David Pierce

So how do we make that stuff more useful instead of trying to disrupt that and put ads next to it? Maybe there is a next turn that is like, okay, we spent 20 years pushing everything into our phones. Can I build better stuff if I build outside of it again?

And if all that starts to happen, we're going to get this really weird boom in weird gadgets, and we're going to figure out how to make things work again instead of just shoving everything into my pocket so that it can notify me 100 times a day. And that I'm very excited about.

And if all that starts to happen, we're going to get this really weird boom in weird gadgets, and we're going to figure out how to make things work again instead of just shoving everything into my pocket so that it can notify me 100 times a day. And that I'm very excited about.

And if all that starts to happen, we're going to get this really weird boom in weird gadgets, and we're going to figure out how to make things work again instead of just shoving everything into my pocket so that it can notify me 100 times a day. And that I'm very excited about.

Thank you very much. Hell yeah.

Thank you very much. Hell yeah.

Thank you very much. Hell yeah.

I think if you made me boil it all the way down to one thing, I think it's that social media is not for you anymore. I don't know that it ever was, honestly, but this idea that these were networks full of people connecting with each other and that that was like a good thing for us and for the world... No, we're past that now. Social media is about engagement. It's about money.

I think if you made me boil it all the way down to one thing, I think it's that social media is not for you anymore. I don't know that it ever was, honestly, but this idea that these were networks full of people connecting with each other and that that was like a good thing for us and for the world... No, we're past that now. Social media is about engagement. It's about money.

I think if you made me boil it all the way down to one thing, I think it's that social media is not for you anymore. I don't know that it ever was, honestly, but this idea that these were networks full of people connecting with each other and that that was like a good thing for us and for the world... No, we're past that now. Social media is about engagement. It's about money.

It's about monopolizing your attention. It's about somebody's agenda for what to do with that attention. It's not about you having a good time. It's about you being there so that things can happen to you.

It's about monopolizing your attention. It's about somebody's agenda for what to do with that attention. It's not about you having a good time. It's about you being there so that things can happen to you.

It's about monopolizing your attention. It's about somebody's agenda for what to do with that attention. It's not about you having a good time. It's about you being there so that things can happen to you.

And I think to some extent that has always been a part of these networks, but as there has been more money and as these things have become more central to like how we live our lives, those incentives have gotten so intense. and so lucrative for these people that they've just broken the whole system. And it's easy to despair.

And I think to some extent that has always been a part of these networks, but as there has been more money and as these things have become more central to like how we live our lives, those incentives have gotten so intense. and so lucrative for these people that they've just broken the whole system. And it's easy to despair.

And I think to some extent that has always been a part of these networks, but as there has been more money and as these things have become more central to like how we live our lives, those incentives have gotten so intense. and so lucrative for these people that they've just broken the whole system. And it's easy to despair.

The world can be better, Sean. It doesn't have to be terrible and horrific and full of people trying to sell you stuff on the TikTok shop. There is this thing called the Fediverse. Say it again. It's called the Fediverse.

The world can be better, Sean. It doesn't have to be terrible and horrific and full of people trying to sell you stuff on the TikTok shop. There is this thing called the Fediverse. Say it again. It's called the Fediverse.

The world can be better, Sean. It doesn't have to be terrible and horrific and full of people trying to sell you stuff on the TikTok shop. There is this thing called the Fediverse. Say it again. It's called the Fediverse.

It is federated and universe and it's a problem because nerds are bad at naming things. But the idea of it is very exciting. And the idea of it is to take social networks out of being these individual platforms where Instagram is its own thing and Facebook is its own thing and Twitter is its own thing and TikTok is its own thing.