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Netflix in Turmoil + Derek Thompson on AI & The Antisocial Century
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About this episode
It feels like 2022 all over again: Netflix has hit a wall, and is scrambling to respond. That means layoffs, a purge of its top content people and… what else? Then Derek Thompson — one of the guys Barack Obama reportedly reads to keep on top of tech — gives me his blunt summary of Substack economics: “Dimes for analysis, dollars for facts, and Benjamins for facts about AI.” We talk about why the US is building data centers but not houses, why podcasts are turning into TV, and why the screens that fill our free time may also be making us more antisocial. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices