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5 people · 8 quotes · 28 May 2022 to 24 Aug 2026
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Sacks frames the central question as how journalists with liberal credentials got read out of modern liberalism.
“And so that comment that Jason made sort of, I think there's so much to unpack there on how that happened.”
Friedberg describes pervasive techno-pessimism where every technology is framed as having a negative angle.
“Everyone thinks that technology always has a catch. There's always something bad emerging. Robots are gonna kill us all. AI is gonna wipe out human civilization. Nuclear power is gonna melt down and destroy neighborhoods.”
Friedberg observes that Netflix shows and movies that resonate most are ones focused on things going wrong.
“You watch all the shows on Netflix, you watch all the movies, Aaron Brockovich, like the ones that work, the ones that seem to resonate, which means that's what people truly kind of want, are the ones that talk about things gone wrong,”
Friedberg asks if techno-optimist content is changing mainstream attitudes or just capturing a niche audience.
“your show is quite different and you talk about what if things go right, why do you think that is resonating and are we changing or is it Are you kind of capturing a small audience and the bigger one still sort of techno pessimistic?”
Patel says his Substack revenue alone reached multi-million dollars, sufficient to fund significant coverage.
“Now, scaled to be And it has scaled to be multi million dollar Substack revenue.”
Rowan says most private credit is investment grade, contrary to financial press focus on levered lending.
“In much of the financial press, private credit means levered lending, a below investment grade deal related activity.”
Vance recalls a media anchor dismissing Venezuelan gangs taking over 'only one or two' apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado.
“And the anchor comes back and says to me, she says, well, they've only taken over one or two apartment complexes.”
Vance frames media and Democrat criticism of border enforcement as calling it heartless.
“By closing the Southern border, the media and the democrats, they say that it's heartless. It's heartless to enforce your border,”