David Friedberg on

demographics

3 quotes · Mar 2020 – Apr 2023

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  1. Friedberg predicts 95% of world population will be in Africa and South Asia by 2100, demanding cheap meat.

    “95% of the world's population is going to live in Africa and South Asia by the end of this century.”

    32:00 · Consumer VC with Mike Gelb · 30 Apr 2023 · permalink
  2. Friedberg argues Facebook serves Middle America while Twitter serves coastal elites, creating distinct audience segmentation.

    “And Facebook is basically a product of Middle America plus kind of like countries outside The United States and, you know, Twitter is about, you know, rich coastal kind of people.”

    46:04 · All-In Podcast · 20 Jun 2020 · permalink
  3. Friedberg calculates Italy's 30x worse coronavirus impact from compounding factors: 2x older population, 50% more smoking, one-third the ICU beds.

    “So 20 x the impact. They're they they smoke about 50% more, so call it 30 x, and they have a third the number of beds.”

    34:06 · listen · All-In Podcast · 15 Mar 2020 · permalink

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