Palmer Luckey (Founder, Oculus and Anduril): How He Got Fired For Making a $9,000 Donation in Support of Trump

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Palmer Luckey is the founder of Oculus (VR headset maker that sold to Facebook for $2.3B) and Anduril (an autonomous military technology company valued at $8.5B). In the episode, Palmer uncovers the real story of why he was famously fired from Facebook in 2017. He also shares his thoughts about the virtual reality industry and discusses why building these autonomous military defense systems leads to more ethical wars. This discussion originally happened in September 2022. Thanks to all of the engaging details, we’ve decided to reshare it! (0:00) Intro (1:43) Welcome Palmer Luckey (2:19) Being misrepresented by the media (7:39) Choosing advancement of the VR industry over personal views…