Whales
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
Masters of Scale 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 
the a16z Podcast
3 statements about Whales, every show
Raskin: Whales have transmitted vocal culture for 34 million years
“It turns out whales have been passing down culture for like Thirty-four million years, vocally. Human beings have been doing it for what, like a 100,300 thousand? So this is a culture that has lasted longer, 85 times longer than our entire species.”
Jin: Play-to-earn economies require net-spending whales to avoid Ponzi structures
“There needs to be another contingent of players, which does exist in most games. It's the whales who are spending more money than they earn out. And that is the only way that the economy of the game can be in balance without necessarily relying on the poncinom…”
Save the Whales campaign only gained traction after people heard whale songs
“The history of animal rights is full of stories like this, like, The Save the Whales campaign didn't start until people recorded whales singing. Before that, people did not care about whales, but then once we heard that they can sing and make this beautiful mu…”