Recode Decode: Andrew Keen, author, 'How to Fix the Future'

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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"How to Fix the Future" author Andrew Keen talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about his new book, which examines reasonable solutions to the social and political disruptions created by the digital revolution. Keen says tech is neither the solution nor the scapegoat for all problems, urging Silicon Valley to look to history for answers. In the book, he examines four categories of things that need fixing: Economic inequality; the "imminent crisis" of jobs; the rise of surveillance capitalism, in which consumers pay for free products by trading away their personal data; and a cultural crisis of incivility, divisiveness and "fake news." Plus: Why Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is best positioned to set an example for the rest of the industry and why Keen believes Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is "re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey, this is Peter Kafka. I'm the host of Recode Media and in February,
0:04.5	Keraswishar are going to bring together the smartest and most interesting
0:07.6	people in the media world. To hunting and beach in Southern California, we want
0:12.0	you to be there. It's the Code Media Conference, February 12 and 13. You can
0:16.4	learn more by going to recode.net slash events.
0:21.8	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode coming to you from the box Media Podcast
0:26.2	Network. Hi, I'm Keraswishar, Executive Editor of Recode. You may know me as
0:31.7	someone who can predict the future and I predict this podcast will be
0:34.8	fascinating. You're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's
0:38.6	key players, big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in. You can find
0:42.0	more episodes of Recode Decode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Play
0:45.3	Music or wherever you listen to podcasts or just visit recode.net slash
0:49.6	podcasts for more. Today in the red chair is Andrew Keane, who I've known a long,
0:55.3	long, long time Andrew was super old. He's a writer, entrepreneur and also a
0:59.0	frequent critic of the internet. In 2015 he wrote a book called The Internet is
1:03.8	Not the Answer. I want to know what the question is, but his new book is called
1:08.7	How to Fix the Future. It's all about finding reasonable solutions to problems
1:12.4	caused by the digital revolution of which there are many and of which we have
1:15.7	just covered in a show we're doing for NBC also is the responsibility of tech.
1:19.1	So there's lots to talk about Andrew. Welcome to Recode Decode. Thank you, Karo.
1:23.8	Honour to be here. Oh absolutely. I'm thrilled to talk to you. He's always
1:26.9	such a good critic, such a intelligent critic about the internet, not just, you know,
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