Balaji: On-chain data makes narrative bias and omitted facts quantifiable
Balaji Srinivasan · Balaji on How to Fix the Media, Cloud Communities & Crypto | MFM #178 · May 5, 2021 · at 49:39
Investor Balaji Srinivasan explains to hosts Sean Puri and Sam Parr how cryptographic base-layer data enables transparency in media and journalism.
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“Editorial judgment is now quantifiable because you have this layer of the raw facts that are on chain, and then narrative becomes tangible because it's which facts you actually cite in your story. Okay. And so the selection function is basically just like a ranking algorithm for a social media site. That selection function actually is now quantifiable, but can see not just what was included, but crucially what was omitted.”
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