TikTok

5 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 3 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 28, 2022 by Kunal Shah · said 36 times in 15 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

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brought up most by Joe Liemandt (9), Shane Parrish (5), Michaeleen Doucleff (4), Josh Wolfe (4), Kunal Shah (3), Benedict Evans (2), Sahil Lavingia (1), Matthew Holland (1)

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Everything said about TikTok, oldest first

Jun 28, 2022 positive
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Shah: High-distribution startups require lightweight, virus-like products to spread
“This applies to startups that spread faster are usually have a very light Trojan that spreads versus a very heavy thing. And therefore you're, if you really want to be at a high distribution startup, you have a build, which is very light spreads like a virus.”
Kunal Shah Jun 28, 2022 ▶ 1:19:12 Kunal Shah: Core Human Motivations
Mar 4, 2025 bearish
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Wolfe: Lux banned TikTok internally and helped push for its divestment
“TikTok, of course, a huge one, right? We banned it years ago, right when it had become TikTok from Musical.ly, in part because at the time, I seemed like a conspiratorial nut saying, I don't trust this with the Chinese Communist Party having control over this.…”
Josh Wolfe Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 1:37:05 Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI
Mar 4, 2025 negative
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Wolfe: TikTok is the only digital tool restricted for his children
“The only tool that I restrict them from is TikTok. But otherwise, and that's for a variety of bad influence and Chinese Communist Party but otherwise, I want them learning how to use every tool as they would every appliance in a kitchen”
Josh Wolfe Mar 4, 2025 ▶ 58:35 Josh Wolfe: Human Advantage in the World of AI
Mar 31, 2026 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Liemandt: Alpha Student Produced Musical Garnering 1M Streams in Week One
“We have a high school. She's doing a Broadway musical. Right? Launch, all team produced Broadway musical. She sourced all the singers off TikTok. Million streams the first week when they went. They can fill, they filled, like, four times they filled a venue.”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 1:34:42 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
Mar 31, 2026 negative
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Liemandt: Teen disengagement and mental health issues stem from low school standards
“These kids are disengaged. They are addicted to TikTok and Fortnite, and they have mental health problems, and all these issues that are occurring, and they're the outcome of low standards, not high standards.”
Joe Liemandt Mar 31, 2026 ▶ 1:11:33 Alpha School: AI and The Future of Education | Joe Liemandt
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