Jake Paul: Live streaming culture is bad for society and young viewers
Jake Paul · Jake Paul on Going From YouTube to Boxing to Investing | a16z ft. Anti Fund · Jun 22, 2026 · at 38:51
Jake Paul, content creator and Anti Fund co-founder, reflects on the negative societal impact of live streaming and his own role in pioneering extreme creator content on The a16z Podcast.
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“I think the streaming culture is, like, really interesting, and probably not the best for society, because, like, there's so many of these kids watching, and I actually feel like what I was doing on YouTube, but, like, this is the, Final iteration of it, and I feel bad for, like, sort of contributing to where this has gone, but at the time I, like, never thought of that, or like, okay, I set the bar here as crazy, and now people, the streamers have to do it every day for multiple hours, and to keep people's attention, they're having to, like, do out-of-pocket shit Which I don't think is, like, a good influence.”
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