media
16 statements across 14 episodes · 3 bullish · 9 bearish · 12 people on the record · first statement Jul 15, 2017 by Benedict Evans · across every show →
Everything said about media, oldest first
Jul 15, 2017 bullish
Mar 7, 2018 negative
Chan: Media drives zero-sum US-China tech narrative for clicks
“The media has trained us into thinking that the world is a zero sum game. If the U.S. Wins, then China loses. If China wins, then the U.S. Loses. This is the narrative that we've been sold because it's what sells magazines. It's what causes people to click int…”
Jan 2, 2019 neutral
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Jan 2, 2019 negative
Dec 19, 2019 neutral
Dixon: Tech has only truly disrupted media, transportation, and retail
“The, it's kind of surprising, 25 years into the internet that, The only industries that have been really quote disrupted have been, I think media, maybe transportation and maybe starting to happen is retail, right? And then the rest, I mean, if you look at the…”
Nov 9, 2022 negative
Nov 16, 2022 negative
Feb 6, 2023 bullish
Feb 6, 2023
Best: Media will never return to pre-internet centralized gatekeeping
“We're not gonna not have people able to directly connect with a large audience. That's a change in the world that, you know, put the genie back in that bottle. We're not gonna go to a world where new people can't start their own media empire, start their own c…”
Feb 6, 2023 bearish
Mar 31, 2023 bearish
Jun 10, 2023 negative
Andreessen: Media panic over AI existential risks is ridiculously overcooked
“And then, you know, on the other side of it, if you, like, read about this in the media or follow the public conversation, there's just this, like, horrifying, basically, you know, sort of onslaught of, like, fear and panic and hysteria about how this is, like…”
Jul 25, 2025 positive
Aug 1, 2025
Balaji Srinivasan: Legacy media turned hostile toward tech in spring 2013
“After the 2012 election, right after Obama's inauguration, you can date it to right after that, because even in 2012, like, New York media and so on was saying there's no such thing as a brogrammer, ok? You can google that article. So 20 12, tech was part of t…”
Sep 2, 2025 negative
Best: AI and algorithms will supercharge dopamine-driven media
“And I think that that side of media is going to get supercharged. We have very sophisticated AI goon bots now. Is that a good thing? I don't know, but it's happening. And we're going to have that across like, you know, everything, every Short form video, every…”