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Published · transcript-backedReid Hoffman: belief
15 Jan 2020 Conversations with Tyler Reid Hoffman on Systems, Levers, and Quixotic Quests
“Buckley’s side, him sitting to my left, Arianna Huffington sitting to my right. This is when Ariana Huffington gave an impassioned speech — she’s awesome; I think the world of her — that the internet was a poisoned well that our children were drinking from.”
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- Reid Hoffman
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- belief
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- 15 Jan 2020
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- Conversations with Tyler
Transcript context
…What was it like, in 1996, being on William F. Buckley’s Firing Line? That was my very first appearance on television. Peter called me and said, “They’re looking for a technologist who’s willing to defend that governments can and should regulate speech on the internet, and I said you. Would you be willing to do that?” I said yes, so I found myself on William F. Buckley’s side, him sitting to my left, Arianna Huffington sitting to my right. This is when Ariana Huffington gave an impassioned speech — she’s awesome; I think the world of her — that the internet was a poisoned well that our children were drinking from. I remember that speech. And the people I was arguing against were people that I deeply respect, like — John Perry Barlow.…
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