adam conover: There's plenty of cause for hope. i think that there is a generation that does not recognize that they should consult a lawyer before they make a tick talk. I want to thank our producer, sam roudman, our engineer, ryan connor, andrew w k for our theme song. The fine folks at falcon northwest for building me the incredible custom gaming pc that i am recording this very episode on.
The early Internet was open, exciting, and deeply optimistic. So how did we end up, just a few decades later, with one that’s closed, exploitative, and makes most of us incredibly depressed? Longtime Internet gadfly and author of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, Cory Doctorow, joins Adam to break down how the Internet has changed for the worse, and what we can do about it. Check out his book at https://factuallypod.com/books
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