{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Max Meyer Launched a Print Magazine in 2024. Here\u2019s Why. (EP.245)","description":"My guest today is Max Meyer, the proprietor of Arena Magazine, a new quarterly publication exploring technology, capitalism and civilization. Arena\u2019s aim? To \u201cmake it okay to dream in public again.\u201d Max and I discuss why he launched a print magazine in 2024, WTF happened to legacy media, the wisdom of Ratatouille and MUCH more. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. For the full transcript, episode takeaways, and bucketloads of other goodies designed to make you go, \u201cHmm, that\u2019s interesting!\u201d, check out our Substack. Important Links: Max\u2019s Twitter Arena Magazine The New Needs Friends The Earthly Miracle of the Grocery Store Robert F. Kennedy announces the death of Martin Luther King, Jr. Show Notes: What is going on with legacy media? Print advertising and the race to the bottom The collapse of trust in the media TikTok brain, news consumption & social media as a steam valve Bailouts & the appeal of the \u201czero interest fairyland\u201d The wisdom of Ratatouille The decline of Presidential oratory American progress & the population bomb that didn\u2019t go off Failure is a ladder The one rule of capitalism Long haul flights: Where\u2019s our roast turkey? Why is Arena a physical magazine? Max as Emperor of the world MORE! Books & Articles Mentioned: The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World; by David Deutsch The Ultimate Resource; by Julian L. Simon The Population Bomb; by Dr Paul R. Ehrlich The Genius of the Beast: A Radical Re-Vision of Capitalism; by Howard Bloom How United Became an Airline; by Andy Kessler (WSJ) This is Water; by David Foster Wallace line. ","author_name":"Infinite Loops","author_url":"https:\/\/infiniteloopspodcast.com\/","html":"