Winning Slowly

The things we learned from Zeynep Tüfekçi’s examination of social media and sociopolitical change. (We liked this book a lot.)

Show Notes

• Zeynep Tüfekçi
  
  
  
  • her recently-launched newsletter Insight
  
  


• 52-Cent Party


• Cultural Revolution


• Tianenmen Square


• Twitter and the 2020 US election
  
  
  
  • Twitter’s own take
  
  
  • Hunter Biden
  
  


• Electoral college


• Ben Thompson


• Matt Levine’s newsletter Money Stuff
  
  
  
  • His latest issue before going on parental leave back in August
  
  
  • profiled in the New York Times
  
  

Matching blazers

Upcoming Book

• December (8.22 and 8.23): Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore, Robin Sloan.

Credits

Music

• “Drop Off”, by Vertaal, feat. Severin Bruhin & Loren Hignell Used by permission, please don’t use without permission.


• “Winning Slowly Theme” by Chris Krycho. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, meaning you can do whatever you want with this music… as long as you share it for others to likewise do what they want.

Sponsors

Many thanks to the people who help us make this show possible by their financial support! This month’s sponsors:

• Daniel Ellcey


• Douglas Campos


• Jake Grant


• Marnix Klooster


• Spencer Smith

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