Against Outrage Culture: Why Michael Krieger Ended Liberty Blitzkrieg

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today on the Brief:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hong Kong re-closes schools based on COVID-19 growth</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Coinbase explores direct U.S. exchange listing</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">China starts selling stock, easing massive rally </span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our main conversation is with Liberty Blitzkrieg creator and editor Michael Krieger. Michael announced just before recording that he is done publishing on the LB site. He and NLW discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Michael became disaffected while working on Wall Street during the Great Financial Crisis</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Zero Hedge amplified Liberty Blitzkrieg and sent Michael on a decade-long writing path</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Michael discovered</span> <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/price/bitcoin"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">bitcoin</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">and the bitcoin community in 2012</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why social media platforms need to be regulated with the principles of the First Amendment </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How all political parties use division to stay in power </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How outrage culture has become endemic, commodified and co-opted by existing power </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why the only option to fight outrage culture is to opt out</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Find our guest online:</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Website:</span> <a href= "https://libe