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  • Is This the Year Everyone Quits Social Media?

    Is This the Year Everyone Quits Social Media?

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    Michael Calore: Yep.

    Mannen kunnen soms tegen problemen aanlopen die invloed hebben op hun intieme leven, wat hen kan frustreren en onzeker kan maken. Deze uitdagingen zijn niet ongebruikelijk en kunnen voortkomen uit verschillende oorzaken, zoals stress, angst of fysieke aandoeningen. Gelukkig zijn er oplossingen en middelen beschikbaar die hen kunnen helpen om hun zelfvertrouwen en welzijn te herstellen. Een nuttige stap is om betrouwbare informatie te zoeken en producten te bekijken op websites zoals. Het is belangrijk dat mannen zich realiseren dat ze niet alleen zijn en dat er ondersteuning en opties zijn om hun seksuele gezondheid te verbeteren.

    Lauren Goode: Yeah.

    Mannen kunnen soms tegen problemen aanlopen die invloed hebben op hun intieme leven, wat hen kan frustreren en onzeker kan maken. Deze uitdagingen zijn niet ongebruikelijk en kunnen voortkomen uit verschillende oorzaken, zoals stress, angst of fysieke aandoeningen. Gelukkig zijn er oplossingen en middelen beschikbaar die hen kunnen helpen om hun zelfvertrouwen en welzijn te herstellen. Een nuttige stap is om betrouwbare informatie te zoeken en producten te bekijken op websites zoals. Het is belangrijk dat mannen zich realiseren dat ze niet alleen zijn en dat er ondersteuning en opties zijn om hun seksuele gezondheid te verbeteren.

    Michael Calore: What about you, Zoë?

    Zoë Schiffer: My total screen time. I actually looked it up before and I think it’s like three hours and 40 minutes on my phone, which honestly seems impressive to me. You’re raising your eyebrows, Mike, why are you doing that? Only a couple minutes of that is actually on social media apps. I feel like I deserve a Medal of Honor.

    Michael Calore: You do actually deserve Medal of Honor. I have a timer on my phone that goes off after I’ve been on Instagram for any more than 20 minutes. I hit that timer every single day.

    Lauren Goode: This is not a joke. He follows this. I’ve sent Mike memes before and then won’t get a response, and because we work across the newsroom from each other, I’ll literally sometimes go to his desk and, “Did just see that thing I sent you?”

    Zoë Schiffer: It’s the thirsty.

    Lauren Goode: No, I know. He’ll say, “No, I ran out of time,” and I’m like, “You’re adhering to that? Check the meme.”

    Michael Calore: Do you ever think about getting off of the apps?

    Lauren Goode: All the time.

    Michael Calore: All the time?

    Lauren Goode: I fantasize about it at this point. What would it be like to not constantly feel like you have to broadcast something?

    Michael Calore: Yeah. What about you, Zoë?

    Zoë Schiffer: Honestly, I’m not on them that much, but I’ve been on parental leave for a few months, so the answer is I think about getting off my phone all the time and I’m honestly amazed how much time I can spend on my phone even not using social media apps. What about you?

    Michael Calore: I often get the urge to just throw the phone across the room and never look at it again, but then I always end up picking it up and getting back on.

    Lauren Goode: That’s usually after I send him some terrible meme.

    Michael Calore: Yeah, or I think of a joke.

    Lauren Goode: Right.

    Michael Calore: Must skeet now. Yeah. Well, today we’re talking about just that: Is it time to get off of social media? And because there are so many kinds of social apps and platforms out there, we’re going to focus on the platforms that we use the most, the text-based social sites, because we’re words people. This is WIRED’s Uncanny Valley, a show about the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley. I’m Michael Calore, director of consumer tech and culture here at WIRED.

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  • In Sam Altman We Trust?

    In Sam Altman We Trust?

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    Lauren Goode: I’m Lauren Goode. I’m a senior writer at WIRED.

