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PanamaPlaylists – Leaked Tech CEOs Spotify Profiles
- nerdix 1y agoBen Horowitz "Good times" playlist is exactly what the name implies. Definitely a sex playlist.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoI find it interesting that a guy who excitedly makes autonomous killer drones for profit (Palmer Luckey) loves: Lindsay Lohan Kelly Clarkson Hilary Duff *NSYNC Vanessa Carlton Avril Lavigne
- AIorNot 1y agoI know right - that was hilarious
- input_sh 1y agoDeath Cab for Cutie being in JD Vance's playlist is also kinda funny considering the same band also wrote this: https://genius.com/Death-cab-for-cutie-million-dollar-loan-lyrics https://genius.com/Death-cab-for-cutie-million-dollar-loan-l...
- close04 1y agoI don’t think people who chase money beyond any morals will have a particular taste in music. But it is a bit funny.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoOh I'm pretty sure there is a correlation between questionable morals and trap music preference ;)
- Fokamul 1y agoWell, UA drones are already blasting music. So why not :)
- addandsubtract 1y agoThese are the most basic bitch playlists I've seen in my life. No wonder the Spotify algorithm is so shit.
- fkyoureadthedoc 1y agoBetter than Apple Music, at least in my memory, I haven't had Spotify for years. I have a suspicion that Apple Music just decides the next song based on the previous one that played, not your whole playlist or even the last n songs played.
- beAbU 1y agoSpotify does the same thing, resulting in a "radio station" playing the same fucking 10 songs over and over.
- diggan 1y ago> No wonder the Spotify algorithm is so shit. I guess you get what you play, none of those songs are recommended to me, and my Discover Weekly has maybe ~75% of music I like which is high enough to be useful for finding new stuff. But then I have been using Spotify for almost 20 years, might be why they're a bit better at recommending me music. But then you also consider other people's music taste "basic" so we already know you're a bit of a elitist music snob, no wonder recommendations don't work for you :)
- yamazakiwi 1y agoWell they probably consider many people's music taste basic because a lot of music consumers aren't actually "in to" music. They just want pop with catchy cycles, memorable lyrics, and na na na's. Anything that falls outside of that is too much exploration for them. Most of these playlists are uninspired, but I never took CEO's to be big music heads anyway. Most CEO's are into basic entertainment because they deprioritize exploring it.
- yellow_lead 1y agoAt least there's some aphex twin near the bottom
- nkotov 1y agoInteresting that there's not a lot of metal / rock.
- beanjuiceII 1y agowow these are so bad
- azinman2 1y agoMildly interesting of course, but all we’ve learned is that regardless of how high profile you are, you’re still a human embedded within a common taste space… one that was mostly formed in your teenage-to-20s years.
- jraines 1y agoIlya’s the only one that inspires confidence, though I can’t hate Andreesen’s Focus Alpha
- HeckFeck 1y agoSo the lesson is that one must become ultra-normie in music taste before one becomes a founder? I'm waiting for the PG essay to explain this.
- joshdavham 1y agoNot to be too sarcastic, but it always kills me when people who pride themselves as being original and contrarian turn out to be total conformists. This seems to be very common among founders/vc’s as of late.
- Permit 1y agoOn the other hand, it kills me when people think having a unique taste in music is representative of anything other than having a unique taste in music (i.e. that one's taste in music has anything to do with being original or contrarian). It seems sensible to me that the people who spend a lot of time doing something like creating a successful business do not spend much of their time curating a unique taste in music.
- codethief 1y agoExactly. You can be unique and non-conformist in some ways, but not in all of them at the same time.
- Bengalilol 1y agoYeah, but look at those tastes
- joshdavham 1y agoYou two raise good points. I guess I'm probably a bit of a conformist in most areas I don't really care about, for example: cars and clothing. My tastes are probably average, but only because I don't much care for those things as much.
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- joshdavham 1y agoHow can we verify that these playlists are legit? I love the idea that JD Vance is listening to Justin Bieber and One Direction, but I’d like some more proof.
- diggan 1y ago> How can we verify that these playlists are legit? Even if they are "legit", we don't know it's actually them who listened to it. I'm in the car with other people plenty of times, and listen to music I'm not a huge fan of but others are. I'm sure I'm not alone in not being 100% exclusive listener to the music my Spotify account ends up playing.
- jdross 1y agoHe has children, and this is what children listen to
- tptacek 1y agoNobody under 40 listens to this much Death Cab.
- dadrian 1y agohey now
- morkalork 1y agoThe playlist names are more interesting.
- dijksterhuis 1y agokudos to Kashmir Hill for aphex twin and nils frahm.
- lordnacho 1y agoLooks like any old radio station. Is that down to Spotify suggesting whatever is popular, or people having ordinary tastes? I read an article claiming that repetition causes popularity, not the other way round. Can't for the life of me find the link, maybe someone knows what I mean.
- diggan 1y ago> Is that down to Spotify suggesting whatever is popular, or people having ordinary tastes? I think it's the typical "average stuff for the average person", people generally don't care that much about what music is playing, as long as it's within the range of "average" and it's catchy enough. Basically open up the player, play the first thing that looks good enough and then leave it there. Then it's called "mainstream" music for a reason, most people are OK with listening to it in the first place :)
- gishglish 1y ago> Then it's called "mainstream" music for a reason, most people are OK with listening to it in the first place :) I think there’s bewilderment is mostly from these not being “mainstream” people.
- diggan 1y ago> not being “mainstream” people They're politicians, CEOs and "celebrities" (in one way or another), it doesn't get more mainstream than that, does it?
- gishglish 1y agoThey’re also nearly untouchable often disconnected from anything the mainstream would experience and experience things the mainstream never will.
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- angryGhost 1y agohttps://open.spotify.com/user/1225726127 https://open.spotify.com/user/1225726127 That is not Vitalik...
- oliv__ 1y agoThis is so disappointing. Man these people are basic
- treebeard901 1y agoBondi listening to Nelly is difficult to comprehend.
- flkiwi 1y agoBondi is weapons grade party trash so Nelly is actually higher quality than I would expect from her, but certainly not inconceivable. Her personal reputation is firmly jello shots and purple jesus for breakfast down here. (Important to note, this is neither slut-shaming nor a political statement, other than to the extent of any hypocrisy etc. etc.)
- tptacek 1y agoI love that sama had to Shazam Missy Elliot's "Get Ur Freak On", one of the three most recognizable hip-hop tracks of all time. :)
- koakuma-chan 1y agoNo anime openings?
- groundcontr01 1y agoMark Benioff, "Let's Get Retarded" is a gem
- walthamstow 1y agoPalmer Luckey, I did not expect that. The guy is designing autonomous warfare stuff while listening to Vanessa Carlton.
- impish9208 1y agoThis is hilarious! Dan Crenshaw — U.S. Congressman from Texas Ni**as in Paris Karoline Leavitt — White House Press Secretary Run the World (Girls) Marc Benioff — Salesforce CEO Billionaire I’m disappointed to not see any thelonelyisland listeners though.
- Bengalilol 1y agoIlya Sutskever and Kashmir Hill are somehow OK. The rest is quite a mess.