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Mentions personal use of Stratechery.

4 Oct 2022 Acquired ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis

“I listen to the audio version of Stratechery, and that's my vegetables. It's enjoyable intellectually, but it's not fun.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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recommendation
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4 Oct 2022
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Acquired

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…They just jumped into brain surgery. Let's just explain to us. How are we going to chop up this brain? It's a bit of an art. But I have to say, it's been a different muscle for me to flex and it's been great fun for me. The other thing—I don't know if you think about it on this axis at all, but I used to think it was very binary. Like there are two categories of podcasts. There's candy and there's vegetables. I listen to the audio version of Stratechery, and that's my vegetables. It's enjoyable intellectually, but it's not fun. I certainly can't be doing anything else with the language center in my brain while I'm listening to that. I have to be on a run. Sometimes even at home so I can take some notes or look something up. I can be cleaning. It's a pause-type podcast. Sometimes you're hitting rewind. Let me make sure I get what he's saying here.…

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