Episode Details

A California jury just ruled that Meta and YouTube engineered a defective product — and that product was aimed at your kids' developing brains. The UN passed a resolution calling the transatlantic slave trade the gravest crime against humanity — and the United States voted against it. SpaceX confidentially filed for an IPO this week targeting a $2 trillion valuation. And while all of that was happening, street culture, religion, and social media were colliding in ways nobody on financial media is willing to name.

⏱️ Timestamps:

00:00 — Introduction and Disclaimer

11:31 — Meta and YouTube Found Liable: What a $375M Verdict Means for Social Media, Street Culture, and You

28:14 — Religious and Social Commentary: When the Internet Became the Church

34:46 — Religious Overcompensation and Judgmental Behavior: The Performance of Faith Online

40:29 — NBA Expansion and Naming: Who Gets to Own an Identity Worth Billions

53:22 — The US Voted No: UN Reparations Resolution, 123 Nations, and What It Means for the Diaspora

01:03:56 — SpaceX IPO: Elon Musk's $2 Trillion Bet and Whether You Should Be On It

📊 Key stats from this episode:

• California jury found Meta and YouTube liable for social media addiction — $6M awarded in bellwether case, $375M in a separate New Mexico verdict for failing to protect minors

• UN General Assembly passed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade the "gravest crime against humanity" — 123 nations in favor, the US voted AGAINST (along with Argentina and Israel), the EU abstained

• SpaceX confidentially filed for IPO this week targeting a $2 trillion valuation — would be the largest US IPO in history, targeting a June listing

• NBA expansion vote ongoing — Las Vegas and Seattle the two leading candidates

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