Have we hit peak streaming? + NYT’s Kevin Roose on his new book “Futureproof”

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4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Paramount Plus and Discovery Plus are the latest, and perhaps the last big streaming services to launch in a very crowded market. Recode’s Peter Kafka asks The Verge’s Julia Alexander to assess the new entrants and the overall state of the Streaming Wars. Then, New York Times tech columnist Kevin Roose talks about his latest book, Futureproof: Nine Rules For Humans In The Age of Automation. It’s a guide to thriving - or at least surviving - in a fast-approaching future where technology will displace many careers, while also creating new ones. Featuring: Julia Alexander (@loudmouthjulia), reporter at The Verge Kevin Roose (@kevinroose), New York Times tech columnist and author Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:10.6	as you probably notice, there are new
1:12.6	streaming services available, specifically Discovery Plus and Paramount Plus, which is out today.
1:18.4	So we brought in a resident streaming expert, Julia Alexander, to talk about those services
1:22.8	and the streaming landscape in general and the streaming wars, which we're not supposed to call
1:27.1	streaming wars, but they're streaming wars. And we also talked to Kevin Ruse, who you may remember
1:32.4	was just on this show. The reason we're having Kevin Ruse back on is the New York Times columnist,
1:37.6	is that he's got a new book called Future Proof. It's about the role of tech in our society
1:42.8	and how that's going to change and what it ought to become.
1:46.2	And nine rules for humans in the age of automation.
1:49.6	It's a very good read.
1:50.7	And Kevin's a very good interview.
1:51.8	So I was delighted to have him back.
1:53.8	And also, speaking of Kevin Ruse while we're here, Kevin made an excellent podcast last year about YouTube called Rabbit Hole.
2:03.6	And I and my colleagues have tried to make an excellent podcast about YouTube.
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