All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Sep 18, 2026 · 33 min · 11 segments
(0:00) Nick Shirley debuts his new video: "Inside California's High Speed Rail to Nowhere" (11:42) Nick joins The Besties to discuss California's "Stop Nick Shirley Act" and recent fraud arrests…
I think the California High-Speed Rail project, anyone can look at that objectively and say, "That is the most insane thing on earth.
Why are we doing this? $240 billion to go from Fresno to Modesto at three times the price of an airplane ticket." None of it makes sense.
[laughs]
So Nick, Nick sent me that video, and then I traced down who got paid that half billion, and the ul- ultimate owner is a billionaire in Italy.
And, um, the whole story, when you, when you kinda dig into this, so this isn't fraud, it's legal.
I think the California High-Speed Rail project, anyone can look at that objectively and say, "That is the most insane thing on earth.
Why are we doing this? $240 billion to go from Fresno to Modesto at three times the price of an airplane ticket." None of it makes sense.
[laughs]
So Nick, Nick sent me that video, and then I traced down who got paid that half billion, and the ul- ultimate owner is a billionaire in Italy.
And, um, the whole story, when you, when you kinda dig into this, so this isn't fraud, it's legal.
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