Ezra Klein on Food tech

I wrote this piece before this dumb thing about Biden banning meat started, but this kind of (totally predictable) cycle was in my head when I did it. Don't ban meat. Supercharge the industry making the Teslas of meat. t.co

616 likes18 repliesPosted Apr 26, 2021

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Why it worked

Contradicts something the audience already believes, which stops the scroll.
Written from experience rather than as advice, which is harder to argue with.
Short enough to read in full without expanding, which removes a step before the point lands.
Short sentences keep the pace up, so the reader never has to re-read a line.

The mechanics

Hook: Plain observation
Structure: Hook → Landing
Style: Conversational paragraphs at a steady pace.
Tone: personal
Mechanisms: Pattern interrupt
Written for: Founders, marketers and operators

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