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- Information is power.0:00
- Which is why information has always been stuck in a tug of war between the elites and the masses.0:03
- We're in one of those moments right now.0:09
- For a lot of history, information was controlled by the king, the emperor, the church, who jealously guarded the few handwritten books in existence and used that information monopoly to0:11
- control what people thought.0:21
- Then there was this German inventor who created a device that covered little metal words in ink and pressed them onto paper.0:24
- The power of information was unlocked to the masses.0:31
- Not just in Europe, China had been doing this printing press thing for a long time.0:34
- Suddenly the kings and the church were losing control of the narrative, which led people to question the church's story, leading them to new discoveries and creations, an explosion of0:37
- new ideas, rethinking who should rule them.0:46
- A revolution brought on by words on a page, recorded and openly passed around.0:48
- Information is indeed power.0:53
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- The authors of the American Revolution recognized just how vital all of this was, and right at the beginning they wrote in that the government can't control the flow of0:56
- information from the press.1:04
- That it was sacred.1:06
- It's what had made this revolution possible.1:07
- Information is power, and look at all of this power pouring out to the masses every day on cheap grey paper.1:11
- But the elites didn't suddenly stop trying to control information.1:18
- Here they are again, looking to control the story and influence society and succeeding quite well.1:22
- Soon the press wasn't just a press, it was information traveling in waves through the air.1:29
- First just the sound of a voice, but then moving images appearing to millions of people live.1:35
- He wanted to see his favorite television program, which starts at seven o 'clock.1:41
- Information just got a lot more powerful.1:45
- And with time it was controlled by the few big corporations that could afford all the expensive infrastructure required to make this magic work.1:47
- Or, in some places, controlled by a regime who manipulated what people believed, what they were allowed to know, who they were allowed to be.1:54
- Information is power.2:07
- By the mid -20th century, here in America, even though information still flowed through just a few big companies, those companies took the responsibility seriously.2:10
- Partly because they weren't under intense pressure to chase profits, but partly because the federal government would take away their license if they didn't clearly show that they were serving2:18
- the public interest with fair, balanced journalism.2:25
- This wasn't just an expectation, it was a policy enforced through the fairness doctrine.2:28
- So the big networks reported the facts.2:33
- This guy was called the most trusted man in America.2:35
- The nation shared a common reality and definition of truth, power, held by the people.2:39
- Oh, but here come the money people again.2:45
- In the 1980s, the haters of government regulation killed the fairness doctrine, and very quickly journalism shifted from a public service into a full -on profit -maximizing business once again.2:48
- The content started running nonstop 24 hours, optimizing for attention, ratings, opinions, and deprioritizing truth and substance.2:58
- Once again, powerful people are trying to control the information, but not for long.3:05
- Are you kidding?3:12
- I can't go another day without the internet.3:14
- The internet was a big moment for this tug -of -war.3:16
- It was the ultimate democratizer of mass communication.3:18
- It even promised to end this tug -of -war altogether, end the cycle of powerful people always trying to control the flow of information.3:21
- Kings and priests back then, media moguls and financiers now.3:28
- This is the most humble day of my life.3:32
- Was there rain over?3:35
- You can find anything from planning a vacation to MTV or real -time live audio.3:36
- The net is fabulous.3:41
- Journalists at the time observed that, quote, nobody owns the internet, no single organization controls it.3:43
- This could be the end of, quote, choking the flow of information, because the internet, quote, celebrated the right to speak and be heard, and those predictions start coming true.3:48
- It's looking like a single video can spark a revolution.3:58
- Young people huddled around a computer sending 140 characters can lead that revolution.4:01
- Secrets are exposed.4:06
- Abuses and corruption are instantly seen by millions.4:07
- Accountability, transparency, powerful stuff outside the control of the gatekeepers.4:10
- There was a sense that the internet would lead to this revolution, to a, quote, more rational, less dogmatic approach to politics, for the world's information was being liberated.4:14
- And so are we.4:22
