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2+title = "Galen Wolfe-Pauly (Tlon) on Urbit and the Architecture of the Internet (EP.176)"
3+podcast = "On The Brink with Castle Island"
4+date = "2021-02-08"
5+URL = "https://castleisland.libsyn.com/galen-wolfe-pauly-tlon-on-urbit-and-the-architecture-of-the-internet-ep176"
6+image = "https://storage.googleapis.com/media.urbit.org/site/ecosystem/podcasts/onthebrink.jpg"
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9+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:
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11+The purpose of Urbit
12+How the power of internet oligopolies has been recently revealed in the last few months
13+Does the internet of today resemble the internet of 1994?
14+The problem with having a single ToS/legal system for major internet platforms
15+What's new with Urbit since our last Urbit episode in 2019
16+How hosting makes Urbit much more user friendly
17+Urbit's governance system and how it contrasts from the feudal model on Twitter
18+Galen's political taxonomy for Urbit - and where galaxies and stars fit in to this
19+How internet platforms are like living in Vegas
20+Whether users literally own their handles on internet platforms
21+The politicization of internet infrastructure
22+How resistant is Urbit itself to deplatforming at the infrastructure level
23+Whether there is any irony in Urbit offering hosting for users
24+Galen's view on data portability legislation
25+The near term roadmap for Urbit
26+The distinction between Tlon and Urbit
27+How to get started with Urbit