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Affirm addresses Molly & Jason + is TikTok getting banned, and Pearpop’s CEO Cole Mason | E1637

This Week in Startups

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Are You Going to Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater?

Matt Welch: Buy now, pay later is a bad idea. He says it incentivizes people to consume more and to consume things they can't afford. Welch: We have this whole culture that's like 80% of GDP is consumer spending. "It's all part of the lie that is like burning the planet"

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