Mini Episode: Zuckerberg, AI, and the Long Game
Designer & Designer11 Huhti 2025

Mini Episode: Zuckerberg, AI, and the Long Game

Mentioned

Topics Discussed

  • Big tech's rightward shift
  • Corporate motives behind progressive policies
  • Tech's abandoned idealism
  • Reclaiming technology for social good
  • Finding hope in alternative platforms

Pull Quotes

  • "There was all this optimism about changing the world, making the world a better place."
  • "The masks are off and you understand that a lot of the family friendly policies and the pride banners and all that stuff, it is strictly employee morale capture."
  • "The bloom is off the rose."
  • "We've got to figure out a way to take it back. Social media and the web, those are ours. That belongs to us, the people."
  • "Long game, long game. Let's collect our shit together, support each other. We can do this."

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Outro music: Hard Times by Baby Huey

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