why aren't all 7 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:
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▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable
Assertion Supported
Lynch replaced every single Condé Nast executive except Anna Wintour
“You know, other than Anna Wintour, every other executive has turned over since I joined the company. Every single one. And I did most of it immediately.”
Assertion Supported
Twenty-somethings buy as much vinyl as older demographics, often without players
“Now there's as many people in their twenties buying them as there are people in their fifties or sixties buying them. A lot of people in their twenties don't even own a record player. They buy the vinyl records.”
Assertion Partly supported
Lynch: Vogue readers directed backlash at magazine over AI-model ad
“You know, last June, there was an ad that was run in Vogue print magazine, and the ad used an AI generated model. And it blew up. But people who were angry, they were angry a little bit at the advertiser. They were mostly angry at Vogue.”
Assertion Supported
Lynch: Recorded Music Revenue Only Recently Recovered to 1999 Peak
“It's only just gotten back to the size it was in 1999, you know, 27 years later.”
Assertion Supported
Lynch: Vinyl Record Sales Have Grown Every Year for 18 Years
“Vinyl records have grown every year for the last 18 years. And sales of vinyl records.”
Assertion Supported
Roger Lynch: European broadband startup streamed live NFL games in 1999
“Literally one of the first things we did is we did a deal with the NFL to stream live NFL games in 1999.”
Assertion Partly supported
Lynch: Pandora tuned about 90 machine learning algorithms per listener
“Each of the algorithms, they had, I can't remember, about 90 or so algorithms, each one would get tuned for every individual listener.”