I wanted to kind of pull things back in the other direction, ideally. A lot of my content is is framed almost in the negative to attract those type of people who might be clicking on negative content. But then once they get deeper into the video, they find out that I'm actually making an optimistic argument about the technology. And then maybe I convince them and maybe I maybe change their opinion. It but it takes a lot of work. There's there's probably some way to like monetize it at some point. He has already made investments in startups that have met him through the YouTube channel.
John Coogan is the co-founder of Lucy and co-founder and CTO of Soylent. He is also the creator of a YouTube channel ( @JohnCooganPlus ) with over 257,000 subscribers.
In this conversation, we spoke about why Paul Graham played a pivotal role in John's life, early stories from his days at YCombinator, what his YouTube channel has given him, why he's optimistic about technology, and much more.
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Resources
• Founders At Work by Jessica Livingston – https://www.amazon.com/Founders-Work-Stories-Startups-Early/dp/1430210788
• Paul Graham’s Essays – http://www.paulgraham.com
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• YouTube: @JohnCooganPlus
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/johncoogan
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