๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ (the โRenaissance manโ author and activist) has a ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ on "๐๐ป๐๐ต๐ถ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป" ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ. We discuss the ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐บ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐, but above all: ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ? Cory traces the collapse of our online experience (from the "good old internet" to the current "enshitternet") to ๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป & ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ which in turn allowed entrenchment of surveillance models based on wanton exploitation of our data. What forces could restore discipline on tech firms? Cory is a believer in competition and regulation (together with adversarial interoperability and tech worker power). He is still optimistic about antitrust enforcement and regulation surging across the globe, and praises Europe's "muscular" enforcement...I am not there: in the wake of the "nothing burger" Google Search remedies in the US, of the FTC's loss of the Meta case, in the week where US trade officials fly to Brussels to put the dilemma starkly: "๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐?" "๐๐ ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฒ๐น?", antitrust and regulation are not the name of the game at this point. Cory remains optimistic - I think it's build or bust. Always super fun with him!
