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Did Dan Kois Kill the Segway?
Did Dan Kois Kill the Segway?
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Jul 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In a special episode, Dan shares his new episode of Slate's Decoder Ring documentary podcast about his time as a junior book agent working on selling a secretive book proposal called IT, a codename for what would eventually be revealed as the Segway personal scooter. This is the story of the invention and development of a potentially revolutionary device, how Dan may or may not have doomed it, how the hype got out of control, and how that speculation helped birth the modern internet. If you like this episode, go subscribe in the Decoder Ring feed, there's plenty more stories there you'll love.
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Released:
Jul 13, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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