Reid Hoffman

And so you go, OK, 1,000 people get vaccinated. Or call it 100,000 people get vaccinated. And 50 of them have adverse conditions to the vaccine, right? That happens out of 100,000, right? But 1,000 people or 10,000 people might have died otherwise, right? that your lottery for everyone being vaccinated is a very good lottery, everyone should do it, right?

And so you go, OK, 1,000 people get vaccinated. Or call it 100,000 people get vaccinated. And 50 of them have adverse conditions to the vaccine, right? That happens out of 100,000, right? But 1,000 people or 10,000 people might have died otherwise, right? that your lottery for everyone being vaccinated is a very good lottery, everyone should do it, right?

Because by the way, you were more likely to have died in the lottery than have an adverse condition. That doesn't mean there aren't people who have adverse conditions. So all quality medical professionals, medical researchers agree.

Because by the way, you were more likely to have died in the lottery than have an adverse condition. That doesn't mean there aren't people who have adverse conditions. So all quality medical professionals, medical researchers agree.

I am allowed legally on X.com to say vaccines are evil plots, right, to control the American people, to sell drugs and make drug companies profitable and blah, blah, blah. And I can sell that. And you see all that rampant on Twitter, rampant, you know, in talk radio and, you know, and all the other things. You can say that. That's a problem, right? I'm okay with people saying it.

I am allowed legally on X.com to say vaccines are evil plots, right, to control the American people, to sell drugs and make drug companies profitable and blah, blah, blah. And I can sell that. And you see all that rampant on Twitter, rampant, you know, in talk radio and, you know, and all the other things. You can say that. That's a problem, right? I'm okay with people saying it.

What I'm not okay with is promoting it and having it have broad reach.

What I'm not okay with is promoting it and having it have broad reach.

i also think is important and i exist in the the sort of dichotomy of like speech is important but at the same time you know yeah look i am um i was on the support people being able to say lab leak yeah category because by the way i do think freedom of speech is a good thing and part of the reason i have freedom of speech is sometimes you have a contrarian idea that should have freedom of reach yeah but there should be

i also think is important and i exist in the the sort of dichotomy of like speech is important but at the same time you know yeah look i am um i was on the support people being able to say lab leak yeah category because by the way i do think freedom of speech is a good thing and part of the reason i have freedom of speech is sometimes you have a contrarian idea that should have freedom of reach yeah but there should be

And look, how do we make decisions as a society of what expertise, like what truth is, is we convene groups of experts. Like in a science, we have a group of scientists review a paper before it's published. We have scientists able to reproduce things. In a jury, we have 12 people who listen to the case and make a decision.

And look, how do we make decisions as a society of what expertise, like what truth is, is we convene groups of experts. Like in a science, we have a group of scientists review a paper before it's published. We have scientists able to reproduce things. In a jury, we have 12 people who listen to the case and make a decision.

So we use groups of people as experts and different kinds of expertise for different kinds of things to make a judgment. And we should also bring in expertise. Now, that doesn't mean that even when all the experts say that's completely wrong, you should say you can't post it.

So we use groups of people as experts and different kinds of expertise for different kinds of things to make a judgment. And we should also bring in expertise. Now, that doesn't mean that even when all the experts say that's completely wrong, you should say you can't post it.

Like I loved what Twitter did pre-Elon, which is they said, hey, you can post vaccines or this evil plot by the government to control you. But we're going to put a little box around it that says, oh, and by the way, experts disagree. Here's where you can go get the facts. So you can say it, right? But we'll also put in, in selective cases, expert opinion.

Like I loved what Twitter did pre-Elon, which is they said, hey, you can post vaccines or this evil plot by the government to control you. But we're going to put a little box around it that says, oh, and by the way, experts disagree. Here's where you can go get the facts. So you can say it, right? But we'll also put in, in selective cases, expert opinion.

And I think that's like, for example, a balance of how to do freedom of speech and freedom of reach. Because I do think, look, I should be able to say the world is flat. I should be able to go on and say the world is flat. And by the way, LinkedIn wouldn't take that post off because it's like, well, it's civil. I'm just saying the world's flat. I'm out of my mind, right? But I'm being civil.

And I think that's like, for example, a balance of how to do freedom of speech and freedom of reach. Because I do think, look, I should be able to say the world is flat. I should be able to go on and say the world is flat. And by the way, LinkedIn wouldn't take that post off because it's like, well, it's civil. I'm just saying the world's flat. I'm out of my mind, right? But I'm being civil.

So the LinkedIn principles are not, you must say something that's scientifically true. It's you must say something that's civil.

So the LinkedIn principles are not, you must say something that's scientifically true. It's you must say something that's civil.