How Shareholders Are Destroying The Tech Industry
The shareholder supremacy has eaten the tech industry, driving private and public companies to chase unprofitable, unsustainable ideas like generative AI as a means of expressing eternal growth to the...
12 Heinä 202455min
The Shareholder Supremacy
In this episode, Ed Zitron tracks the history of the growth-at-all-costs rot economy to a court case in 1916 that established the Shareholder Supremacy, and set the terms for General Electric's Jack W...
10 Heinä 202434min
I Will Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again Ft. Nik Suresh & Robert Evans
A few weeks ago, an Australian tech worker called Nik Suresh wrote an evisceration of the current AI hype boom called "I Will F**king Piledrive You If You Mention AI Again." Ed Zitron and Robert Evans...
3 Heinä 202445min
Where Did Tech's Magic Go? feat. Alex Cranz and Michael Fisher
In a special live-to-tape episode of Better Offline, Ed is joined by The Verge's Alex Cranz and YouTube influencer Michael Fisher to talk about what they're actually enjoying in the tech industry - an...
26 Kesä 20241h 34min
The Onion Knight Ft. Ben Collins
In April, The Onion was acquired by a new entity called Global Tetrahedron, revealed shortly thereafter to be a joint venture between billionaire Jeff Lawson and former NBC disinformation reporter Ben...
21 Kesä 202449min
Let Tim Cook
Last week, Apple announced that they're integrating artificial intelligence into your iPhone and Mac in a stunningly demure and reserved presentation. In this episode, Ed Zitron walks you through whet...
19 Kesä 202433min
Sam Altman Is Dangerous To Silicon Valley
In this episode, Ed Zitron walks through how Sam Altman's ridiculous promises about the future of artificial intelligence could be ruinous for Silicon Valley, and speaks with Bloomberg's Ellen Huet ab...
14 Kesä 202454min
The Talented Mr. Altman
Sam Altman has used his power and influence to become a multi-billionaire with stakes in hundreds of startups, but behind the curtain, he's never run a successful company, fired from both Y Combinator...
12 Kesä 202455min
