Modern Wisdom

#213 - James Ball - Who Owns The Internet & How It Owns Us

Aug 24, 2020

James Ball, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of 'The System,' dives into the complex world of the internet and its unseen infrastructure. He discusses undersea cables and their surprising vulnerabilities, like shark attacks. The conversation touches on the intricacies of internet governance, including the challenges of managing domain ownership. Ball also critiques programmatic advertising's impact on privacy and emphasizes the pressing need for data governance to counter Silicon Valley's monopolistic trends.

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Episode notes

Intro

3min

The Internet: From ARPANET to Global Utility

25min

Undersea Cables and the Resilience of the Internet

2min

Navigating Internet Governance

7min

The Dark Side of Programmatic Advertising

19min

Reassessing the Internet's Impact

17min

The Competitive Landscape of Podcasts and Its Implications

2min

The Financial Reality of Rideshare Companies and Upcoming Insights

2min

James Ball is a writer, journalist & Pulitzer Prize winner.

The internet is more than the website you browse... it's real wires under the Atlantic, humans who have a big red button that can turn everything off, superbuildings with server centres, and a philosophy of freedom of information that we're moving further away from.

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