NilayPatel tells Decoder guest host Hank Green why blogs are still great

ello, and welcome to Decoder . I’m Hank Green: I am a science guy, I help run an educational media company called Complexly, and I am also a big fan of this podcast.

I am not, however, the editor-in-chief of The Verge . But Nilay Patel is, and Decoder is Nilay’s show about big ideas and other problems. One of those problems is that one of the best ... See more

One of the wildest moments of this conversation for me was when I made a comment that I thought was just a universally believed truth about the post-platform internet: that people these days prefer individuals to brands. And then Nilay told me, “No, that’s wrong. It’s not people who are doing that; it’s the systems that deliver content to people” —... See more

I think the defining economic reality of the modern platform media world is that all the platforms realized that an infinite supply of teenage creators are cheaper to deal with than media companies or groups of media individuals or powerful creators. And I’m curious for your read on the number of YouTubers that you see retiring or taking a step bac... See more