Recode Decode: Tim O'Reilly, author, 'WTF?'

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

O’Reilly Media founder Tim O’Reilly talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, “WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us.” O'Reilly argues that society could be headed for either the good type of “WTF” — one of amazement — or the bad type, one of dismay. Avoiding the latter, O’Reilly says, will mean dramatically rethinking politics, finance and employment; today's prevailing philosophy of profit-above-all-else could be setting the world up for a period of “war and revolution and great instability.” He also talks about why, even though tech companies are easy to demonize in Washington, the bigger villain may be Wall Street. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	If you're looking for a new podcast to try, how about Planet Money?
0:03.6	One thing people say about Planet Money is how much they love listening to it,
0:06.5	even though they don't care about business or economics.
0:09.1	It's just a smart show with great stories that help explain your world.
0:12.6	Find Planet Money on the MPR-1 app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:18.4	Recode Radio presents Recode Decode, coming to you from the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:25.3	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Executive Editor of Recode.
0:28.0	You may know me as the author of a new book about the Trump administration called
0:31.3	OMGWTF-LOL, but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode,
0:37.1	a podcast about tech and media's key players, big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:41.7	You can find more episodes of Recode Decode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,
0:45.9	Google Play Music, or ever you listen to your podcast.
0:49.1	Or just visit recode.net-podcasts for more.
0:53.0	Today in the Red Chair is Tim O'Reilly, the author of a new book WTF,
0:57.6	Question Mark, What's the Future, and why it's up to us what a trick Tim.
1:01.9	It's how the digital revolution will continue to shape the world and disrupt old institutions.
1:06.8	Tim is the founder of O'Reilly Media and has been a long time advocate of causes like
1:10.8	open source software, the maker movement, and open data in government.
1:14.5	Tim, welcome to Recode Decode.
1:16.4	It's great to be here.
1:17.4	All right, so we're going to talk about this new book.
1:19.0	Why don't you explain what are you doing now?
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Vox Media Podcast Network, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Vox Media Podcast Network and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.