What the internet took from us

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, News, Politics, News Commentary, Philosophy

4.6 • 10.8K Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2021

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Sean Illing talks with writer and New York Times Book Review editor Pamela Paul about her book 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet and the ways, big and small, that the internet has changed our lives. They talk about the complicated relationship between change, innovation and loss, and how to understand who we are and who we've become in a world where we're never truly offline. Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox Guest: Pamela Paul (@PamelaPaulNYT), author and editor References: 100 Things We've Lost to the Internet by Pamela Paul (Penguin Random House; 2021) Pornified: How Pornography Is Damaging Our Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families by Pamela Paul (St. Martin's Griffin; 2006) "Let Children Get Bored Again" by Pamela Paul (New York Times; Feb. 2, 2019) "For Teen Girls, Instagram Is a Cesspool" by Lindsay Crouse (New York Times; Oct. 8) "The Moral Panic Engulfing Instagram" by Farhad Manjoo (New York Times; Oct. 13) Enjoyed this episode? Rate Vox Conversations ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Vox Conversations by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Support Vox Conversations by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts This episode was made by: Producer: Erikk Geannikis Editor: Amy Drozdowska Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Deputy Editorial Director, Vox Talk: Amber Hall Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:03.6	What have we lost to the internet?
1:07.6	I'm Sean Elling and I'm your host for Vox Conversations.
1:15.6	When I was 13 years old, my dad took me to Radio Shack at the mall,
1:26.3	back when there were still radio Shacks and malls.
1:29.5	To get our first Tandy computer, it was this big, bulky, slow thing.
1:36.5	I didn't really know anything about computers or the internet, but it was exciting as hell.
1:41.8	I still remember the sound of that glorious 56K dial-up modem.
1:47.9	Can you hear it?
1:54.7	When things changed, the internet became more accessible, more pervasive, more immersive.
2:12.5	The journey from AOL to the iPhone wasn't overnight, but it kind of feels like it was.
2:20.0	Today, the internet isn't something you do at home for fun, it's everywhere.
2:26.1	All the time.
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