    Zoë Schiffer: I’m Zoe Schiffer, WIRED’s director of business and industry.

    Michael Calore: OK. I want to start today by going back one year into the past, November 2023, to an event that we refer to as the blip.

    Lauren Goode: The blip. We don’t just refer to it as the blip. That is actually the internal phrase that is used at OpenAI to describe some of the most chaotic three to four days in that company’s history.

    [archival audio]: The company OpenAI, one of the top players in artificial intelligence, thrown into disarray.

    [archival audio]: One of the most spectacular corporate fall-outs.

    [archival audio]: The news on Wall Street today involves the stunning developments in the world of artificial intelligence.

    Zoë Schiffer: It really started on November 17th, this Friday afternoon when Sam Altman, the CEO of the company, gets what he says is the most surprising, shocking, and difficult news of his professional career.

    [archival audio]: The shock dismissal of former boss, Sam Altman.

    [archival audio]: His firing sent shock waves through Silicon Valley.

    Zoë Schiffer: The board at OpenAI, which at the time was a nonprofit, has lost confidence in him, it says. Despite the fact that the company is by all measures doing incredibly well, he’s out. He’s no longer going to lead the company.

    Michael Calore: He’s effectively fired from the company that he cofounded.

    Zoë Schiffer: Yeah. That immediately sets off a chain reaction of events. His cofounder and president of the company, Greg Brockman, resigns in solidarity. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says that Sam Altman is actually going to join Microsoft and lead an advanced AI research team there. Then we see almost the entire employee base at OpenAI sign a letter saying, “Wait, wait, wait. If Sam leaves, we’re leaving, too.”

    [archival audio]: Some 500 of these 700-odd employees—

    [archival audio]: … threatening to quit over the board’s abrupt firing of OpenAI’s popular CEO, Sam Altman.

    Zoë Schiffer: Eventually there’s this back and forth tense negotiation between Sam Altman and the board of directors, and eventually the board then installs Mira Murati, the CTO, as the interim CEO. Then shortly after that, Sam is able to reach an agreement with the board and he returns as CEO and the board looks instantly different, with Brett Taylor and Larry Summers joining, Adam D’Angelo staying, and the rest of the board leaving.

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  • Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

    Is Silicon Valley Actually Libertarian?

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    Lauren Goode: It sounds like you’re a little bit aligned with the successful tech entrepreneurs who were surveyed by the junior college in Palo Alto in terms of being a liberaltarian.

    Michael Calore: No, I go further left than that, I would say.

    Zoë Schiffer: He sounds like maybe he’s Yang Gang.

    Lauren Goode: Oh, the Yang Gang. I interviewed Andrew Yang once.

    Michael Calore: Andrew Yang, he was one of the first big vocal proponents of universal basic income in the political sphere, wasn’t he?

    Lauren Goode: Yes, he was indeed.

    Michael Calore: Well, I don’t know anything else about him, so I can’t say whether or not I’m actually Yang Gang.

    Lauren Goode: Mike’s going to start another third party just for UBI.

    Michael Calore: Oh, boy. There’s no government like no government, I always say.

    Lauren Goode: Do you say that?

    Michael Calore: OK, Lauren, I’m going to kick it back to you. Where do you think this is headed in the future?

    Lauren Goode: I am really struggling to say where this is all headed politically because I am so confused by what is happening in politics right now and still trying to sort it out. I do think that there are going to be more factions of self-proclaimed libertarianism and people co-opting some ideals from the left and the right. But I do think the original word is losing its meaning.

    Michael Calore: Agreed. I like this new word, liberaltarian.

    Lauren Goode: Yeah, but once again, it’s from 2020 and things change fast.

    Michael Calore: Zoe, what about you?

    Zoë Schiffer: I think we’re going to see more privatization than before. Right now, we have people like Elon Musk, who is supposedly going to be coleading with Vivek Ramaswamy the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, and they want to get rid of the Department of Education. So I’m guessing we’re going to see private-sector solutions to the things that government used to solve.

