At death’s door, we may allow ourselves a smile by gasping that we saved a month and a half, and no one will ask, But for what?
This completely misses the point of the power of the spoken word connected to algorithms. Being able to play a specific podcast, for instance, using my voice instead of a traditional podcatcher app, is transformatively easier. This is transformative change, not simply incremental change, particularly when people who did not previously have access to those ideas or to that content are now able to listen or watch.
