E1042: Balaji Srinivasan (@balajis) shares insights on Recode incident, need for decentralized citizen journalism, techlash through the years, potential COVID-19 endgames: bull, bear & base case scena

0:55 Jason intros Balaji Srinivasan and tees up his incident with Recode's piece: “No handshakes, please”: The tech industry is terrified of the coronavirus

4:28 Balaji shares his experience with the story and his issues with corporate journalism

15:16 Balaji explains why he reacted the way he did to Shirin Ghaffary's request for an interview

19:52 History of techlash: 1995-2020, when things turned from positivity to overwhelming negativity

26:26 Balaji brings up a sentiment analysis chart published by Recode

31:25 Did both sides of the political spectrum fail in their coverage of the virus? Is citizen journalism the answer?

39:40 Balaji envisions for a new kind of journalism

41:43 Are corporate journalists too like-minded in their approach because of not being representative of the demographics of the US?

48:16 What is modern journalism's biggest blind spot?

51:22 Tips on how to start decentralizing media

54:34 Are modern journalists uncomfortable with subjects playing an active role in the reporting of the story? Did Recode & other outlets fail their readers?

1:01:55 Will the US "let it rip" strategy of dealing with COVID prove catastrophic?

1:05:53 Endgame scenarios: Bull, Bear & Base

1:10:08 Should we be experimenting with "Challenge Trials"?

1:18:52 How culpable is China for the spread of COVID-19? Should wet markets be shut down for good?

1:23:39 Why is the US still behind on mass testing? More on endgame scenarios

1:31:03 Possibility of COVID-19 being a biological weapon?

1:36:27 What should we learn from this crisis? What societal changes will happen?