A generation ago, Michael Topic dreamed of tools that would let anyone share their story without gatekeepers.
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A generation ago, Michael Topic dreamed of tools that would let anyone share their story without gatekeepers. He wanted creators paid fairly. He stumbled on a blueprint for billionaire-proofing the Internet. Some call that dangerous. He calls it emancipation. Join him for the story of a vision that still burns.
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A generation ago… I experienced what felt like a prolonged fever dream.
A vision, shimmering, impossible, of tools for storytellers.
Tools not to constrain… but to liberate.
Tools that could empower anyone to share their story… without the gatekeepers who, for so long, controlled the threshold of public expression.
At its heart… it was a vision of equality. Of democracy.
A digital commons… where barriers fall away, and something brighter, more human, emerges.
I didn’t set out to invent a new economy. I only wanted creators to be rewarded fairly.
But what I stumbled on… was bigger.
A blueprint for billionaire-proofing the Internet. For leveling the ground beneath all creators.
Some call that dangerous.
I call it… emancipation.
This podcast is my way of scratching a name into the rocks. Like a marker… for those who come after.
I never reached that imagined future. But perhaps… you will.
Join me… as I share the story of a vision, born decades ago, that still burns today.
A story of tools… of power… and of freedom.
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Cover art: Clare Topic – Copyright 2026 – All rights reserved.
Editor: Alex Topic
Music: composed and produced by Michael Topic
