All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · Friday, September 18, 2026
The escalating cost of the California high-speed rail project has placed it among history's most expensive infrastructure undertakings. With current estimates reaching $236 billion, it is being compared to the 1950s interstate highway system and the International Space Station.
“This project is on track for one thing, and that is to be the third most expensive infrastructure project in the history of the world.”
“Number one is the interstate project of the 1950s. Number two is the international space station. And now it is California high-speed rail.”