David Epstein
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303 appearances
2 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 5d ago
David Epstein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I said autonomy because when I finished range, I left my job.
I was working at ProPublica as an investigative reporter at the time, but then I left that and for the first time had total freedom.
And I said, I want to spend every minute of the day in a manner of my own choosing.
Yeah.
Right?
Fast forward two years, definitely such a thing as too much autonomy.
Now I've been reeling that back, right?
Containing my workday, joined a nonprofit board in my community, like increasing.
Conveniencing myself to sync up my schedule with other people and to find ways to contain my workday so it isn't just, you know, expanding into every nook and cranny.
It's like I think about when Mark Zuckerberg first advertised the metaverse.
Yes.
And he said, it's going to be amazing.
Everyone is going to live in a universe totally tailored and individualized just to them.
And I didn't think about it that much when he said it at the moment, but now I'm like, that sounds like hell.
You know?
That's like the path where I was going with so much freedom.
It's like you're just living on your own.
The irony is the metaverse wasn't
Yeah.
wrong or out of
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