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Friday Aug 06, 2021
There's No Place Like The Metaverse
Friday Aug 06, 2021
Friday Aug 06, 2021
David, Amy, and Richard are Zoombombing a video call near you - JK, David more or less vetoed that idea. This Week On Planet Internet, the HN gang chats about the class-action Zoom lawsuit, the dehumanizing effect of video, and the Spirit airlines fiasco.
👽 THIS WEEK ON PLANET INTERNET:
- What would you do if you got Zoombombed? 💣 (00:45)
- Are people less credible over Zoom calls? 🧐 (08:04)
- Did someone say the Gaming Metaverse? (13:57)
- Horror stories and mass cancellations vs cheap-ass flights: who will be victorious? 🛫(15:29)
- Loooool guys, we do not understand the ownership economy 😂 (22:36)
- Amy uses her economics 101 background to decipher David's economics riddle 🧩(29:15)
🗒️ SHOW NOTES:
- The Zoomboming lawsuit: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/01/zoom-reaches-85-million-settlement-over-user-privacy-and-hacker-zoombombing.html
- Pitfalls Of Court Hearings On Zoom on HackerNoon by The Markup: https://hackernoon.com/pitfalls-of-court-hearings-on-zoom-e21j35el
- What the heck is going on with Spirit Airlines? https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/spirit-airlines-flights-canceled-operational-issues-day-four/
- What We Call the “Ownership Economy” with Braintrust CEO Adam Jackson on HackerNoon: https://hackernoon.com/what-we-call-the-ownership-economy-with-braintrust-ceo-adam-jackson-z54j37up
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