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Ezra Klein: belief

6 Oct 2016 Conversations with Tyler Ezra Klein on Media, Politics, and Models of the World

“You can have a lot of subject-specific knowledge, but if you are not presenting a certain way, there is probably a widening penalty to that, in a way, again, that I think is probably negative.”

— Ezra Klein

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Ezra Klein
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belief
Recorded
6 Oct 2016
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

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…That’s consistent with these generalist skills. You have to be a CEO, no matter how much you know about ball bearings or making shoe heels. You can have a lot of subject-specific knowledge, but if you are not presenting a certain way, there is probably a widening penalty to that, in a way, again, that I think is probably negative. I am not persuaded it’s good that we have more generalist CEOs. It’s probably inevitable. You have to deal with government. You have to deal with the media, social media. You may need to raise funds in some way for your business.…

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