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Learning not to trust the All-In podcast

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349 points paulpauper | 3 comments | 06 Nov 24 17:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.63s | source
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dktoao ◴[06 Nov 24 18:35 UTC] No.42067039[source]▶
Thank you so much for this analysis, even as a person with layman's grasp on economics you made the deception in host's apparent off the cuff assertion very obvious. I think a big part of the problem that we have in America (and the rest of the world) right now is that it takes these charismatic individuals (All-in, Joe Rogan, etc.) 10 seconds to confidently make these false claims based on personal bias and vibes. Then it takes 10 minutes (or more) by someone with a background in the underlying maths looking at the issue in-depth to rebut. The information landscape is heavily weighted towards these grifters, and I am not sure how we can fix that.
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1. alexashka ◴[06 Nov 24 20:17 UTC] No.42068677[source]▶
> The information landscape is heavily weighted towards these grifters, and I am not sure how we can fix that.

We can start with not alienating the millions of people who enjoy listening to Joe Rogan and like him as a person.

What do you even mean by grifter and how is Joe Rogan a grifter? We can go back and forth on here until you are shown to have a very shallow understanding of Joe Rogan and the history of his podcast and yet feel comfortable in calling him a grifter - a derogatory and inflammatory term that is completely unnecessary in a fact based conversation.

Assuming you are wrong in calling him a grifter - what gave you the utmost confidence to do so and is that not the exact problem you decry Joe Rogan and these other 'grifters' of being guilty of? Of just saying shit based on personal bias and 'vibes'?

Anyhoo :)

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2. MisterBastahrd ◴[06 Nov 24 20:44 UTC] No.42069067[source]▶
Joe Rogan has a platform because he will allow any idiot on his show and just babble about whatever it is they want to talk about. He's not a journalist, he's a 3 hour ad placement masquerading as a podcast. Lex Friedman is even worse because he gives the impression that he's an intellectual but he plays the same game. At least you know going in that Rogan behaves like a meathead.
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3. newsreaderguy ◴[07 Nov 24 02:42 UTC] No.42072788[source]▶
let "idiots" babble and get their arguments refuted by further discourse. Sorry that i don't feel the need to have a magical truth authority tell me whats right or wrong. You don't know what a journalist is.