Evidence receipt / prediction
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: prediction
15 Dec 2025 Acquired 10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
“If we put this in the feed, if we don't live up to the expectations that our listeners have, we will burn them and they will leave us forever.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- prediction
- Recorded
- 15 Dec 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…Right, and they learn to trust you. They learn to trust you, that if you're interested, they'll be interested. In fact, what they're buying into is not the subject but your interest in the subject. Yes, and I am terrified of betraying that trust. Anytime we make an episode, I think of it as a churn opportunity. If we put this in the feed, if we don't live up to the expectations that our listeners have, we will burn them and they will leave us forever. Why does Acquired framework, there's a strong element of terror of why it works? We're constantly terrified every time we make an episode.…
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