Reading List

Reading List

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The Moth | Radio Hour | Fear Factor
The Moth | Radio Hour | Fear Factor
--- This episode is available on your local radio station, PRX and below via The Moth Player. It will be published on Spotify, Apple and iHeart on 10/8/24 ---In this hour, stories of fear -- facing it, outgrowing it, and learning from it. From shadowy childhood demons, to the anxieties of parenthood, and life or death choices in the face of discrimination. This hour is hosted by Moth Executive Producer, Sarah Austin Jenness. The Moth Radio Hour is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison of Atlantic Public Media. Zaena Tessema's mother invokes a mysterious figure to control her children. Diane Kastiel gets unexpected and unwanted news. Bruce Lee teaches Tito Chavez-Nguyen how to find his way in a new school. Patricia Aro is scared that her children will ask her about death. Chelsea Shorte is pulled over for the first time while masculine presenting. Rufus May fears his own experience with mental health issues will keep him from being a clinical psychologist.
·themoth.org·
The Moth | Radio Hour | Fear Factor
How Far Trump Would Go
How Far Trump Would Go
In exclusive interviews, the former President lays out a second-term agenda that would reshape America
·time.com·
How Far Trump Would Go
Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media
Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media

AI Summary:

Over the past three decades, technology companies have steadily eroded the business models of traditional media organizations by digitizing content and advertising. The author witnessed this firsthand as a reporter in the 1990s, predicting that sites like Craigslist would destroy newspapers' classified ad revenue. Pioneering companies like Yahoo, Google and Facebook then came to dominate the digital landscape and became the new gatekeepers of information. However, these tech giants have also threatened media companies by scraping their content and repackaging it. The author argues that media organizations should fight back legally and continue innovating, rather than accepting their inevitable decline at the hands of large tech platforms.

An interesting point highlighted is that some of the earliest internet companies like Yahoo had human "web crawlers" who manually listed websites in the company's directory, showing just how nascent the digital landscape was in the early days chronicled by the author. This provides useful historical context for understanding the author's perspective.

·nymag.com·
Over Three Decades, Tech Obliterated Media
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan Fowler
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan Fowler
As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told while it is still fresh in
·susanjfowler.com·
Reflecting on one very, very strange year at Uber — Susan Fowler
Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, the future of AI, and Quest 3
Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, the future of AI, and Quest 3
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg discusses Threads, his feud with Elon Musk, the Quest 3 headset, and the future of AI in a special episode of Decoder.
·theverge.com·
Mark Zuckerberg on Threads, the future of AI, and Quest 3