Chamath: Brian Armstrong's Coinbase memo is among the most important CEO writings
Chamath Palihapitiya · E34: Wuhan lab leak theory, India's traceability law, Coinbase fact check, Big Tech takes Hollywood · May 31, 2021 · at 33:32
Chamath Palihapitiya praises Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong's blog post proposing direct publishing to fact-check press coverage.
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“I think there have been a couple of CEO memos in the last two months that I think honestly should be in the Hall of Fame in the Smithsonian. One is the Toby Lutke memo that the internal email he wrote, and the second one is this one that Brian wrote, because I think this thing is probably one of the most important things, in my opinion, that has been written By a CEO, which has the potential to lead to huge systemic changes.”
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