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Balaji Srinivasan

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

So here they're for dual class stock, but now look at this one.

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

You can't fire Mark Zuckerberg's kids, kids, tech companies using dual class.

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

So dual class stock is good.

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

Yeah.

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

When it's for the New York times company, it's for Salzburg.

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

It's good.

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

When it's for Zuckerberg, right, it's bad.

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

This is the decoder lens you can apply to every single thing they do.

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

You know, you may know it also as Russell Conjugation, right?

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

Have you heard that before?

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

Yeah.

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

Yeah.

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

So should I explain Russell Conjugation?

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

It's an important conceptual thing here, just a baseline thing.

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

These are like some of the basics from like five years ago to me.

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

Like, I sweat, you perspire, but she glows, right?

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

He doxes, she leaks, but the New York Times investigates.

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

Okay, so like, you know, how Punch protected the time with dual class talk that allowed him to serve the public interest decade after decade versus unaccountable Mark Zuckerberg's dual class talk, blah, blah, blah, right?

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

Okay, so they just Russell conjugate everything and they space it out enough, right?

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

That, you know, they put the negative and pejorative connotation on it when it's tech and they put the positive connotation on it when it's media.