Patreon CEO Jack Conte Wants You to Get Off of Your Phone

Before we really get too far into it, we always start with a little bit of rapid-fire questioning, some warmup. Jack, what is the most active text thread that you’re on?

I am not on any active text threads. I try to do as little of that as possible.

OK, we may come back to that later. What does the algorithm know about you?

Way too much.

Oh yeah, I know the feeling.

It knows that I got a new dog recently.

What kind of dog?

She’s a mutt. She is a little bit of a golden retriever, a little bit of Chihuahua,…