Tech journalist and User Magazine founder Taylor Lorenz joins host Dani Loftus to complain about the people who fetishize being offline, sanctimonious VCs funding slop gambling apps, and Amy Schumer. They explore why every new technology triggers moral panic (remember when landlines caused divorce?), the young conservative grifter playbook getting Koch Foundation funding, and why the internet was actually liberatory before the right seized power on it. Taylor breaks down why touchscreens in washing machines are surveillance capitalism, the difference between productive complaining and men complaining about uppity women, and why the left needs to get educated on tech policy before it's too late.

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01:32 — People who fetishize being offline: "I waste time the old-fashioned way"

03:39 — Moral panic through history: landlines caused 9/10 divorces

04:07 — Productive complaining: targeting systems and powerful people

06:01 — The young conservative grifter playbook and Koch Foundation money

09:15 — Break up big tech, pass data privacy reform, or shut up about your personal brand

11:31 — Dating ick: people who never ask questions

12:18 — Food ick: dairy is disgusting and the industry is evil

17:17 — Technology ick: touchscreens in cars, washing machines, and vacuum cleaners

19:39 — Ick of the week: VCs being sanctimonious while funding slop

22:49 — Why the left is less technologically literate than the right

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