The Rot-Com Bust
Better Offline7 Kesä 2024

The Rot-Com Bust

In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through what happens when tech's growth-at-all-costs epoch begins to collapse, and how the only way to save Silicon Valley is to put power back in the hands of those who actually build things - and reject the management consultant mindset killing innovation.

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FTC Chair Lina Khan: The Better Offline Interview

FTC Chair Lina Khan: The Better Offline Interview

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CZM Rewind: Where Did Tech's Magic Go? feat. Alex Cranz & Michael Fisher

CZM Rewind: Where Did Tech's Magic Go? feat. Alex Cranz & Michael Fisher

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Watching the Watchmen with Jason Koebler

Watching the Watchmen with Jason Koebler

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18 Joulu 202458min

Everything Is Advertising with Ryan Barwick

Everything Is Advertising with Ryan Barwick

Ed Zitron is joined in-studio by Ryan Barwick of Marketing Brew to talk about how the entire tech ecosystem is controlled by ads - and whether companies like OpenAI and Perplexity can hope to plug the...

11 Joulu 202441min

The Coming Generative AIPocalypse

The Coming Generative AIPocalypse

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Yep, We're At Peak AI

Yep, We're At Peak AI

In this episode, Ed Zitron discusses big tech's discovery of the diminishing returns in training generative AI models - and how we may have finally have reached peak AI. --- LINKS: https://www.tinyurl...

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CZM Rewind: The Man That Destroyed Google Search

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27 Marras 202431min

The Rot Society

The Rot Society

Blame the tech industry for the rise of authoritarianism. Blame a news media handicapped by a deference to power and a fear of bias. Blame the fact that our digital lives are unchecked ecological disa...

20 Marras 202438min