The Ledger

Every statement that passed quotation and attribution checks. Mix any filter with any other: certainty 1/5, debate potential 5/5, or both at once.

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why aren't all 5 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
Puri: Half of finance pros lost money trading with tomorrow's news
“Half the players lost money, even having been given the news. One out of every six players lost everything, and the way they lost everything was they let you trade on leverage.”
Shaan Puri Jan 3, 2025 ▶ 6:50 Investing Wisdom from Nassim Taleb, plus ChatGPT Questions That Will Change Your Life
Assertion Contradicted
The Wall Street Journal did not update its website intraday in 2007
“The Wall Street Journal and Businessweek at the time did not, basically did not update their websites during the day.”
Kevin Ryan Sep 14, 2023 ▶ 11:48 How This Billionaire Founder Finds +$20B Business Ideas | Kevin Ryan Interview (#495)
Insight
Puri: Legacy press provides vital credibility beyond podcast audiences
“I think there's a lot of value, especially for something like what you're doing, because you're going to have the seed community of people who are like founder type people who probably listen to the pod. They know you, or they know about the hustle and they tr…”
Shaan Puri Mar 28, 2023 ▶ 47:03 Sam Reveals The Company He's Worked On For The Last 8 Month
Assertion Contradicted
Holiday: BookScan excludes sales from author-owned bookstores
“The Wall Street Journal or BookScan, which is owned by Nielsen, just flat out told me they just don't include sales from stores owned by the author anymore”
Ryan Holiday Oct 4, 2022 ▶ 2:32 Ryan Holiday Reveals How Much Best Selling Authors Make, Crazy Peter Thiel Stories & More (#370)
Assertion Supported
Parr: Wall Street Journal's 'Two Young Men' ad generated $50M recurring revenue
“So for example, there's this one great ad about the wall from the wall street journal and they it's made them like, fifty million dollars in recurring revenue.”
Sam Parr Aug 25, 2021 ▶ 31:36 How to Build a Community | My First Million #213
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