Episode 253: Steven Levy

Steven Levy writes for Wired, where he is the editor of Backchannel.

“It’s about people. Travis Kalanick’s foibles aren’t because he’s a technology executive. It’s because he’s Travis Kalanick. That’s the way he is. There is a certain strain in Silicon Valley, which rewards totally driven people, but that is humanity. And advanced technology is no guarantee—and as a matter of fact I don’t think it’ll do anything—from stopping ill-intentioned people from doing ill-intentioned things.”

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@StevenLevy
stevenlevy.com
Levy on Longform
[03:00] readthissummer.com
[04:00] "Hackers in Paradise" (Rolling Stone • Apr 1982)
[05:45] Whole Earth Catalog
[06:15] Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (O’Reilly Media • 2010)
[11:00] "The Birth of the Mac: Rolling Stone’s 1984 Feature on Steve Jobs and his Whiz Kids" (Rolling Stone • Oct 2011)
[19:00] "Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s Future, From Virtual Reality to Anonymity" (Wired • Apr 2014)
[20:45] Levy's MTV Cover Story (Rolling Stone • 1983) [not online]
[23:30] Levy's Bruce Springsteen Story (Philadelphia Magazine • 1975) [not online]
[28:00] New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 (Teresa Carpenter • Modern Library • 2012)
[30:30] "Reviewing the First Iphone In a Hype Typhoon" (Wired • Jun 2017)
[31:30] "From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’" (Richard Goldstein • New York Times • Jun 2017)
[32:00] Without a Doubt (Marcia Clark with Teresa Carpenter • Graymalkin Media • 2016)
[37:45] Levy’s Archive at Newsweek
[39:45] In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives (Simon & Schuster • 2011)
[42:30] Backchannel
[48:45] "One More Thing: Inside Apple’s Insanely Great (or Just Insane) New Mothership" (Wired • May 2017)
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Steven Levy writes for Wired, where he is the editor of Backchannel.

“It’s about people. Travis Kalanick’s foibles aren’t because he’s a technology executive. It’s because he’s Travis Kalanick. That’s the way he is. There is a certain strain in Silicon Valley, which rewards totally driven people, but that is humanity. And advanced technology is no guarantee—and as a matter of fact I don’t think it’ll do anything—from stopping ill-intentioned people from doing ill-intentioned things.”

Thanks to MailChimp, Audm, Rover, and Babbel for sponsoring this week's episode.
@StevenLevy
stevenlevy.com
Levy on Longform
[03:00] readthissummer.com
[04:00] "Hackers in Paradise" (Rolling Stone • Apr 1982)
[05:45] Whole Earth Catalog
[06:15] Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (O’Reilly Media • 2010)
[11:00] "The Birth of the Mac: Rolling Stone’s 1984 Feature on Steve Jobs and his Whiz Kids" (Rolling Stone • Oct 2011)
[19:00] "Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s Future, From Virtual Reality to Anonymity" (Wired • Apr 2014)
[20:45] Levy's MTV Cover Story (Rolling Stone • 1983) [not online]
[23:30] Levy's Bruce Springsteen Story (Philadelphia Magazine • 1975) [not online]
[28:00] New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 (Teresa Carpenter • Modern Library • 2012)
[30:30] "Reviewing the First Iphone In a Hype Typhoon" (Wired • Jun 2017)
[31:30] "From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’" (Richard Goldstein • New York Times • Jun 2017)
[32:00] Without a Doubt (Marcia Clark with Teresa Carpenter • Graymalkin Media • 2016)
[37:45] Levy’s Archive at Newsweek
[39:45] In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives (Simon & Schuster • 2011)
[42:30] Backchannel
[48:45] "One More Thing: Inside Apple’s Insanely Great (or Just Insane) New Mothership" (Wired • May 2017)

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