Galen Wolfe-Pauly, cofounder of Tlon, joins the show to give us an update on Urbit in light of the politicization of internet infrastructure. In this episode: 

• The purpose of Urbit
• How the power of internet oligopolies has been recently revealed in the last few months
• Does the internet of today resemble the internet of 1994?
• The problem with having a single ToS/legal system for major internet platforms
• What's new with Urbit since our last Urbit episode in 2019
• How hosting makes Urbit much more user friendly
• Urbit's governance system and how it contrasts from the feudal model on Twitter
• Galen's political taxonomy for Urbit - and where galaxies and stars fit in to this
• How internet platforms are like living in Vegas
• Whether users literally own their handles on internet platforms
• The politicization of internet infrastructure
• How resistant is Urbit itself to deplatforming at the infrastructure level
• Whether there is any irony in Urbit offering hosting for users
• Galen's view on data portability legislation
• The near term roadmap for Urbit
• The distinction between Tlon and Urbit
• How to get started with Urbit

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