Nilay Patel

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Hello and welcome to Decoder.

I'm Nilay Patel, editor-in-chief of The Verge, and Decoder is my show about big ideas and other problems.

Today, we're going to talk about reality and whether we can label photos and videos to protect our shared understanding of the world around us.

No, really, we're going to go there.

It's a deep one.

To do this, I'm going to bring on Verge reporter Jess Weatherbed, who covers creative tools like Photoshop and Canva for us.