    Lauren Goode: And on our next episode of Uncanny Valley, we’re going to unpack all of the very successful companies who have been led by two CEOs at the same time.

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  • How to Not Die in Silicon Valley

    How to Not Die in Silicon Valley

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    Lauren Goode: Zoë, you had vegan pizza the other night. You said it was pretty good.

    Zoë Schiffer: I did. I did, and I read a really, really scary article written by Annie Lowrey in The Atlantic about dairy farming, and it radicalized me for at least 24 hours. I was on oat milk. Thank you. I don’t want a prize.

    Lauren Goode: Mike, how long have you been vegan for now?

    Michael Calore: I don’t know. 800 years.

    Lauren Goode: Nice. Our resident long-living man on this show.

    Michael Calore: I’ve been fully vegan for about five years, and I’ve been vegetarian ever since I was a teenager. But look, as a lifelong adherence to a plant-based lifestyle, I know it does not work for everybody. That was more of a joke. What I’m actually going to recommend for all of our listeners is my favorite television program about immortality. It’s called True Blood. It’s an HBO show about vampires in the South.

    Zoë Schiffer: It’s a documentary about the original blood boys.

    Michael Calore: It’s fantastic.

    Lauren Goode: True story. True story. No, it’s scripted.

    Michael Calore: It’s campy, which is the best thing about it because it takes itself seriously most of the time, and then it does not. It is full of sex and violence and humor. It’s a lot of fun. Fantastic acting from all of the principal actors, and there are like a dozen people on the show who are really, really great. I highly recommend you go back and you watch True Blood. It was originally on television, what, 15 years ago? Something like that. It feels like forever ago.

    Lauren Goode: You know what I love the most about this recommendation is that it enables me to carry one of my favorite phrases from our last podcast, Gadget Lab, onto this one, which is, “Love a good Skarsgård.”

    Michael Calore: “Love a good Skarsgård.”

    Lauren Goode: Longtime listeners will appreciate.

    Michael Calore: This is the tall and handsome Alexander Skarsgård.

    Lauren Goode: As a vampire. As a sexy vampire.

    Michael Calore: As a vampire named Eric. Yeah. That’s what I got.

    Lauren Goode: Thanks for breaking the mold, Mike.

    Michael Calore: You’re welcome. All right, that is our show for today. We will be back next week with an episode that looks at Silicon Valley’s long relationship with libertarianism. Thanks for listening to Uncanny Valley. If you liked what you heard today, make sure to follow our show and rate it on your podcast app of choice. If you’d like to get in touch with us with any questions, comments, or show suggestions you can write to us at [email protected]. We cannot wait to hear from you. Today’s show is produced by Kyana Moghadam, Amar Lal at Macro Sound mixed this episode. Jordan Bell is our executive producer. Thanks also to executive producer, Stephanie Kariuki. Condé Nast’s head of global audio is Chris Bannon. We will be back next week forevermore.

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  • Big Tech Wants You Back in the Office

    Big Tech Wants You Back in the Office

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    Lauren Goode: Oh, really?

    Zoë Schiffer: Yes.

    Lauren Goode: I did not have that experience on Caltrain.

    Zoë Schiffer: Well, you weren’t reading Infinite Jest on the Caltrain, were you now?. That was my catfishing technique.

    Lauren Goode: What was your worst commute, Mike?

    Michael Calore: There was a period of time in the early 2000s when I was living out in the Sunset district of San Francisco. Which there’s a couple of trains that can bring you downtown, but they take an hour. And it was pre-mobile technology, so we had Discman Walkman players, portable CD players, so you had to bring a little book of CDs. And people would read newspapers. I remember one day-

    Zoë Schiffer: Sounds really romantic.

    Lauren Goode: I was just going to say folks listening who don’t remember these times, this was a locomotive train and you hand-cranked the Discman.

