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#3 - Billionaires, Tech and the US Election (Solo Audio Essay)
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#3 - Billionaires, Tech and the US Election (Solo Audio Essay)

Elon Musk, Donald Trump, tech fascism and AI

Hi all. Mini essay here sharing some content I’ve been listening to on the tech industry, billionaires, Elon’s trolling, the US election, Silicon Valley’s lurch to the right of politics and autocratic leaders. Lovely!

Plus, this one simple trick to get $4 grand out of the US government if you’re Jeff Bezos….

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Links to content I explore in this episode:

Search Engine Podcast

Elon Musk $1 Million Fuckery

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/elon-musk-promises-award-1-mln-each-day-signer-his-petition-2024-10-20/

The Bulwark Podcast – Tim Miller

Tech Won’t Save Us

https://techwontsave.us/

Better Offline – Ed Zitron

https://www.betteroffline.com/

Gary Marcus

https://twitter.com/GaryMarcus

Eric Schmidt’s Risky Bet

Marcus on AI
Eric Schmidt’s Risky Bet on AI and Climate Change
In a brief aside in a recent interview, Eric Schmidt argued that, despite AI’s rapacious energy demands, he would rather bet on AI solving the problem than try to constrain AI…
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Autocracy, Inc - Anne Applebaum

https://www.penguin.com.au/books/autocracy-inc-9780241627891

Autocracy in America Podcast

Balaji Tech Fascism

https://www.thenation.com/podcast/society/twsu-052324-tech-zionism/

https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

Conspirituality Podcast – Trump  Temple Playlist

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