Guests:

Ben Gilbert @gilbert

Co-Host, Acquired.FM
Co-Founder, Pioneer Square Labs and PSL Ventures (Startup Studio/VC fund in Seattle)

David Rosenthal @djrosent

"Part of the reason she's so misunderstood or maybe controversial is because people look at her as something more than a culture reporter." - Jason

David noted: Creators are Taylor's constituency, she was right to point out that she is not the New York Times.
Ben's take: She's opinionated, she has very interesting content, but she works at a company and isn't the owner of it. It would be weird to go after a specific employee of a tech company you had issues with.

Bitcoin's Price Drop

"My take is everything that you just said in the intro (teeing up China and climate etc.) is noise... every time that Bitcoin has a run-up, it will always have a crash down. So far, it has been very effective at using that run up to bring more people into the ecosystem." - Ben Gilbert
"The crypto community whether intentionally or not, is very effective at using hype to increase the surface area of the ecosystem." - Ben Gilbert
"There's no innovation in Bitcoin. It is what it is, and that's attractive, you know the rules aren't going to change." David Rosenthal
"People become more engaged with the better use case." - Jason