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Produced this emergency podcast in short order with my friends at Breaker and LTSE. Happy to answer any questions or hear any feedback. Will have more episodes up soon
Hi Eric, what is an emergency podcast? And without knowing anything about the guests - what is say, Sam Altman, doing right now that is qualifies him in your view? In other words, why should someone listen to him?
A podcast made to monetize an emergency, clearly.
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Hi Eric, what is an emergency podcast? And without knowing anything about the guests - what is say, Sam Altman, doing right now that is qualifies him in your view? In other words, why should someone listen to him?
What is an emergency podcast? A podcast made to monetize an emergency, clearly.
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Let's be a bit careful here. That quote doesn't imply that anyone has heard of SA, only that he has been helping. Sometimes people help behind the scenes. Similarly, the claim about the industry is simply that it has pivoted. I have zero idea if either claim is true, but let's at least not replace them with claims that no one made. This is in the HN guidelines btw: " Please respond to the strongest plausible interpre…
The quote clearly claims he's helping the entire biotech industry, which is overstated to say the least. Also no idea why you aren't responding to the GP instead. My post is within the the guidelines, even if you choose to disagree with its point.
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Yeah, he's cool and his efforts admirable, but you can talk about people's accomplishments without essentially downplaying the role of others. Yes hes helping with covid, but he didn't go single handedly convince J&J to develop their vaccine platform that they developed years ago. He didn't convince gilead to develop remdesivir, something they developed years ago for hep c. He didn't convince moderna to work on rna v…
It is hurtful to say the least. Some of the real heroes are the scientists doing lab work here. And they're not being paid millions to do it. Altman has zero training in immunology and is riding the coattails of their work with this kind of phony PR.
Leading the tech industry to pivot to work on covid though? Maybe - I could buy that. If hes been working with tech companies to join the effort.
Is the title a reference to Deming's book? ;-)
Since it’s not 100% obvious - the poster “eries” is a popular author and popularized the idea of lean startups, which currently has (4,636) reviews on Amazon and a 4.5 star rating: https://www.amazon.com/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous...
An odd way to summarize a career, especially because amazon reviews are notoriously low quality and almost everything has 4-4.5 stars. It definitely under-sells his achievements.
Produced this emergency podcast in short order with my friends at Breaker and LTSE. Happy to answer any questions or hear any feedback. Will have more episodes up soon
Hi Eric, what is an emergency podcast? And without knowing anything about the guests - what is say, Sam Altman, doing right now that is qualifies him in your view? In other words, why should someone listen to him?
Sam has invested in a metric ton of COVID relief efforts and startups. I think we'd all be better off if more people followed his example in this respect.
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Hi Eric, what is an emergency podcast? And without knowing anything about the guests - what is say, Sam Altman, doing right now that is qualifies him in your view? In other words, why should someone listen to him?
What is an emergency podcast? A podcast made to monetize an emergency, clearly.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect Same reason we ask Peter Thiel or Elon Musk their thoughts on AI or politics.
Thiel and Musk have a track record of success though. Yes, they're lucky, but they also seem to be smart and capable. Cuban is a one-hit-wonder that sold a domain (and a dream) to Yahoo at the height of the dot com bubble. They don't seem particularly comparable. Edit: to respond to the comments below, no I'm not saying he's not successful, or that he's not smart. I'm only saying in tech and startup circles, he's no…
Thinking someone has expertise in X therefore they are good source for analysis on Y is the logical fallacy I linked to above.
Contrary to what silicon valley believes, there is no such thing as being "smart" in a general sense. You can be capable in certain things, maybe you are faster to learn in others.
That doesn't mean any founder with a billion $ exit should be asked about public policy.