375. Of Vampires and Empires (ft. Paris Marx)
We are joined by a dear friend of the show, Paris Marx, to talk about his new series on Tech Won’t Save Us called “Data Vampires” – which provides an excellent deep dive into the politics, ideologies,...
15 Okt 20241h 13min
Patreon Preview – 374. Bigger is Not Better in AI
Bringing together a few news items, we analyze the politics of scale in AI. First, OpenAI has one of the largest funding rounds ever at $6.6 billion raised for a valuation of $157 billion—with our boy...
10 Okt 20248min
373. Press X to Start Revolution (ft. Marijam Did)
We chat with Marijam Did, author of the new book Everything to Play For, which bridges radical leftist politics and video games through a real material analysis of video games as an industry, art form...
7 Okt 20241h 17min
Patreon Preview – 372. The Sin-Eater of Zero Interest Rates
With the news of interest rates dropping again, we refocus our attention on Masayoshi Son, the man who perhaps most embodies the pathologies of technological capitalism. Thanks to a new biography, we ...
3 Okt 20247min
371. Optimizing for Planetary Crisis
Jumping off a spate of recent reporting, we revisit the deep relations between the tech sector and fossil fuel industry and discuss how companies like Microsoft are turning to oil and gas companies as...
2 Okt 20241h 11min
Patreon Preview – 370. Paranoid Android
We dive into a weird but revealing article about the phalanx of private security that Elon Musk has amassed around him, spending a small fortune on ex-operators who plan escape routes for his events, ...
27 Sep 20245min
369. The Third Most Amazing Race (ft. Gaby Del Valle)
We are joined by Gaby Del Valle who has written a great—and distressingly relevant—essay for The Baffler, which reports on the “eugenic foundations of the war on woke.” We dig into the beliefs of inna...
25 Sep 20241h 11min
Patreon Preview – 368. Building the Most Lethal University
Keeping with our recent theme of exploring the relations between the military and tech sector, we jump off a great essay in The Baffler to discuss a crucial part of this complex: university research. ...
18 Sep 20248min
