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The Appeal of Substack's Newsletter Model
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The Substack newsletter model appeals to those who are uncomfortable with postmodern critical theories in politics and prefer subscribing to a few selected writers/ journalists.
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The conversation discusses the potential alternatives to building a fully distributed, federated server protocol that no one understands, and suggests that solutions like Slack, Zoom, and Twitter feed into a long tail that is already fully distributed on the internet.
1:31:11 - 1:33:28 (02:17)
Technology
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The conversation discusses the potential alternatives to building a fully distributed, federated server protocol that no one understands, and suggests that solutions like Slack, Zoom, and Twitter feed into a long tail that is already fully distributed on the internet.
ChapterThe Appeal of Substack's Newsletter Model
Episode#166 – Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker discusses the rise of Substack and how it might appeal to an audience slightly left of center, uncomfortable with certain political actions, but interested in clear long-form information.
1:33:29 - 1:37:27 (03:57)
Substack
Summary
The speaker discusses the rise of Substack and how it might appeal to an audience slightly left of center, uncomfortable with certain political actions, but interested in clear long-form information.