The Caves of Steel (Isaac Asimov)
The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov
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If you have either of y'all read the book, caves of steel, by Isaac Asimov.
Episode 45: we are pressing the flesh and kissing babies. Yeah, man. It is Friday once again (approx., from transcript intro) 01:07:50 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Dave uses Asimov's novel as a metaphor for the podcast industry. In the book, humanity lives its whole life in domed mega-cities and panics at the thought of open sky. The industry is so used to silos and walled gardens that it doesn't know how to think about open source and suspects an ulterior motive.