- Not quite.4:32
- Something happened.4:33
- Look, the internet allows you to connect with your friends really easily, and a programmer in California just invented a little piece of code that can summarize all your friends'4:36
- updates on a feed.4:44
- A news feed.4:46
- Hmm.4:48
- Okay, let's use that code, not just to aggregate your friends' updates, but for other interesting information of all kinds.4:48
- Interesting articles, interesting photos, anything from around the growing internet.4:54
- And before long, the software is even guessing what I like, learning my tastes.4:58
- This is cool.5:02
- And perfect timing, because now Steve Jobs has just given us little computers that fit inside our pockets.5:03
- Connected by the internet that is now flowing through the air we breathe, we have access anywhere we go.5:09
- And that little computer brain running this news feed continues to ensure that I will be getting everything I want, or at least everything I can't stop looking at.5:15
- It starts to show me a reality that is tailor -made for me, one that confirms my identity, one that demonizes people I disagree with, echoes my opinions.5:23
- And soon, I'm making a whole career off these algorithms.5:31
- And yes, I have to make these faces sometimes to get people to click, but I'm able to publish in -depth journalism.5:34
- Stuff that would never fly in the old media world, but now is finding millions of people who want to learn about the world.5:40
- This makes me feel a deep appreciation for the internet and the algorithms that helped give me a career.5:46
- But, I also see that we are in one of those moments, once again in the tug of war, where the world's richest men are concentrating control over the pipes5:53
- through which all of this is running, all of our information, what we see, regardless of if it's true or not.6:03
- Same thing is happening in traditional media that is now centralized around just a few companies, and a few really powerful men.6:09
- And it's only centralizing more.6:16
- This guy, Larry Ellison, and his family, in addition to spending loads of money on supporting the politicians they like, they are also on a buying spree of media outlets.6:17
- Everything from movies to TV to news channels, like Ellison literally now has a huge controlling stake of CBS.6:26
- Remember the most trusted man in America?6:33
- He's trying to buy CNN, HBO, Warner Brothers, Discovery Channel, and he's trying to buy a bunch of other huge media outlets right now, including this big new investment in6:35
- the US operations of TikTok.6:44
- The internet promised to democratize information in a new way.6:46
- And it did that, but once again, we see that we're back in the cycle, that our information flow is being centralized around a few rich people threatening that promise6:49
- like never before.6:58
- Okay, but listen, I actually have hope, a lot of hope, and it is derived from something very real, which is all of you, millions and millions of people who7:02
- show up from all around the world week after week to watch and engage with in -depth curiosity, curiosity driven journalism to better understand the world.7:13
- I don't think the promise of the internet is dead.7:22
- I just think it's in the middle of being hijacked and we want to create a place where we can start to take it back, which is why today we7:24
- are launching New Press.7:31
- New Press isn't just another media channel or media company, it's more of an idea, an idea that journalism can be done differently.7:35
- It can be done with people instead of just at people.7:43
- New Press is made up of two parts.7:47
- Part one is the journalists who are creators like me.7:49
- We're building a group of journalists who all have their own channels.7:52
- So we have mine, we have search party with Sam Ellis, we have tunnel vision with Christoph Hoppersen.7:56
- We're launching our fourth with former New York Times columnist Max Fisher.8:01
- All of these channels are different from one another because they are driven by the personal curiosity and perspective of each creator.8:05
- But what unites these channels under New Press is our goal of bringing understanding, genuine understanding to important events around the world.8:12
- It's not breaking news, it's nourishing in -depth journalism that teaches you how the world works.8:21
- Okay, so that's part one of New Press.8:27
- We've been doing that for a couple of years now.8:29
- Today we are launching part two of that vision, which has a lot more to do with all of you.8:31
- NewPress .com is our new algorithm -free corner of the internet where we can bring all of you deeper into our journalism.8:38
- This is where you can ask your questions, but also get insight into what stories we're working on.8:45
- And my favorite part, you can contribute your unique understanding of the world to our journalism.8:51
- Maybe you have experience or expertise in a certain topic.8:56
