Chinese

4 statements across 4 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2020 by Cenk Siddar · across every show →

Everything said about Chinese, oldest first

Nov 4, 2020 bullish
Prediction Held up
Siddar: Real-time AI translators will eliminate language barriers by 2025
“There will be like a real-time AI translator in five years that you can communicate with everybody without even knowing languages.”
Cenk Siddar Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 37:25 The Hidden Drought That Toppled Governments Across a Whole Region
Mar 1, 2022
Insight
Weisbrot: Learning Chinese without cultural adoption is basically useless
“You can teach an American how to be fluent in Chinese, but if you don't teach them how to also adopt the cultural aspect when you do it, like it's basically useless to learn the language.”
Sean Weisbrot Mar 1, 2022 ▶ 15:39 $500K Profit With Time for Family Beats $1M and Misery
Apr 5, 2023 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Weisbrot: Only 2% of people in China actually pay taxes
“I believe only two percent of Chinese actually pay taxes.”
Sean Weisbrot Apr 5, 2023 ▶ 4:47 He Joined VC With No Plan to Stay - Here Is What He Was Really After
Mar 25, 2025 negative
Opinion
Weisbrot: East Asian face-saving culture causes founders to make unkept commitments
“If they're Chinese in particular, Chinese, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Singaporean. There's this need to preserve face, and that may require you to say something or do something That makes you look good, even if it's not reality.”
Sean Weisbrot Mar 25, 2025 ▶ 16:33 He Took Founders Trekking Before Writing a Single Check
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