Mark Gagnon

Basically, he's just going anti-mainstream within the Stanford space and kind of dominating an entirely new lane.

So instead of changing himself to fit into the lane to then change it from the inside, he's like, fuck it, I'm just going to start my own thing and then change discourse that way.

So this, to me, indicates a few things.

One, he sees the value of media management at 19, 20 years old, where ideas are something that are powerful.

And if they're put in the right setting, told in the right way, it can really change the way people think about stuff.

And like, I don't know anyone that started a newspaper.

You know what I mean?

Like, I don't know anyone that started a newspaper specifically for like a political agenda.

At 19 years old.

So it just indicates something to me where it's like, oh, this guy understands how people are operating from a philosophical level, and he has an agenda and ideas that he wants to espouse.

Sounds quaint and old-timey.

I can't imagine anyone in this generation founding a paper or reading one.

Yeah, it's like Ben Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and this guy.

Peter Thiel.

Yeah.

Did Ben Franklin start a paper?

I might be thinking of Jefferson.

I don't know.

Google that.

He flew a kite.