Daman has two public roles: Helping out Ben Thompson with Thompson’s world-beating tech newsletter, Stratechery, and troll-fully supporting the Lakers on Twitter. He’s a brilliant guy, with a mind trained for optimization, so I hit him up when I have business questions. This discussion is in that vein. In it, we discuss:

* Why do tech bros love narrated articles?

* How Daman trained his mind to listen to pods at super fast speeds

* Why are journalists afraid to go subscription model?

* Going for Likes vs. Going for Dollars

* Who’s winning the streaming wars?

* On whether the Binge Model was a mistake

* How does the NBA create events within its regular season?

* On if ESPN is too big (a monopoly on tv rights) to fail

* The NFL bullying the NBA

* Is Woj too big to fail?

* LIV as player empowerment in golf

* Could LIV happen in golf?

* Daman vs. Kevin Durant on the concept of leadership

* Did Deadspinism kill the concept of character in sports?

* KD as man without a country

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