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Episode #234 - Adam Curry and the Immense Strength in Numbers
The "Podfather" Adam Curry is in the house to have a chat about all the things, from online intentional communities to the synthetic nature of conversation, and how that is the key to immunizing us from the High Table's desire to set us apart, tear us down, and leave us without hope. Show Notes: No Agenda Show Adam on
Cory Doctorow: Enshittification is Not Inevitable
Cory Doctorow, author of Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, unpacks the systemic forces behind digital monopolies, regulatory capture, the erosion of user rights, and how collective action and policy change can reclaim technology for the public good. Team Human is proudly spons
Adam Gopnik, staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of The Real Work, talks about his one-man play, "Adam Gopnik's New York" in performance at Lincoln Center through Sunday.
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Raconteur, trader, and expert in all things financial plumbing Vince Lanci returns (again) to the podcast to give us an important breakdown of what is happening in the silver markets, how what is happening is different than gold, and ultimately why London is the real target of everything Trump is doing. Show Notes: Vin
Cory Doctorow on Why the Internet Got So Terrible, So Fast, and What to Do About It
Cory Doctorow coined a word to describe how what we once loved about the internet, and relied on, has become exploitative, corrosive, and anti-user. And now he’s written a book about it, “Enshittification: Why Everything Got Worse and What to Do About It.” He analyzes how TikTok, Google Search, email, music streaming a