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Every podcast mention of Facebook in one pod.
553 videos. Track how it's discussed, by whom, and what experts actually think.
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Videos Mentioning Facebook
A Conversation with David Frum (Episode #206)
Sam Harris
Identified as the primary source of information for many Americans, despite not creating content, and criticized for its role in spreading potentially untrustworthy information.
A Conversation with Jonathan Haidt (Episode #204)
Sam Harris
Identified as a platform whose design changes in the late 2000s significantly altered human connectivity, fostering inauthenticity and intimidation.
Yann LeCun: Deep Learning, ConvNets, and Self-Supervised Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #36
Lex Fridman
Yann LeCun's current employer, where he serves as Chief AI Scientist. The company is also mentioned in the context of AI research and developing production code.
Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #80
Lex Fridman
A major tech company that, along with Google and Twitter, might issue centralized digital currencies if not for government regulation.
The Science of Happiness: A Conversation with Laurie Santos (Episode #196)
Sam Harris
A social media platform often criticized for its negative impact on social connection, though the speaker expresses greater concern about general attentional resource depletion due to technology.
Edward Norton — On Creative Process and Struggle, and Motherless Brooklyn | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
A social media platform mentioned in the context of connecting ad campaigns to email platforms via Zapier.
Sam Altman : How to Build the Future
Y Combinator
Used as an example of a strong idea (social graph, online directory) with flexibility in implementation, rather than constant pivoting to unrelated concepts.
Gustaf Alströmer - Growth for Startups
Y Combinator
Cited as a key growth channel, particularly for advertising, and for its role in social product discovery and viral loops.
Mark Zuckerberg : How to Build the Future
Y Combinator
Mark Zuckerberg discusses the founding and evolution of Facebook, from its origins as a college project to a global company, emphasizing its focus on people and connection.
The Random Show with Tim Ferriss & Kevin Rose — Affordable Luxuries, Brain Stimulation, and More!
Tim Ferriss
A social media company that reportedly invested heavily in AI engineers years ago, with predictions of surprising AI tech unveils soon, despite current product direction criticisms.
Q&A With Tim — On Happiness, Dating, Depressive Episodes, and Much More | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Mentioned as a modern tool for advertising, replacing niche publications for market sizing and testing.
243 ‒ The fentanyl crisis and why everyone should be paying attention | Anthony Hipolito
Peter Attia MD
A social media platform mentioned as a channel for drug sales.
Jeremy Howard: fast.ai Deep Learning Courses and Research | Lex Fridman Podcast #35
Lex Fridman
A social media platform mentioned in the context of data privacy concerns.
Tristan Harris — Fighting Skynet and Firewalling Attention | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
A social networking service that is criticized for its business model being tied to capturing human behavior and leading to social harms, but also credited for recent product changes from Mark Zuckerberg in 2018.
George Hotz: Comma.ai, OpenPilot, and Autonomous Vehicles | Lex Fridman Podcast #31
Lex Fridman
Where George Hotz worked for a period when he was developing his third version of his debugger.
What is Bitcoin? - Bitcoin Explained for Beginners
Ali Abdaal
Mentioned as inability to read encrypted WhatsApp messages.
Dustin Moskovitz, Co Founder of Asana and Facebook | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
A social media company co-founded by Dustin Moskovitz, where he served as CTO and later VP of Engineering.
E54: Spread trading big tech, capital allocation, Zillow's misfire, Progressives suffer losses
All-In Podcast
Facebook is recommended for shorting in a spread trade due to regulatory oversight pressure. An earlier spread trade of long Google, short Facebook returned 80-85%.
GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots | Lex Fridman Podcast #327
Lex Fridman
A social media platform where the 'Indonesia thing' controversy first went viral, with a post claiming Levy mass-reported a father for cheating.
E53: Wealth tax, inflation as a capital allocator, big tech earnings, paternity leave & more
All-In Podcast
Discussed in the context of its name change to Meta and perceived challenges with its core business and privacy issues.
Gun Violence in America: A Conversation with Graeme Wood (Episode #283)
Sam Harris
Mentioned in a hypothetical scenario where its user profiling capabilities could be used to identify dangerous individuals, raising privacy and intervention concerns.
E52: Trump's SPAC, peak venture liquidity, tech as an economic ladder, Dems overplaying their hand
All-In Podcast
A social media platform mentioned as a competitor and as a platform from which Donald Trump was banned.
Adora Cheung - How to Set KPIs and Goals
Y Combinator
Used as an example of a business model that is advertising-based, requiring a large user base before monetization can occur, thus justifying 'active users' as a primary metric in such cases.
Wealth & Happiness: A Conversation with Scott Galloway (Episode #189)
Sam Harris
A social media giant whose business model is described as fueled by rage and who is criticized for its impact on democracy and its monopolistic control over digital advertising.