Look, it’s totally normal. Totally, absolutely normal to find yourself in the bathroom, an AirPod in one ear, listening to a live conversation on Clubhouse about the future of artificial intelligence.

Totally normal for not-normal times, that is.

I give you this glimpse into my thrilling life because it illustrates a few reasons live, audio-only social-media venues, particularly Clubhouse and Twitter Spaces, have everyone talking right now:

• It’s dead simple to join a conversation from… anywhere.

• It’s all microphone; no camera, no worrying about your hair or color-coded bookshelf background.

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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