journos
4 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 1, 2025 by Balaji Srinivasan · across every show →
Everything said about journos, oldest first
Aug 1, 2025 negative
Aug 1, 2025 positive
Aug 1, 2025 negative
Balaji Srinivasan: Journalists lack math skills and are anti-selected from tech
“That is a fundamentally new set of primitives that journos aren't equipped to deal with because we're talking about math, right? And they can't do math. You know, they're anti-selective. If they could do math, they'd be in tech usually, right?”
Aug 1, 2025 neutral
Balaji Srinivasan: 1990s journalists earned full salaries writing six articles annually
“In the nineties and the 2000, the journos were secure enough in their economic position. Cause you could write like Four or six articles for Time Magazine a year and get paid a nice salary and travel around the world.”