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Welcome to the Otherweb - an unsafe space where we discuss the internet, the media, and the information ecosystem in all its flawed glory. The internet is saturated with low-quality information. Most of what people consume - on social media, in search engines, and even in the news - is the informational equivalent of junk food. We are constantly bombarded with superficial, trivial, and often false information because it generates clicks and views, and publishers have little incentive to optimize for anything other than clicks and views. The result is that many people have the illusion of knowledge, while in reality, their head is often clogged with some clickbait article they read yesterday. This is why we decided to build the Otherweb. And this is why we decided to start this podcast - to speak with the smartest people we can find and figure out, together, what the Otherweb needs to look like. Imagine we had an internet without clickbait, eye catchers, autoplaying videos, paywalls, partisan eco-chambers, or whatever else digital marketers can come up with next? A place where you are the consumer and not the product? A place where you can get your daily information-fix without all the noise? --- Anything I learn here, usually ends up in the Otherweb’s products: Our website: https://otherweb.com/ Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894 Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/ And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/ Join us! Sincerely, Alex Fink Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
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Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Prof. Elizabeth Keating - a professor of Anthropology at UT Austin, and the author of "The Essential Questions - interview your family to uncover stories and bridge generations."
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Thursday Oct 12, 2023
Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Jonathan Green - a bestselling author of hundreds of books, a celebrity ghostwriter, and an expert in using artificial intelligence tools to their utmost capacity. This is the best conversation I've had on the practical implications of ChatGPT and how regular people can augment their own capabilities by using these tools as a shortcut.
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Thursday Oct 05, 2023
Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Sam Keller - a Harvard alum and tech industry veteran, who co-founded the Gen AI Academy with a unique mission: to empower individuals of all ages to become AI trainers, leveraging AI tools not just for learning, but for earning income, gaining skills, and serving their communities.
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Friday Sep 22, 2023
Welcome to the Otherweb. Our guest today is Quinton Newman - a US navy nuclear engineer turned software engineer turned AI startup founder. His startup, Capri AI (https://www.capriai.us/) creates a virtual AI assistant that can do anything from copywriting to customer support. We reached out to Quinton to get his view on how the AI ecosystem is evolving and what we can expect next.
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Sunday Sep 17, 2023
Our guest today is Anika Jackson - a community volunteer, philanthropist, marketing and communications professional, podcast host, and graduate level professor at USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. We reached to Anika to discuss journalism, PR, and everything in between.
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Tuesday Aug 22, 2023
Our guest today is professor Kai-Marcus Müller - who teaches consumer behavior and pricing theory at the HFU business school in Germany. We reached out to professor Müller to explore what kind of price "free" is and what it does to our brains.
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Tuesday Aug 15, 2023
Our guest today is professor Pete Alexander - an entrepreneur, business owner, and stress relief expert. It's no sercet that our modern information diet is stressing us out; we reached out to professor Pete to explore what stress is, why it happens, and what we can do about it.
Professor Pete's weekly stress release tips can be found here: https://petealexander.com/blog-stress-relief-activities-for-adults/
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Thursday Aug 10, 2023
Our guest today is Tom Kemp - a silicon-valley based entrepreneur, angel investor, policy advisor, and author. His book on containing big tech is set to be released on August 22nd, so we decided to teach out to Tom and discuss his main thesis on how we can protect our civil rights, economy, and democracy in the age of big tech.
Tom's upcoming book can be found here: https://www.tomkemp.ai/
And here: https://www.amazon.com/Containing-Big-Tech-Protect-Democracy/dp/1639080619
Join us in this enlightening discussion, and after you do do - please check out the Otherweb via:
Our website: https://otherweb.com/
Our iOS app: https://apps.apple.com/app/otherweb/id6443798894
Our Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.otherweb
Our daily newsletter: https://www.otherweb.news/
And our community fundraising campaign: https://invest.otherweb.com/
Join us!
Sincerely,
Alex Fink
Founder @ Otherweb, Inc