Live Events
topic on 6 shows · 8 statements across 7 episodes
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8 statements about Live Events, every show
Ben Thompson: Shared experiences and live events will appreciate under AI
“Things that are common experiences are going to be more and more valuable. Common content, common classroom time, live events, like shared experiences, because anything that's individualized is just going to be completely swallowed.”
Musk: Live events will become the scarce commodity in digital media
“Actually, I think live events, when digital media is ubiquitous, and you can just have anything digitally, you know, essentially for free, or very close to for free then I, the scarce commodity will be live events.”
Bonatsos: Offline experiences will command a premium due to screen fatigue
“I think most live events historically have been like shit businesses to run, but in a world where the offline experiences become the scars in a world where we get tired of being online in front of our screens for 14 hours. There's going to be a premium.”
Kothari bets screen time growth will outpace live event time
“I would bet screen time goes up higher than live event time.”
Courtney: Upcoming live events ethically create urgency for info products
“If you're selling an info product, having a live event that's coming up within the next two weeks that's also a big way to get create Scarcity and urgency for something that there isn't truly scarcity and urgency for in an ethical way.”
Parr: Event content is primarily marketing to gather like-minded people
“And that's my final point about events, which is the content actually not that important. All the speakers do and all the content that you're gonna have, all it does is it brings the a particular like-minded person and the value is from that people or those pe…”
Castro: Virtual events should not charge the same ticket price as in-person events
“I am a firm believer that remote events should not be charging the same ticket price as live events.”
Sims: Live event attendees must feel uncomfortable to truly engage
“They've got to be engaged. They've got to be involved. They've got to move around seats. They've got to be mobile. They've got to be active and engaged at some point. Oh, they've got to feel uncomfortable. They, what is it, agitated oysters make pearls? These …”