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how the internet learned to extract

kill switch
Feb 4, 2026 37 min
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<p>For a while, the internet felt like it might actually work. Dexter talks with legal scholar and author Tim Wu about his new book <em>The Age of Extraction </em>and how that early optimism faded as companies learned how to extract value from just about everything.&nbsp;</p> <p>Got something you&rsquo;re curious about? Hit us up <a href="mailto:killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc">killswitch@kaleidoscope.nyc</a>, or @killswitchpod, or @dexdigi on IG or Bluesky.</p> <p>Read + Watch:</p> <ul> <li><em>The Age of Extraction</em>, by Tim Wu:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/691177/the-age-of-extraction-by-tim-wu/</a></li> <li>kill switch on YouTube:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@killswitch_pod">https://www.youtube.com/@killswitch_pod</a></li> </ul><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

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