Recode Decode: Annalee Newitz

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Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Sci-fi novelist and science journalist Annalee Newitz talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about their new book, The Future of Another Timeline. Newitz, who was previously a founding editor of io9 and the editor in chief of Gizmodo, talks about their winding route to becoming a writer, by way of monster movies; how their first book Autonomous addresses AI, software patents, and the pharma industry; and how they worked out the mechanics and limitations of time travel and "editing" history for their latest book. Plus: How does technology affect our memory of history, and what will happen to all our digital communications once we're gone? Featuring: Annalee Newitz (@Annaleen), author, The Future of Another Timeline Host: Kara Swisher (@karaswisher), Recode co-founder and editor-at-large More to explore: Subscribe for free to Reset, Recode's new podcast that explores why — and how — tech is changing everything. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Follow Us: Newsletter: Recode Daily Twitter: @Recode and @voxdotcom Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Every year we bring together a group of incredible people for three days of
0:03.9	conversation and networking at the Code Conference. This year code is back in
0:07.9	Los Angeles and I'll be speaking with the people at the forefront of tech,
0:10.7	including European tech regulator at Margarit Vestager, Microsoft CEO Sachin
0:15.4	Adela and Google CEO Sundar Pachai. And we've just announced the Disney CEO
0:20.4	Bob Iger will be joining me on stage for a live interview about what comes
0:23.8	next for one of the world's biggest media companies. And fine, I guess we can
0:27.9	talk about Baby Yoda too. If you're an executive, you can apply to attend the
0:31.7	Code Conference at events.recode.net slash code or just tap the link to the
0:37.6	application in the show notes. Hope to see you there.
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