    Zoë Schiffer: It was 200 BCE.

    Michael Calore: I just remember there was so much stuff you had to carry just for your commute. And the new Harry Potter book came out, and everybody on the train was reading this 10 pound, thick, hardcover Harry Potter book at the same time and talking about it. Lauren, you have to tell us your bad commute story.

    Lauren Goode: There was a period of time on the East coast where I was commuting on the Metro North train, and then once I got into New York City, I had to hop on the subway and head all the way downtown.

    Michael Calore: Two trains. Stuffy. A lot of people pushing.

    Lauren Goode: Yeah. A lot of people reading the Wall Street Journal.

    Zoë Schiffer: Say no more.

    Lauren Goode: It was long, and it sucked the life out of me. While the pandemic was not a good thing, it’s a good thing that none of us had to go back into the office anymore. We’re done with that? Welcome to Uncanny Valley from WIRED, a show about the people, power, and influence of Silicon Valley, hosted by me, senior writer, Lauren Goode, and my co-hosts.

    Michael Calore: I’m Michael Calore, director of consumer tech and culture at WIRED.

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  • Introducing WIRED’s Flagship Podcast, ‘Uncanny Valley’

    Introducing WIRED’s Flagship Podcast, ‘Uncanny Valley’

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    Silicon Valley has been an epicenter of global innovation for decades. But the Valley, and its associated personalities, companies, and trends, has never been home to more undiluted power than it is today.

    Think about it: Elon Musk, among the world’s richest people, is essentially underwriting US presidential candidates while subsidiaries of his interstellar-centric company SpaceX snap up more orbital real estate with every satellite launch; despite Facebook’s decline as a habitual platform for many Americans, Meta’s user base worldwide continues to grow, ticking ever-closer to the stunning 4 billion mark; and in the past two years, Silicon Valley startups and behemoths alike have spawned yet another lucrative tech hype cycle, catalyzing billions of dollars in spending against the promise of an AI revolution.

    Here at WIRED, we’re covering all of this power and influence on a daily basis across our digital platforms and in our print editions. But we’re always looking for new ways of exploring Silicon Valley’s ascendancy, particularly in ways that make it easier for you—the WIRED audience—to understand and think about. Why might Elon Musk be so eager to see a GOP-led White House, and what would a Trump regulatory environment and a Muskian approach to federal efficiency mean for your daily life? If Meta remains committed to making the whole metaverse thing a reality, how will it change the way you socialize, work, or learn? And is generative AI really going to change everything, or are we in the midst of a bubble that’s about to blow the tech industry apart at a scale we haven’t seen since the early-2000s dotcom bust?

    There’s a lot to cover, and there’s also a lot to talk about. That’s why I’m delighted to announce Uncanny Valley, a new podcast from three of WIRED’s finest Bay Area journalists: Michael Calore, Zoë Schiffer, and Lauren Goode. Together, Uncanny Valley’s hosts will untangle and explain the latest and greatest—or strangest—trends from within the tech industry and how they’re poised to shape society at large.

    Expect informed and intelligent conversations, from three hosts who’ve got decades of experience covering Silicon Valley, its products, and its people, all from inside the Bay Area bubble. And this being WIRED, we’ll counterbalance that smart talk with a healthy dose of the weird stuff, too: Tech’s most powerful people aren’t just inventing the future, after all—they’re also trying to cheat death, one-up each other’s apocalypse bunkers, and build VC-backed cities from the ground up.

    You can find Uncanny Valley wherever you get your podcasts. And we want to hear from you: Send feedback, ideas for the show, and questions for our hosts to [email protected]. I hope you love the show as much as we do; happy listening!

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  • Unpacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Midlife Crisis

    Unpacking Mark Zuckerberg’s Midlife Crisis

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    Is Mark Zuckerberg’s style transformation just a matter of a change in personal taste? Or is the infamous tech mogul trying to tell us something about Meta?

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