David Pierce

Oh, wow, that is a big question. I think it is a little bit of a metaphor for our democracy. It's a question of who's in charge, right? And I think the story of the last two decades of the internet is that we gave away everything in exchange for convenience and cool features. And we picked the things that were easy to sign up for. We picked the things that made it easy to talk to our friends.

Oh, wow, that is a big question. I think it is a little bit of a metaphor for our democracy. It's a question of who's in charge, right? And I think the story of the last two decades of the internet is that we gave away everything in exchange for convenience and cool features. And we picked the things that were easy to sign up for. We picked the things that made it easy to talk to our friends.

Oh, wow, that is a big question. I think it is a little bit of a metaphor for our democracy. It's a question of who's in charge, right? And I think the story of the last two decades of the internet is that we gave away everything in exchange for convenience and cool features. And we picked the things that were easy to sign up for. We picked the things that made it easy to talk to our friends.

We picked the things that shipped to us fastest. And we didn't reckon with any of the consequences of that. And then I think really over the last decade, the consequences of that started to become really obvious. And what the Fediverse promises is to give us some control. My information, my content, my followers, my network becomes mine again, and I get to choose what to do with it.

We picked the things that shipped to us fastest. And we didn't reckon with any of the consequences of that. And then I think really over the last decade, the consequences of that started to become really obvious. And what the Fediverse promises is to give us some control. My information, my content, my followers, my network becomes mine again, and I get to choose what to do with it.

We picked the things that shipped to us fastest. And we didn't reckon with any of the consequences of that. And then I think really over the last decade, the consequences of that started to become really obvious. And what the Fediverse promises is to give us some control. My information, my content, my followers, my network becomes mine again, and I get to choose what to do with it.

The process of getting there, like democracy, messy and weird and full of mistakes, but it is the right goal. And before we get there, we have to rename it. Can I interest you in open social web, which is the other thing the nerds like to call it? Yeah, please. There we go. It's the people like the social web, which I think is fine. I just call it the internet.

The process of getting there, like democracy, messy and weird and full of mistakes, but it is the right goal. And before we get there, we have to rename it. Can I interest you in open social web, which is the other thing the nerds like to call it? Yeah, please. There we go. It's the people like the social web, which I think is fine. I just call it the internet.

The process of getting there, like democracy, messy and weird and full of mistakes, but it is the right goal. And before we get there, we have to rename it. Can I interest you in open social web, which is the other thing the nerds like to call it? Yeah, please. There we go. It's the people like the social web, which I think is fine. I just call it the internet.

If we do this right, it's just the internet. The internet. Now there's an idea.

If we do this right, it's just the internet. The internet. Now there's an idea.

If we do this right, it's just the internet. The internet. Now there's an idea.

Hello, and welcome to Decoder. I'm David Pierce, the editor-at-large at The Verge. As you may have noticed, we're dropping some extra episodes in the Decoder feed this week. You'll have Nilay back on Friday and for next week, I promise, as we run towards the end of the year. Lots of good stuff still coming.

Hello, and welcome to Decoder. I'm David Pierce, the editor-at-large at The Verge. As you may have noticed, we're dropping some extra episodes in the Decoder feed this week. You'll have Nilay back on Friday and for next week, I promise, as we run towards the end of the year. Lots of good stuff still coming.

Hello, and welcome to Decoder. I'm David Pierce, the editor-at-large at The Verge. As you may have noticed, we're dropping some extra episodes in the Decoder feed this week. You'll have Nilay back on Friday and for next week, I promise, as we run towards the end of the year. Lots of good stuff still coming.

But I'm really excited to be here with all of you today because I get to talk about one of my very favorite things, podcasts. There's something strange happening these days in the podcasting world. Actually, there are kind of a lot of strange things happening in the podcast world. It's been a wild year in general.

But I'm really excited to be here with all of you today because I get to talk about one of my very favorite things, podcasts. There's something strange happening these days in the podcasting world. Actually, there are kind of a lot of strange things happening in the podcast world. It's been a wild year in general.

But I'm really excited to be here with all of you today because I get to talk about one of my very favorite things, podcasts. There's something strange happening these days in the podcasting world. Actually, there are kind of a lot of strange things happening in the podcast world. It's been a wild year in general.

One thing I've really noticed is the way that companies that deal in money have started using podcasts in kind of unusual ways. It's something we've seen actually for a few years now with venture capital firms, just to name one example.

One thing I've really noticed is the way that companies that deal in money have started using podcasts in kind of unusual ways. It's something we've seen actually for a few years now with venture capital firms, just to name one example.