6. Life-as-a-Service (ft. David A. Banks)

Published: Sept. 8, 2020, 11:30 p.m.

b'Cold open: The 79-year-old CEO of AliUber and Senator from California Elizabeth Holmes has announced... \\n\\nMain show: We\\u2019re joined by David A. Banks (https://twitter.com/DA_Banks), editor-at-large for Real Life and co-host of the Ironweeds podcast (https://twitter.com/ironweedspod), as we take a tour of the subscription economy where nobody owns anything, platforms control access to everything, monopoly rents are extracted everywhere, and the we have no choice but to sign up for Life-as-a-Service.\\n\\nBig thanks to David for writing the script to this week\\u2019s cold open and to Britney Gill, co-host of Ironweeds podcast, for voice work!\\n\\nDavid\\u2019s vivid, incisive article on the Subscription Economy: https://www.e-flux.com/architecture/software/337954/where-do-you-live/\\n\\nJathan\\u2019s article on the Internet of Landlords [pdf]: https://static1.squarespace.com/static/54c9a2e8e4b01e05842ad47e/t/5f556202fab9b365a2490794/1599431173262/Sadowski+-+The+Internet+of+Landlords.pdf\\n\\nHosted by Jathan Sadowski (twitter.com/jathansadowski) and Edward Ongweso Jr. (twitter.com/bigblackjacobin). Production / Music by Jereme Brown (twitter.com/braunestahl).'