Alexis Ohanian

Because again, we'll look at all these screens with all these AI polished images, and we'll actually want to sit in a room with other humans to be captivated for a couple of hours in a dark room to feel the goosebumps of seeing live performances of human performances. And so I think we'll see this across a number of different sectors and areas that'll feel anachronistic.

Because again, we'll look at all these screens with all these AI polished images, and we'll actually want to sit in a room with other humans to be captivated for a couple of hours in a dark room to feel the goosebumps of seeing live performances of human performances. And so I think we'll see this across a number of different sectors and areas that'll feel anachronistic.

It'll feel crazy that in 2040, the hottest ticket in town will be a live performance. But I actually think, I think there's some truth to that. I think that's why I'm so bullish on sports because no one's going to pay money to cheer for and cry for a robot kicking a soccer ball. Like we need humans doing that. We need, we need to feel their pain and their success and their triumphs.

It'll feel crazy that in 2040, the hottest ticket in town will be a live performance. But I actually think, I think there's some truth to that. I think that's why I'm so bullish on sports because no one's going to pay money to cheer for and cry for a robot kicking a soccer ball. Like we need humans doing that. We need, we need to feel their pain and their success and their triumphs.

And those are the areas that get me most hopeful because it's, it's kind of a nice throwback to when we were just hunting or growing the things we needed to live when, you know, the distractions we had were literally the humans around us and the community we had were basically the only people we all knew for our entire lives.

And those are the areas that get me most hopeful because it's, it's kind of a nice throwback to when we were just hunting or growing the things we needed to live when, you know, the distractions we had were literally the humans around us and the community we had were basically the only people we all knew for our entire lives.

And there are parts of that that I actually think will nourish us even in this, you know, future. Have all parts of you always been that optimistic?

And there are parts of that that I actually think will nourish us even in this, you know, future. Have all parts of you always been that optimistic?

i've definitely always been a tech optimist i i think look building reddit i mean you know how i resigned in protest in 2020 because i was despite being the face of the company spending you know 15 years building it turning it around you know i found myself in board meetings this is all public now but i'd find myself in board meetings where i was the only person out of five who was advocating for banning

i've definitely always been a tech optimist i i think look building reddit i mean you know how i resigned in protest in 2020 because i was despite being the face of the company spending you know 15 years building it turning it around you know i found myself in board meetings this is all public now but i'd find myself in board meetings where i was the only person out of five who was advocating for banning

like watch people die literally a community of you know hundreds of thousands of people sharing videos of just or horrible usually uh like closed circuit television or close-circuit camera footage of just awful stuff people dying suicide murder all this accidents and and then again it comes up again around communities like explicitly built on racism and things that i just

like watch people die literally a community of you know hundreds of thousands of people sharing videos of just or horrible usually uh like closed circuit television or close-circuit camera footage of just awful stuff people dying suicide murder all this accidents and and then again it comes up again around communities like explicitly built on racism and things that i just

I knew we're bad for business, we're bad for society, we're just not things that we should be fighting for. When I did part ways, I was so pleased to see the response finally was, okay, we're going to ban these things because it shined a light, right? And what it also taught me was, this was four years ago, was that I had... I didn't have enough agency, and that was my own creation.

I knew we're bad for business, we're bad for society, we're just not things that we should be fighting for. When I did part ways, I was so pleased to see the response finally was, okay, we're going to ban these things because it shined a light, right? And what it also taught me was, this was four years ago, was that I had... I didn't have enough agency, and that was my own creation.

That was my own doing. But I was never going to put myself in a situation again where I couldn't be doing not just the best work of my career, but also in a way that aligned with my values. And what's been a phenomenal result is for the last four years, I've had so much wind at my back. from making that decision, from aligning those values.

That was my own doing. But I was never going to put myself in a situation again where I couldn't be doing not just the best work of my career, but also in a way that aligned with my values. And what's been a phenomenal result is for the last four years, I've had so much wind at my back. from making that decision, from aligning those values.

And I still think the internet can bring out the best in us. I do really believe that. And I can also accept the conflicting view that it enables the worst of us. And I obviously want to be on the side of the former. And so I try to use my platform as best I can for those things and to curb the worst. I think I have to remain an optimist because... I'm still optimistic about humanity.

And I still think the internet can bring out the best in us. I do really believe that. And I can also accept the conflicting view that it enables the worst of us. And I obviously want to be on the side of the former. And so I try to use my platform as best I can for those things and to curb the worst. I think I have to remain an optimist because... I'm still optimistic about humanity.

And to the extent, these tools are just a reflection of society, of our world. And I need to believe that, you know, there is hope for us to figure this out, to get a line that at the end of the day, nearly all of us still want the same things. We want to live decent lives. We want our kids to live hopefully better lives than we did.

And to the extent, these tools are just a reflection of society, of our world. And I need to believe that, you know, there is hope for us to figure this out, to get a line that at the end of the day, nearly all of us still want the same things. We want to live decent lives. We want our kids to live hopefully better lives than we did.