- Maybe you live in the place that we're reporting on and can help lend perspective.8:59
- Or maybe you're simply curious and you want to help us dig up facts.9:04
- NewPress is the place where you will be able to contribute to our journalism and help make it stronger, more representative, and more accurate for everyone.9:07
- Anyone who's been following my work for a while knows that I love crowdsourced journalism.9:16
- That's what Vox Borders was all about.9:19
- And over the years, I've always leaned on the community to make my journalism better.9:21
- NewPress is just that vision put onto a platform with a lot of resources and people to help make it happen.9:25
- We've already been running some early experiments on this with people who signed up for the NewPress waitlist.9:31
- Like, I had this huge old Japanese map that I got from a collector, but I didn't know exactly what it was depicting, what year, what purpose.9:36
- So I put it to the NewPress waitlist community and soon thousands of curious people from all around the world were swarming this map, leaving their thoughts and insights.9:43
- Turns out we have a lot of map lovers in the audience, which I'm thrilled about.9:51
- And I came away from this with a much deeper insight on this old map.9:55
- So that's just one tiny example of the type of crowdsourced journalism we'll be doing on NewPress, but it will take many different forms.9:58
- So a big question that's come up a bunch as we've been building this platform is how much do we charge for it?10:05
- And the answer after a lot of deliberation is nothing.10:09
- We want this to be free.10:13
- We want the widest, most diverse group of voices to contribute to our journalism.10:14
- So there will be no paywall locking you from participating.10:19
- You can go sign up right now at NewPress .com and start contributing to the prompts that we have up there.10:21
- Okay, but real talk here.10:26
- This thing has to make money or we will not be able to keep it open.10:28
- So for those who have the finances and want to contribute and support this mission, you can sign up as a pain member.10:32
- It's 60 bucks a year.10:40
- Pain members will get access to a deeper insight into how we make our journalism, stuff that you don't see on YouTube.10:42
- They'll get access to a few extra spaces and communities and some exclusive content like Q &As with me, discussions with the other creators, maybe some unpublished interviews.10:49
- Oh, and for those who sign up soon, you'll be considered a founding member.10:58
- And as a thank you, I am going to send you a beautiful print of that Japanese map that we crowdsourced with the community.11:01
- I've been working on this thing, designing it, getting it ready to ship out.11:08
- I wrote a little narrative about the map based on the insights from the community.11:11
- And you can see it as kind of a little piece of NewPress history marking the beginning of this journey.11:15
- So you get that sent to you for free if you sign up.11:19
- And if you do pay, you can know that we will be using this money to fund more creators, to build more channels and to make more in -depth videos,11:21
- in addition to running NewPress, the platform.11:29
- That's what this money is going to be used for.11:31
- Basically scaling up this effort to reimagine what journalism can be.11:33
- But let me be very clear, whether you are a pain member or a free member, that will not affect your voice in the community.11:37
- Everyone's voice is equal when it comes to contributing to our journalism.11:43
- We're not doing this to create some elite club where our coverage is only made to please our funders.11:46
- Our mission is to foster a place of curiosity and understanding through collective intelligence of the group.11:52
- Curiosity over ideology.11:58
- So we're doing this.12:00
- I mean, I gotta say, I'm a little bit nervous.12:02
- This is literally the biggest thing we've ever done.12:04
- And I don't totally know how it's going to go, but I feel a lot of hope.12:07
- I'm feeling so much excitement.12:10
- We have like tens of thousands of people already on the wait list.12:11
- And today it's live.12:14
- NewPress .com.12:15
- I don't totally know what form this is going to take, but I know that if we get enough people to come and participate in this community, we will all12:16
- shape it together.12:22
- And my hope in all of this is that we can create a place where journalism and information feels empowering, transparent, honest, and that helps you actually understand what is12:24
- happening in the world today instead of just scares you with noisy headlines.12:34
- We are undoubtedly in another one of those moments where powerful people are moving in to control the flows of information of all kinds.12:37
- Because information is power.12:44
- So come help us build a place where we can start to take that power back.12:46
- I will see you over at NewPress.12:50
- Thanks everyone.12:51
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