Journos
topic on 1 show · 4 statements across 1 episodes
4 statements about Journos, every show
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?”
Balaji Srinivasan: The tech industry is far more international than journalism
“One of the things they were doing years ago is they're like, oh my God, everybody in tech is so white and blah, blah, blah. Obviously, it's like so much more international than the journos.”
Balaji Srinivasan: Janet Malcolm's book permanently alters perception of journalists
“Anybody who has read this book cannot look at the journos the same way.”
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.”