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Derek Thompson

Contributing Writer, The Atlantic · 1 appearance on the record.

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Derek Thompson is an American journalist and podcast host known for analyzing technology, economics, work, and cultural trends. He is the author of the bestseller Hit Makers and co-author of Abundance.

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1 prediction · 1 assertion · 2 opinions · 3 insights · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertion are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Prediction Held up
Mark Zuckerberg Might Run for President in 2024
“No, but he might run in twenty-twenty-four.”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 17:28 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson

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Everything Derek Thompson said on Top Founders that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Opinion
Virality Is a Myth in Cultural Markets
“Whether ideas go viral or whether virality is a myth, which is one of the theses in the book, which is the virality doesn't really exist.”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 14:06 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson
Opinion
Mark Zuckerberg Is a Surprisingly Clear and Empathetic Thinker
“The company that he's built has no historical precedent really. But I also think he's an incredibly, surprisingly clear and empathetic thinker about world events.”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 17:13 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson
Prediction Held up
Mark Zuckerberg Might Run for President in 2024
“No, but he might run in twenty-twenty-four.”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 17:28 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson
Insight
Creativity Is Finding Surprising Answers to Familiar Problems
“I think that, you know, creativity is the ability to come up with surprising answers to familiar problems. If you come up with surprising answers to problems that people don't think about all the time, no one calls that creative. When you come up with familiar…”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 3:33 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson
Insight
Media Creators Must Target the Audience of Their Audience
“I think that, you know, media people can probably become a little bit more sophisticated in the way that they think about how their audiences are both the end consumer and the broadcasters who reach those end consumers. That sometimes they need to think about …”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 7:00 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Publisher Advance Bids for Hit Makers Had a 2x Spread
“I would say the delta was probably about probably about two X. That but that includes people who were sort of in the bid.”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 10:55 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson
Insight
Books Are Like Broken Elevators: Pitch Fast, Entertain for Hours
“I think books are really kind of like broken elevators. On the one hand, you need both an elevator pitch But also it's like 203 hundred pages long. So if the elevator breaks, you need to be able to entertain people for eight hours.”
Derek Thompson Apr 11, 2017 ▶ 2:38 EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distraction Age with writer Derek Thompson

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Appearances (1)

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EP 626: Senior Editor at The Atlantic Releases Book To Predict Popularity In New Distracti Apr 11, 2017 10m
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