152. Why Billionaires Love AI -- Brian Merchant

152. Why Billionaires Love AI -- Brian Merchant

Brian Merchant, author of the newsletter Blood in the Machine, returns to the show to talk about the newsletter, ai, tech oligarchs, the neoliberal "abundance" agenda, jobs, and pretty much everything else you want to know about the terrible, horrible, no good collusion between Trump, Tech billionaires, and ai. Fight the tech billionaires. Support Blood in the Machine!

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/

You can also check out Brian's previous appearance on his book about the luddites - also called Blood in the Machine: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/a05a3ed4-471c-4224-9ac6-4af204b7ff1d/

Oh, and you can find some of my work on ai here:

https://aideas.captivate.fm/

https://www.aiedu.org/aiedu-blog/guest-author-ethics-culbertson-1

Episoder(193)

145. Debt Discussion 11, The Great Divergence with Christopher Isett

145. Debt Discussion 11, The Great Divergence with Christopher Isett

Christopher Isett joins me to discuss the rise of capitalism and "The Great Divergence," in which Christendom transformed itself from an obscure corner of the world into the dominant global power. Jus...

20 Feb 202558min

144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor

144. Victor Serge, Anarchist Bolshevik -- Mitchell Abidor

Today Mitch Abidor joins me to discuss Victor Serge: acclaimed novelist, anarchist, Bolshevik, anticommunist, and all-around 20th century contradiction. Mitch and I discuss the legend of Serge, what's...

12 Feb 202554min

143. Graeber's Debt Chapter 11: Age of Great Capitalist Empires

143. Graeber's Debt Chapter 11: Age of Great Capitalist Empires

What is capitalism?It's not efficient markets, factories, and free labor.It's the financialization of empire and slavery, using greed, shame, indignation, and debt.And that means the first great capit...

5 Feb 202538min

142. Green Earth -- Kim Stanley Robinson

142. Green Earth -- Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson returns to discuss his novel Green Earth, a technothriller about a near future world in which scientists work to solve the global climate crisis. Stan and I discuss how the book w...

29 Jan 20251h

141. A New Model for Food and Politics -- Mark Bittman

141. A New Model for Food and Politics -- Mark Bittman

Mark Bittman returns to Everyday Anarchism to discuss Community Kitchen, his new model for how we can do restaurant food better by running nonprofit restaurants rooted in their communities.But we also...

27 Nov 202451min

140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong

140. Graeber's Hidden Truth of the World -- Shawn from SRSLY Wrong

Shawn Vulliez from SRSLY Wrong joins me to discuss the new collection of David Graeber essays, The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World. Shawn and I talk about the tyranny of economics and how Graeber g...

14 Nov 20241h 13min

139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)

139. Hill's The World Turned Upside Down -- Ann Hughes (English Revolution)

A spectre is haunting the Everyday Anarchism series on the English revolution: the spectre of Christopher Hill's 1972 book The World Turned Upside Down. It turns out most of the ideas I've shared in t...

6 Nov 202454min

138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

138. Debt Discussion 10, Debt in the Middle Ages with Eleanor Janega

Eleanor Janega, the very first guest on the Graeber's Debt series, comes back on the show to discuss what the middle ages were, how they were a global phenomenon, and why they weren't as bad as you've...

30 Okt 20241h 2min

Populært innen Samfunn

rss-spartsklubben
giver-og-gjengen-vg
aftenpodden
aftenpodden-usa
konspirasjonspodden
popradet
rss-nesten-hele-uka-med-lepperod
rss-henlagt-andy-larsgaard
lydartikler-fra-aftenposten
wolfgang-wee-uncut
grenselos
min-barneoppdragelse
rss-espen-lee-usensurert
rss-dette-ma-aldri-skje-igjen
synnve-og-vanessa
rss-dannet-uten-piano
frokostshowet-pa-p5
fladseth
relasjonspodden-med-dora-thorhallsdottir-kjersti-idem
198-land-med-einar-trnquist