The Ledger
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Brian Lam calls digital advertising one of the world's great evils
“I think advertising is one of the great evils of the world, because it gets in your brain no matter what, and the metrics they use are basically what has made media what it is today, like really shallow, fast cadence”
Brian Lam describes Wired editors as inexperienced and hostile managers
“I would say that I learned how I don't want to manage people there, to be honest. People were not experienced managers. I remember asking one editor a question about, like, how the magazine was made, and I got thrown out of the office for asking that question.”
Brian Lam: Advancing at Wired required fitting a specific corporate mold
“I kind of feel like it's just like most of America, where you have to look and be from a certain background or way to advance. So for me, like, I didn't smell like an editor there. And you know, like, frankly, I'm not that smart. I'm not that intellectual. I'm…”