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Fee or free: The Future Of Knowledge with Q&A Site Quora's CEO Adam D'Angelo

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How does learning change when everyone has a voice online? Yahoo Answers just shut down. What's next for Wikipedia, Quora, and journalism? How will the creator economy and education collide? What will be the impact of new "adaptive paywalls" that only charge if they predict you'll pay? Your host Josh Constine asks Quora founder / CEO Adam D'Angelo, formerly the first CTO of Facebook.

Listen in to learn about:

  • Why Yahoo Answers failed (3:00)
  • How to unlock information trapped in people's brains (6:30)
  • Knowledge recommendation algorithms (14:30)
  • Impulse vs Interest vs Aspirational learning (17:00)
  • Quora's origin story (21:00)
  • How Adam and Mark Zuckerberg built a buddy list-sharing app before Facebook (24:00)
  • Why Wikipedia isn't improving (30:00)
  • What knowledge makes us happy (37:00)
  • How creators are becoming paid tutors (40:00)
  • Quora+'s plan to let anyone monetize knowledge (46:00)
  • If adaptive paywalls could tax the wealthy while keeping information free for others (50:00)
  • Are information overload and subscription fatigue real? (55:00)
  • What knowledge infrastructure is still missing? (62:00)

Subscribe to PressClub at http://constine.club/ This podcast is recorded live on Josh Constine's PressClub on Clubhouse, Thursdays at 6pm PT. PressClub is Clubhouse's first show, where top business leaders discuss the big stories in tech. It's hosted by Josh Constine, an investor at early-stage venture fund SignalFire and the former Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch. PressClub is a relaxed venue where luminaries can share their stories, passions, thoughts on trends, and visions of the future. Past guests on the PressClub podcast include the CEOs of Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Shopify, Spotify, Substack, WordPress, Patreon, Craigslist, Dollar Shave Club, and more.

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How does learning change when everyone has a voice online? Yahoo Answers just shut down. What's next for Wikipedia, Quora, and journalism? How will the creator economy and education collide? What will be the impact of new "adaptive paywalls" that only charge if they predict you'll pay? Your host Josh Constine asks Quora founder / CEO Adam D'Angelo, formerly the first CTO of Facebook.

Listen in to learn about:

  • Why Yahoo Answers failed (3:00)
  • How to unlock information trapped in people's brains (6:30)
  • Knowledge recommendation algorithms (14:30)
  • Impulse vs Interest vs Aspirational learning (17:00)
  • Quora's origin story (21:00)
  • How Adam and Mark Zuckerberg built a buddy list-sharing app before Facebook (24:00)
  • Why Wikipedia isn't improving (30:00)
  • What knowledge makes us happy (37:00)
  • How creators are becoming paid tutors (40:00)
  • Quora+'s plan to let anyone monetize knowledge (46:00)
  • If adaptive paywalls could tax the wealthy while keeping information free for others (50:00)
  • Are information overload and subscription fatigue real? (55:00)
  • What knowledge infrastructure is still missing? (62:00)

Subscribe to PressClub at http://constine.club/ This podcast is recorded live on Josh Constine's PressClub on Clubhouse, Thursdays at 6pm PT. PressClub is Clubhouse's first show, where top business leaders discuss the big stories in tech. It's hosted by Josh Constine, an investor at early-stage venture fund SignalFire and the former Editor-At-Large of TechCrunch. PressClub is a relaxed venue where luminaries can share their stories, passions, thoughts on trends, and visions of the future. Past guests on the PressClub podcast include the CEOs of Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Shopify, Spotify, Substack, WordPress, Patreon, Craigslist, Dollar Shave Club, and more.

  continue reading

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