmap, b) bottoms-up market size & growth, c) talent and skill of team. Essentially you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/smart-tech-investor-thinks-about-a-future-product-roadmap-b-bottoms/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Technology is like water; it wants to find its level. So if you hook up your computer to a billion other computers, it just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/technology-is-like-water-it-wants-to-find-its-level-so-if-you-hook-up/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Almost every dot-com idea from 1999 that failed will succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/almost-every-dot-com-idea-from-1999-that-failed-will-succeed/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/google-is-working-on-self-driving-cars-and-they-seem-to-work-people/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Practically everyone is going to have a general purpose computer in their pocket, it's so easy to underestimate that, that has got to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/practically-everyone-is-going-to-have-a-general-purpose-computer-in/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [You know, magic markets don't appear all the time, so you take advantage of them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/you-know-magic-markets-don-t-appear-all-the-time-so-you-take/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/over-the-next-10-years-i-expect-many-more-industries-to-be-disrupted/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Where I grew up, we had the three TV networks, maybe two radio stations, no cable TV. We still had a long-distance party line…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/where-i-grew-up-we-had-the-three-tv-networks-maybe-two-radio-stations/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Ten to 20 years out, driving your car will be viewed as equivalently immoral as smoking cigarettes around other people is today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/ten-to-20-years-out-driving-your-car-will-be-viewed-as-equivalently/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [Tech stocks are trading at a 30-year-low when compared to the multiples of industrials (companies). Its the weirdest bubble when everyone hates everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/tech-stocks-are-trading-at-a-30-year-low-when-compared-to-the/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

> [In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marc-andreessen/in-the-startup-world-you-re-either-a-genius-or-an-idiot-you-re-never/)

[Marc Andreessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marc-andreessen/)

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