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Balaji Srinivasan

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The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Okay.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Now, by the way, you know, tutorials are actually a pretty good place to start on this.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

You know why?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

When you go through tutorial, you actually verify it line by line in a way that you don't for most content.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Because you're like typing that into, you know, an editor or you're, you're trying to replicate each step.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Like even a recipe actually has a built-in verification to it that most content doesn't.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

It's not like, you know, if you read some article on Egypt, it's not like you're flying out there like Indiana Jones and verifying every line of the story.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

You know what I mean?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Right?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

This is gentleman amnesia, you know, um,

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Like, do you guys know what that is?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Maybe you can put that on the screen.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Do you want to explain?

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

Yeah, basically this idea that you read something in the paper, you think it's deeply retarded, and you're like, wait, I know about this topic.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

They're totally wrong about this.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

But then when you think about, when you read other things they write about that you don't have expertise in, you sort of give them benefit of doubt and assume they're right about that.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

That's exactly right.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

And don't go to Wikipedia because Wikipedia is itself a terrible source for everything.

The a16z Show
Balaji Srinivasan: Prove Correct, Not Just Go Direct

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