Episode · Sources with Alex Heath · 2025-12-04
Books mentioned on Is Roblox making the internet better or worse? We asked the CEO
Ellis, Alex, and Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki dive straight into the child-safety discussion, why Roblox is rolling out facial age checks, and whether the entire internet is headed toward age-gating.
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Snow Crash
“we saw what we thought was and I believe is a brand new category um whether it's UGC gaming or self-service creation or the metaverse or snow crash or whatever”
Passing Snow Crash
“The metaverse, no crash, hollow deck, all of that. The matrix has been talked about. I do feel we have uniquely thought of the metaverse not as hardware”
Passing Ready Player One
“someday, whether it's, you know, 10 or 20 years from now, it will be possible to inhabit, you know, a photorealistic world with friends, with games, with school, whether it's Ready Player Oneesque or it's more utopian or more dystopian.”