Ashlee Vance says his documentaries and writing show multiple perspectives so audiences decide for themselves, not because he's pushing optimism. He cites his Brian Johnson film as an example of presenting someone without judgment, letting viewers form their own conclusions about the subject.
It's a weird thing because there's always this debate about like access journalism and things like that. And like everyone's always like, oh, you're optimistic about tech, which I think I am in my heart. And with one swift keystroke, I give complete control of my life over to an AI. I don't know, at least in our documentaries and our TV show, in my writing, I try to like tell both sides or if there are two sides, there aren't always on some things, but I don't know. I just try to do enough for reporting where people can make up their own mind. I think if I have an advantage or something, it's just I'm just, I'm not a super judgmental person. I'm interested in interesting people living interesting lives. And like, you can decide if you think they're— it's like if I'm doing a documentary on Brian Johnson, it's like, you can make up your own mind about this guy, but this is what it looks like.
