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EP 28 John Coogan: Cofounding Soylent, Becoming a Tech YouTuber, And Joining Founders Fund

The Dock with Omar Waseem

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The Problem With YouTube's Optimism

I went to YouTube for how to fix my washing machine. And I would also go to it for like someone's talking about like a movie I like or like a video game and whatever you want. Because I felt like all the business stuff that was positive was too generic and too positive. There are whole channels where people are making millions of dollars just making fake optimistic Elon Musk content. That's hilarious. It's like Elon Musk just cured cancer. 20 minute video and millions of views. Have you heard of the Tesla Pie phone? This is hilarious. The Tesla Pie phone. Since one. Millions of views around this stuff. It's just completely fake news. But it's optimistic which is

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