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Marc Andreessen: Monitoring the Situation and the Future of Media

The a16z Show

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What Makes A Story Become The Current Thing

  • Andreessen says a current thing needs outrage, tribe formation, and moral stakes more than factual clarity or actual importance.
  • He argues ambiguous incidents work best because people can project larger political battles onto them and start a moral panic.
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