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What’s a Hard Fork?
Hard Fork
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- Tune in to “Hard Fork” every Friday to understand the evolving tech world.
- The podcast will feature journalists and newsmakers discussing the changes and their significance. Transcript: Kevin Roose Casey, we should probably explain why our podcast is called Hard Fork. Casey Newton Oh, yeah. So A, our other names didn’t get approved by the New York Times lawyers. True. And B, it’s actually a good name for what we’re going to be talking about. A hard fork is a programming term for when you’re building something that gets really screwed up. So you take the entire thing, break it, and start over. Kevin Roose Right. And that’s a little bit what it feels like right now in the tech industry. Like these companies that you and I have been writing about for the past decade, like Facebook and Google and Amazon, they’re all kind of struggling to stay relevant. Yeah. Casey Newton I mean, we’ve noticed a lot of the energy and money in Silicon Valley is shifting to totally new ideas. Crypto, the metaverse, AI. It feels like a real turning point when the old things are going away and interesting new ones are coming in to replace them. Kevin Roose And all this is happening so fast and some of it’s so strange. Like, I just feel like I’m texting you constantly, like, what is happening? What is this story? Explain this to me. Talk with me about this, because I feel like I’m going insane. Casey Newton And so we’re going to try to help each other feel a little bit less insane. We’re going to talk about these stories. We’re going to bring in other journalists, newsmakers, whoever else is involved in building this future to explain to us what’s changing and why it all matters. (Time 0:00:05)
- Shifting Tech Landscape
- Established tech companies like Facebook, Google, and Amazon are struggling to maintain relevance.
- Much of Silicon Valley’s energy and resources are moving towards new concepts such as crypto, the metaverse, and AI. Transcript: Kevin Roose Casey, we should probably explain why our podcast is called Hard Fork. Casey Newton Oh, yeah. So A, our other names didn’t get approved by the New York Times lawyers. True. And B, it’s actually a good name for what we’re going to be talking about. A hard fork is a programming term for when you’re building something that gets really screwed up. So you take the entire thing, break it, and start over. Kevin Roose Right. And that’s a little bit what it feels like right now in the tech industry. Like these companies that you and I have been writing about for the past decade, like Facebook and Google and Amazon, they’re all kind of struggling to stay relevant. Yeah. Casey Newton I mean, we’ve noticed a lot of the energy and money in Silicon Valley is shifting to totally new ideas. Crypto, the metaverse, AI. It feels like a real turning point when the old things are going away and interesting new ones are coming in to replace them. Kevin Roose And all this is happening so fast and some of it’s so strange. Like, I just feel like I’m texting you constantly, like, what is happening? What is this story? Explain this to me. Talk with me about this, because I feel like I’m going insane. Casey Newton And so we’re going to try to help each other feel a little bit less insane. We’re going to talk about these stories. We’re going to bring in other journalists, newsmakers, whoever else is involved in building this future to explain to us what’s changing and why it all matters. (Time 0:00:05)
- Hard Fork Podcast Focus
- The podcast, “Hard Fork,” explores the rapidly changing tech landscape.
- It aims to help listeners understand the shift from established companies like Facebook and Google to new technologies like crypto and AI. Transcript: Kevin Roose Casey, we should probably explain why our podcast is called Hard Fork. Casey Newton Oh, yeah. So A, our other names didn’t get approved by the New York Times lawyers. True. And B, it’s actually a good name for what we’re going to be talking about. A hard fork is a programming term for when you’re building something that gets really screwed up. So you take the entire thing, break it, and start over. Kevin Roose Right. And that’s a little bit what it feels like right now in the tech industry. Like these companies that you and I have been writing about for the past decade, like Facebook and Google and Amazon, they’re all kind of struggling to stay relevant. Yeah. Casey Newton I mean, we’ve noticed a lot of the energy and money in Silicon Valley is shifting to totally new ideas. Crypto, the metaverse, AI. It feels like a real turning point when the old things are going away and interesting new ones are coming in to replace them. Kevin Roose And all this is happening so fast and some of it’s so strange. Like, I just feel like I’m texting you constantly, like, what is happening? What is this story? Explain this to me. Talk with me about this, because I feel like I’m going insane. Casey Newton And so we’re going to try to help each other feel a little bit less insane. We’re going to talk about these stories. We’re going to bring in other journalists, newsmakers, whoever else is involved in building this future to explain to us what’s changing and why it all matters. (Time 0:00:05)