Michael Shellenberger

Everything Michael Shellenberger said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

ALL-IN Assertion Not checkable as stated

Shellenberger: FBI constantly pushed legal boundaries requesting Twitter user info

“FBI was constantly pushing the boundaries of what is legally and ethically acceptable in terms of requesting information.”

Michael Shellenberger Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 1:25:11 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ

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Shellenberger: Hunter Biden laptop turned out to be authentic

“I really didn't think that that laptop was what they said it was, and it turned out that it was.”

Michael Shellenberger Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 1:28:23 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ

ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported

Shellenberger: Living unsheltered on the street is three times deadlier than staying in a shelter

“Three times more people die living outside as an unsheltered homeless person rather than live, than being in a shelter.”

Michael Shellenberger Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 1:33:44 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ

ALL-IN Assertion Supported

Shellenberger: Twitter found minimal foreign influence from FBI-flagged accounts

“You'll repeatedly, you'll Roth would respond to FBI that, yeah, we looked into these accounts that you mentioned, and they were all very low follower accounts with very little activity. So they just weren't finding very much foreign influence on the Twitter pl…”

Michael Shellenberger Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 1:30:04 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ

ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported

Shellenberger: San Francisco gives $600-$700 monthly cash payments to homeless individuals

“San Francisco pays cash well for a payment of somewhere between six to 700 dollars. Plus you can get two dollars in food stamps.”

Michael Shellenberger Dec 24, 2022 ▶ 1:31:54 E109: 2022 Bestie Awards Live from Twitter HQ

The other half of the tape: Michael Shellenberger's own voice is left out of every number here. Other people bring the name up 11 times in 8 episodes across the shows. 1 statement on the record names them. every mention, with the transcript →

Who brings them up most David Sacks 7Chamath Palihapitiya 2

Statements about Michael Shellenberger, by other people (1)

ALL-IN Assertion Partly supported

Sacks: 99% of homeless individuals suffer from mental illness or addiction

“Schellenberger's done the work. It's like he said, 99% of the people he talks to, it's either mental illness or addiction, but we keep using this word homeless to describe the problem.”

David Sacks Jan 13, 2023 ▶ 17:09 E111: Microsoft to invest $10B in OpenAI, generative AI hype, America's over-classification problem

Every mention by year

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Michael's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
ALL-INLEDGER	Founder and Editor, Public	1	5	33% 1/3	full record on All-In →