The Democritization of Knowledge

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i grew up in rural mississippi, where it's very there is no such thing as wealth. And so the idea of billionaires or the idea of c osi so alien,. It might as well youmigh as wel be alking about rocks on mars when it comes to that sort of thing. i deeply appreciate that, the democratization of knowledge and how people are able to find out what I'm talking about through a podcast like planet money. That would have been unthinkable even when i was a kid, and i'm not that old. The democritization of knowledge has really nice effects - but also some bad ones too. You can say: 'Here is the way

In this episode, Jacob Goldstein, the longtime host of NPR’s Planet Money, talks about his new podcast about technology and business called What’s Your Problem? with Jacob Goldstein. Goldstein spent more than a decade as co-host of Planet Money reporting stories that make economic journalism approachable. In his new weekly show, What’s Your Problem?, Goldstein’s curiosity leads him into conversations with top global entrepreneurs and engineers about the cutting-edge problems they’re trying to solve. Each episode focuses on a new company and innovator and their challenges, from teaching computers to understand humans better to running a niche business where access to consumers hinges on tech company algorithms.

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