{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6626c0bb5dd0140012ca4c11/69a716d5ddf4d3439a365a27?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Verge’s Nilay Patel Believes Gen Z Will Revolt Against the “Brand Deal” Economy","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6626c0bb5dd0140012ca4c11/1772554497145-26a03b56-b269-47ea-8bde-93dbff35a442.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Nilay Patel is the editor-in-chief of <a href=\"https://www.theverge.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Verge</em></a><em> </em>and host of <a href=\"https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoder-with-nilay-patel/id1011668648\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Decoder with Nilay Patel</em></a><em>.</em> <em>The Verge </em>is “about technology and how it makes us feel,” and Nilay knows people don’t feel so hot right now. We speak with him about how founders have never been more transparent about the negative impacts of their product, how AI products are actually bad, the poison that is prediction markets on our information ecosystem, why Gen Z will ultimately turn on the brand deal economy, and the moment he realized everything is just fans.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Recommended this week:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo3618721.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Conquest of Cool</em></a> by Thomas Frank</li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"with Clara Malley, Eli Williams, and Trey Taylor"}