Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
29 Mar 2023 Acquired Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast)
“I think the most interesting thing is that I think we've talked about this concept before on air, that if someone's going to advise you on starting a podcast, they would say, do a 30 to 40-minute episode, do it weekly, and you release it at the same time all the time.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- 29 Mar 2023
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…We didn't buy microphones to start. I think the most interesting thing is that I think we've talked about this concept before on air, that if someone's going to advise you on starting a podcast, they would say, do a 30 to 40-minute episode, do it weekly, and you release it at the same time all the time. Have a guest so that way, that person promotes it too. We're like, okay, well, we do the opposite of all those things. The conclusion I've come to is, advice is an average, and reality is a distribution. Averages suck because they hide the distribution. You want to know the shape of the distribution. You want to know things that apply to your specific data point, not the average thing. I think advice is always on average that hides the distribution. If you know that you're actually an outlier in some way, then you have to selectively follow advice because it may not apply to you. Charlie told me a fantastic story about this, where he was singing the praises of BYD that they're kicking ass. Not just me, I'm with a group of people.…
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