E138. Antonio García Martínez Thinks We Should All Just Express Fewer Opinions

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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🗓️ 22 July 2021

⏱️ 110 minutes

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Summary

Antonio García Martínez, author of Chaos Monkeys, stops in to talk about the ever-evolving role of social media and technology in our lives. He and Bridget discuss how everyone in media is basically a lunatic, the dangers of kids knowing tech better than their parents, the days when the internet wasn't an all-consuming thing, the effect Sex/Life has had on marriages, tech billionaires and San Francisco school board recalls, the art of sitting down and reading a book, what TikTok is doing to kids, oral culture vs visual culture, and why Bridget hated Clubhouse. They also cover being addicted to fear, your brain on tribalism, the real life impact that Twitter has on the culture, Bridget's latest moment of shame, and they nerd out together over their love of the book Mediated. Keep up with Antonio on his substack.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Walkins Welcome with me, Bridget Pettasy, on Podcast One, where
0:06.1	everyone is welcome.
0:08.6	This is Walkins Welcome with Bridget Pettasy, I'm Bridget Pettasy, and you are welcome.
0:26.0	You know the drill, please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends,
0:30.8	send smoke signals, whatever.
0:32.5	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:35.2	Our guest this week is author of Memoir Chaos Monkeys, formerly at Facebook and notoriously
0:42.6	and briefly at Apple, and currently writing at ThePullRequest.com, Antonio Garcia Martinez.
0:52.4	Antonio is a brilliant mind.
0:55.0	I love his perspective on all things tech.
0:59.4	This podcast can get a little bit met up because this happens to be his wheelhouse talking
1:05.3	about media, thinking about media, and tech in general.
1:10.0	It's fascinating.
1:11.0	I could talk about this stuff all day.
1:13.6	And with Antonio Garcia Martinez, everyone, welcome.
1:18.5	Thank you Bridget, thank you for having me.
1:21.1	I feel it's over, Joe.
1:24.4	I know.
1:25.4	We've met before.
1:26.4	We've chatted in the same house.
1:27.4	Somehow, a podcast didn't happen.
1:29.4	Yeah.
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