Pod Save America - Offline: Charlie Warzel on Facebook’s Original Sin

Episode Date: December 5, 2021

Offline is here to stay and the show has moved to its own feed. To listen to Jon's interview with Charlie Warzel, and the many great episodes to come, search Offline with Jon Favreau and click subscribe. See you there!Charlie Warzel has covered the internet and culture at BuzzFeed News, The New York Times, and his newsletter Galaxy Brain. He joins Jon to talk about the architecture behind our platforms, break down how the internet has embedded itself in our culture, and argue that humans shouldn’t be connected at this scale.For a closed-captioned version of this episode, click here. For a transcript of this episode, please email [e-mail] and include the name of the podcast.

I see things all the time where I'm like, man, that is a load of shit. And like right now, I could tweet about that. And so many people would high five me and be like, you got them. And it's so like, we should be roasting this person, right? We should be dunking on this person. The instinct to do that is just so intense. But actually, like every time you do that, you make the place worse. Yeah, we all make the place not the place we want to be, the place that we hate. I'm Jon Favreau. Welcome to Offline. Hey, everyone. Exciting news. Offline is here to stay, and the show has now moved to its own feed. If you'd like to listen to my full interview with Charlie Worzel, you can find it on that new

feed. Just search Offline with Jon Favreau. Once you're over there, remember to subscribe to keep up to date with all of our upcoming episodes. We've got some exciting conversations ready to go over the next few months. I'll see you there.