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Derek Thompson

8 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Derek Thompson · said 2 times in 2 episodes since 2025 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Thompson: In a fragmented culture, most media products are not for you
“Just remember that in a world where popularity is cultish, most products are not for you.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 15:28 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Thompson: North American movie production has grown sevenfold since the 1990s
“Since the 19 nineties, the number of movies made in the North American market has grown by a factor of seven.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:24 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Thompson: Social media feeds never accurately reflect broader public opinion
“It's the illusion that your social network is accurately reflective of the world. And we should just try to build the instinct to think that it never is. That just because something seems ubiquitous to our local communities almost never means that it's necessa…”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 14:50 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Supported
Thompson: 90% of music listening is repeat consumption
“90% of the time that we're listening to music, We're listening to a piece of a song that we've already heard before.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:11 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Jan 2, 2019
Assertion Contradicted
Thompson: Original scripted TV shows have grown sevenfold since early 2000s
“Since the early 2000, the number of original scripted shows on television has grown by a factor of Seven.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 5:31 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Thompson: Owning distribution controls audience media consumption
“If you own the channels of distribution, then you own the means of exposure. You get to determine what people see, what people listen to, what people watch.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:41 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Jan 2, 2019
Insight
Thompson: A formula for success cannot exist because norms yield average outcomes
“There's a very, like, simple, like, syllogism for why there could never, ever be a formula for success. That means that someone's discovered it, right? And if one person's discovered it, then probably several people have discovered this formula for success. Th…”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 16:45 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
Jan 2, 2019 positive
Insight
Thompson: Extreme user defenses signal extraordinary product design success
“And if a product is designed such that the consumer has to employ meticulous, complicated strategies to stop using it, that's an extraordinary sign that something was done right to a certain extent.”
Derek Thompson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 24:01 a16z Podcast | Addiction vs Popularity in the Age of Virality
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