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7 statements across 7 episodes · 1 bullish · 5 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Aug 11, 2021 by Balaji Srinivasan · said 26 times in 13 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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2026 1 mention in 1 episode
2025 1 mention in 1 episode
2024 3 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2023 9 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode
- Ep 67: Brad Gerstner on the AI Supercycle & Restoring Faith in Capitalism · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 57: Balaji Srinivasan on the Severity of the Bank Crisis and the Future of Bitcoin · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 66: Bob McGrew — the Superstar Palantir Alum Leading OpenAI's Transformative Research Projects · Joe Lonsdale
- Ep 50: Troy Carter on Discovering Lady Gaga, Future of Music, and Speaking Out on School Choice · Joe Lonsdale
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 2 mentions in 2 episodes 1 per episode
2021 10 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
- Balaji Srinivasan: Bitcoin, China, the "Woke" Mob, and the Future of the Internet · Joe Lonsdale
- Bari Weiss: Defending Western Civilization and Building New Institutions · Joe Lonsdale
- Ashton Kutcher Warns China Could Use TikTok Against the U.S. · Joe Lonsdale
- every mention in 2021, scene by scene →
Everything said about Twitter, oldest first
Aug 11, 2021 neutral
Balaji Srinivasan: Web centralization was necessary before blockchains enabled decentralized global state
“Model view controller leads to centralization because technologically we couldn't represent global state. We couldn't decentralize the database. Okay. We had to have it a central hub like a Facebook or a Twitter or a PayPal which are great companies. Don't get…”
Jan 14, 2022 negative
Ro Khanna: Twitter and Facebook Erred in Suppressing Hunter Biden Story
“In fact, you know, in the book I write about how I thought it was a mistake for Twitter to take down some of this stuff about Hunter Biden or Facebook to do that. And I think that story was total hogwash. I think Joe Biden was unfairly attacked because of his …”
Feb 2, 2023 negative
Lonsdale: Media focused exclusively on three controversial tweets out of 3,500
“I know, I mean, even for myself, I think I checked, I have 3500 tweets as of the time we're recording this, and I think there's been like three of them that were controversial, then the media like wrote all the stories about those, nothing else, even though th…”
Oct 25, 2023 positive
Gerstner: Twitter cut headcount 80% while boosting product releases 70%
“Elon, with the work that he's done at Twitter, right, they reduced headcount by 70, 80%. And the product release cycle is probably gone up by at least 70%, right? It's incredible what they have in the pipeline there, and the fact that they're doing this with, …”
Nov 2, 2024 negative
Jun 26, 2025 negative