The Long, Slow Death of the Internet with Cory Doctorow

Factually! with Adam Conover

Headgum

Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

The early Internet was open, exciting, and deeply optimistic. So how did we end up, just a few decades later, with one that’s closed, exploitative, and makes most of us incredibly depressed? Longtime Internet gadfly and author of How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism, Cory Doctorow, joins Adam to break down how the Internet has changed for the worse, and what we can do about it. Check out his book at https://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This is a Headgun Podcast.
0:04.0	I don't know the truth.
0:07.0	I don't know the way.
0:10.0	I don't know what to think.
0:13.0	I don't know what to say.
0:16.0	Yeah, that's all I have.
0:19.0	Yeah, that's okay.
0:22.0	I don't know anything.
0:28.0	Hello and welcome to Factually, I'm Adam Conover.
0:31.0	Thank you for joining me once again as I talked to an amazing expert
0:34.0	about all the information that is locked inside of their skull.
0:37.0	We are going to try to extract that information
0:39.0	and jam it into our own ear holes by means of this podcast.
0:43.0	We're going to have a great time.
0:45.0	Thank you so much for being here.
0:47.0	And of course, I want to thank everyone who supports the show on Patreon.
0:50.0	If you want to join them, head to patreon.com slash Adam Conover
0:54.0	to join up and thank you to you if you are already a supporter.
0:57.0	Now, let's talk about the internet.
1:00.0	I grew up on the internet quite literally.
1:04.0	I was actually part of the first generation in history
1:07.0	where that was even possible for a kid.
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